Global bureaucracies, shrinking sovereignty and the future of the Global South: As the Bretton Woods system celebrates its 80th anniversary, the architecture of international development stands bloated and overstretched. Institutions…
On May 11, President Trump opened a new door for diplomacy on Kashmir. In a Truth Social post, he praised the leadership of India and Pakistan for agreeing to a…
The political backdrop is notably altered as Pakistan prepares to unveil its FY2025–26 budget. The recent brief military engagement with India along the Line of Control, one from which Islamabad…
Time has scarcely dulled the power of Karl Marx’s ideas, whose 207th birthday the world marks today (May 5). His vision of a post-capitalist society is the ‘invisible hand’ behind…
In August 2022, when Pakistan faced one of the most devastating climate disasters in its history, with one-third of the country submerged under water, the tragedy left millions of citizens…
RECENT convulsions in the global economy mark another curtain call for the long 20th century. The worldwide economic system put in place during the 1970s appears to be unwinding. The…
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader, Mahrang Baloch, was arrested by Quetta police last week while participating in a protest against police actions. The protest followed the arrests of several…
What is Pakistan thinking and talking about? There is, of course, no way of drawing a credible picture or a map of what is on the minds of ordinary Pakistanis…
Although Pakistan came into existence at a time when there was a deeply renewed focus on economic thought process globally in the wake of establishment of Bretton Woods institutions a…
Before the February 2024 national elections, I had the opportunity to conduct an in-depth study of all previous elections in Pakistan. This research was published in book form a few…
