Self-serving laws – I
Uninterrupted decade of democracy [2008 to 2018], unprecedented in our political history entailing smooth transfer of power to elected representatives, according to the Constitution, is an occasion for national jubilation…
Sheep dreaming of androids?
Android: robot with a human appearance. Do Androids dream of electric sheep: 1968 science-fiction by Patrick Dick that formed the basis of 1982 film Blade Runner and its sequel Blade…
Case of special assistants: Selecting the non-elected
PM Abbasi finds strength in numbers. Not satisfied with 29 Ministers, 18 Ministers of State and 4 advisers, he continues to add Special Assistants - eight, and counting. And it…
The cardinal principle of British Raj — II
When Zulfikar Ali Bhutto took over as President and Chief Martial Law Administrator in the early 1971, he enjoyed immense powers. His problem was that he was fearful of the…
Democracy in name?
THE subject of democracy is a most confused and confusing debate, where it is easy to confuse form with substance, concept with practice and illusion with reality. The fundamental concept…
The pitfalls of ideology
RECEP Erdogan, president of Turkey, says his faith in Islam stops him from raising bank interest rates. His hard-line position sent the lira tumbling from one low to another; in…
Xi seeks to rewrite global trade rules as US retreats
Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to rewrite world trade rules and cast himself as a champion of globalisation as he capitalises on a US retreat into "America First" policies, analysts…
Our very own mafiosi?
Analysing material from the "Arms-to-Iraq affair" archive and studying key American political events including Watergate, Iran-Contra and Bill Clinton's impeachment, Dr Professor Glen Newey, a Reader in politics at Strathclyde…
ARTICLES What do economic indicators say?
Briefing the Cabinet meeting this week in Islamabad, the Secretary of Finance told the cabinet that the country has achieved a stabilized economy with the gross domestic product a record…
New blood at Wall Street’s old guard rattles Corporate America
A new generation of executives at the world’s biggest asset managers is helping drive an uprising against Corporate America that environmental and social justice activists have long campaigned for. The…
