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Crisis In Bangladesh

Crisis in Bangladesh

The worthy Sheikh Hasina Wajid is back as prime minister of crisis-hit Bangladesh for the third spell in the wake of the recent violence-plagued parliamentary elections that lost credibility in…

Our ‘historical’ Obsession

Our ‘historical’ obsession

Pakistan seems to have become fertile ground for creating history. In March this year, for the first time in the country’s history, popularly elected national and provincial legislatures completed their…

Chasing The Elections

Chasing the elections

A leading characteristic of the route to exercise in mass polling next month is the focus on procedural details that has eaten up a large chunk of election time. The…

Polls, War And Religion

Polls, war and religion

A number of factors set the upcoming national polls apart from previous such exercises. To begin with, for the first time elections are being held with a neutral caretaker setup…

Stifling Jinnah’s Pakistan

Stifling Jinnah’s Pakistan

We should be thankful to the returning officer who disqualified former lawmaker and one of the country’s leading columnists Mr Ayaz Amir from the 2013 elections for his alleged ‘thought-crime’…

Democracy, With Tear

Democracy, with tear

It may have been democratic, but it is over now - the tenure of the elected federal and provincial governments. We have made history. But what else is there to…

Undermining The Elections

Undermining the elections

In our own little world of feudal-colonial-authoritarian traditions, the aspirations for democratic values and institutions are evenly matched by a discomfort with both values and institutions. How deep is that…

Viewpoint: Qadri, Qadeer And The Media

Viewpoint: Qadri, Qadeer And The Media

Tahirul Qadri who flew in from his home in Canada with the stated objective of saving this state from politicians and the unstated aim of derailing the democratic system by…