Education conversation
A NARRATIVE has been created and is being reinforced that education devolution, under the 18th Amendment, was a mistake and ‘some’ things need to be brought back under the control/…
Universal basic services
It was the rightwing conservative British Prime Minister Margret Thatcher and American rightwing Republican president Ronald Reagan who led the neoliberal onslaught on the welfare state and public-sector services and…
A year of reversals
A year ago, Imran Khan was sworn in as the newly elected prime minister of Pakistan. It appeared Khan had cemented his legacy as someone who could achieve the impossible,…
Ahead of China anniversary, trade war fans calls for faster market reforms
China's trade war with the United States is spurring some Chinese entrepreneurs, government advisers and think-tanks to call for faster reforms in the world's second-largest economy and the freeing of…
For universal healthcare
PROVIDING as many medical services, as equitably as possible and for the greatest number, defines universal healthcare (UHC). The idea evolved in Germany and the UK that navigated social movements…
Somersaults over Kashmir
After deferring local bodies elections for 13 years in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK), the Indian government held the first phase of the polls on October 8. The polls were marred…
Role reversal
The disqualification of Mian Nawaz Sharif (MNS) at the hands of the Supreme Court has given rise to both laudatory and caustic remarks. At all events, the definitive interpretation of…
A dark anniversary
It was exactly one year ago, on 25 August 2017, that the Myanmar military launched a murderous ‘clearance operation’ in Rakhine State. In the space of a few months, the…
A reversal of roles
In a hung parliament, our hero Imran Khan is going to face a grand alliance of a formidable opposition. With a lead of almost four million votes over the PML-N,…
On anniversary, European Central Bank ponders a first: a German boss
Given the powers the European Central Bank (ECB) has taken for itself through its 20 years, it's easy to forget that it only got off the ground due to a…
