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Handling crises

WHAT is the likelihood that Pakistan will ban visitors to and from China during the coronavirus outbreak? Nil — and this is probably proportionate in light of what we know…

Dealing with Covid-19 in Pakistan

The metaphor “black swan” was used in Roman literature to express impossibility as it was perceived that swans were always white. Black swans were discovered in Australia in 1697, and…

Coronalization

I coined the term ‘Coronalization’ considering its multi-dimensional and global effects. The word ‘coronalization’ is a combination of ‘corona’ from coronavirus and “lization taken from globalization. The fatal effects of…

Election in an occupied land

After ten years, all is set for a three-phased election in the heavily militarized Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Electioneering is in full swing, and the results will be declared on…

The constitution is important

The tragedy of our time is that the social contract between citizens and the state (in the form of the constitution) in Pakistan is corrupted with malaise and malpractices. Throughout…

India’s exhausting rhetoric

The initial campaigning for the 18th Lok Sabha elections in India gave the impression that political parties in India had moved away from depending on anti-Pakistan rhetoric to rally their…

Islamophobic Modi

The Indian political horizon is in a frenzy with the ongoing 18th Lok Sabha polls. Voting for the multi-phase elections started on April 19 and will span over six weeks,…

Lives people live

An ominous moment it was – at around midnight – when they finally announced their consensus to form the new government and agree on names for major positions at the…