The deafening sound of silence
There has been an outcry in the country over the PTI government’s decision to effectively withdraw Atif Mian, one of the world’s 25 most influential young economists according to international…
Surviving death
It is hard to understand how our political parties can continue their activities and grow in capacity and ability when leader after leader is being blown apart, leaving behind scenes…
A missed opportunity
Members of the preening elite of Pakistani society will once again dominate the country’s electoral horizon. Many members of the Sharif, Zardari and Bhutto families will be contesting from various…
Fata and Lahore
Pakistan’s ‘azaad qabail’ (free tribes) are celebrating the end of their freedom. After a century and a half, Fata is on the path to become a ‘normal’ part of the…
Alternative lens
Current times, when a change in the person who occupies one of the highest positions of authority is on everyone’s mind, provide good reason to mull over something that has…
Judicial accountability
“The real threats to independence of judiciary are from within — stemming from the personality of the judge himself”. — Justice Asif Saeed Khosa. AN interesting aspect of media and political…
The myth of sovereignty
Chairman of Senate Raza Rabbani recently said that: “parliament is sovereign”. Some other parliamentarians have sung the same song as well. I wish that were true. The constitution of 1973…
The age of acceleration
Writer Robert Colville calls it ‘the great acceleration’ – how modern technology is forcing all aspects of our life to ‘accelerate’ and people are beginning to struggle to cope with…
If we had local governments
The Supreme Court of Pakistan in its order dated April 8, 2014 directed the federal and provincial governments to complete necessary legislation within five months to empower the ECP to…
Qadri’s dreams and our nightmares
Those who listen to their dreams can be dangerous, to themselves and to others, because they traverse the treacherous boundaries between conscious and unconscious, sanity and insanity, myth and reality,…
