A powerful Hindu group said several mosques in India were built over demolished Hindu temples, apparently hardening its stance in a decades-long sectarian dispute just days after a huge temple…
Disruptions in constitutional rule can have dire consequences, leading to political instability, uncertainty, and a breakdown of effective governance. Such interruptions create legal loopholes, weaken institutional foundations, erode public trust,…
The unique feature of yesterday’s election was the contesting parties’ heavy reliance on digital platforms. Be it instant messaging apps or social networking forums, it seems that the real battle…
IT took termites to teach me non-attachment. Recently, I needed material on the 1971 East Pakistan crisis from a section in my library. There, I unearthed a squirm of termites…
In Pakistan, there are not many writers who write about history in Urdu or any other regional language, with an independent and objective lens. But there are certain writers who…
Oren Harari’s famous quote ‘the electric light did not come from the continuous improvement of candles’ serves as a poignant reminder of the ineffectiveness of incremental changes in addressing deep-rooted…
Confronting historical negationism through historical revisionism was the Herculean task that lay ahead when I embarked on bringing out Iskander Mirza’s memoirs. To challenge established, brittle narratives of fifty-plus years…
An economy is driven by the contributions and interactions of state, society and markets. Before we take up the agenda for recalibrating governance and institutions intermediating and administering governance and…
Pakistan has been struggling ever since its emergence on the world map to achieve political and economic stability, withstand internal and external threats and provide justice, socio-economic equality and opportunities…
The economic prosperity of the US, the sole superpower of our time, could only be possible due to labour exploitation. Four million African slaves were thrown overboard while being transported…
