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Will The Sindh Budget Make A Difference?

Will the Sindh budget make a difference?

Slashing last year’s budget by Rs62 billion, the PPP-led Sindh government has presented a budget of Rs1.1 trillion for the fiscal year 2018-2019, with the largest cut in the development…

Economic facts vs political fiction

Facts speak, and they speak louder than what we say. Slogans and Speeches are the advertising tools for political selling but Economic facts are the core product that eventually determines…

Our Political Wonderland

Our political wonderland

As she walks through Wonderland, Alice arrives at a fork in the road and inquires the Rabbit about what path she should take. “Where do you want to go?” asks…

Political blunders

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been badly trapped in the marshes of his own political blunders and crimes. History shows that his tenures have lasted for not more than two…

National political diary

This week the nation will be celebrating its 70th Independence Day. On the      14th of August         we will all wrap ourselves in the glorious green and wholesome white of the…

Then And Now –­ A Difference

Then and now –­ a difference

I chanced upon a meme the other day. It has a smiling picture of our leading human rights defender, lawyer and social critic, Asma Jahangir, and a quote attributed to…

Return Of A Political Deal-maker

Return of a political deal-maker

In addition to hopes of better, smoother civil-military relations with the new army chief and the head of ISI, handpicked by the prime minister, what other major development will tell…

There is little difference

Even if we are fine otherwise in social situations, laidback and jovial, warm and friendly, inclusive and hospitable as people, when it comes to discussing political issues, we start thinking…

Confused Political Preferences

Confused political preferences

PILDAT’s recent report on governance in Pakistan at the provincial and federal levels reaches some interesting conclusions. Out of a pool of over 3,000 respondents the respective provincial respondents concluded…

A Flawed Political Transition

A flawed political transition

A Last-Minute power-sharing deal has averted, at least for now, a crisis that threatened Afghanistan’s political transition which is extremely critical to the conclusion of the 13-year US war in…