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Property is power

PAKISTAN’S economic situation is unquestionably dire. The yawning trade and current account deficits, galloping inflation and default prospects have generated significant comment. It is noteworthy, though, that the working masses,…

Don’t disrupt democracy

SPECULATION and discussions regarding a technocratic government, with an extended tenure of two to three years to extricate the economy from its woes, are rife. The proposal is flawed on several grounds…

Will an Adlai Stevenson save us?

JOE Biden is only partly right. Pakistan can be a scary place with its nuclear weapons. So is India, which he forgot to mention. The evidence stares us in the face.…

Year of polycrisis

2022 was a tumultuous year in Pakistan even by the standards of its turbulent political history. It confronted a polycrisis — several crises that converged to reinforce each other and…

Pakistan: the way forward?

MUCH seems to have changed in Pakistan in the last year or so. A lot more people are a lot more concerned about where we are and, more importantly, where…

The cross-border challenge

LAST week’s coordinated assault on an army garrison in Zhob was yet another grim reminder of the growing terrorist threat emanating from cross-border sanctuaries. The highest single-day casualties suffered by the security…

Pemra’s censorship

A REGULATOR that is supposed to be independent continues to play its biased role of censoring political voices that fall out of favour with the establishment. Whereas the role of…

Drift towards anarchy

WE have been in a perpetual state of crisis but what is happening now has pushed the country towards anarchy. It’s a free for all with state institutions at loggerheads.…

A year of lost opportunity

THE Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition will complete a year in government next month. What has this period meant for the country? How has it shaped politics and affected governance? For a…

The road ahead

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), launched by China in 2013, is an ambitious global development strategy aimed at enhancing regional connectivity and economic growth. Among its various projects, the…