Tag: Politics

Every few weeks one reads that Pakistan and India have granted visas to religious pilgrims or built a special corridor ...

Imran Khan’s PTI after being ousted by the no confidence motion is on a warpath. It’s maligning all the state ...

Political philosopher John Rawls's theory of justice suggests thinkers and literati should ensure the society grows back into a well-ordered ...

The downfall of the Imran Khan government brings forth a narrative of patriotism, independence and self-respect that is hitting hard ...

Over the seven decades of its existence, Pakistan has not evolved as a democracy. The seed of democracy has clearly ...

For a nation, at any given point in time, the most dismal of fears is to know that the future ...

As the end of Ramadan draws near and Eid approaches, it is my privilege to wish that this blessed time ...

After one month of a province of 120 million people having been callously placed in a rudderless state by the ...

Punjabi political elites are sweethearts of the Pakistan state or to be more precise military establishment. And among Punjabi political ...

And as fate would have it, Pakistan has yet again experienced a shuffle in the parliament. The elected (or selected), ...

Shahzeb Khanzada presented a cogent and historically informed analysis of fascism in his Geo TV programme, Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay ...

In a historic press briefing last week, DG ISPR categorically stated that unlike the past, the military remains ‘apolitical’ now ...

The year is 2007. A charismatic Benazir Bhutto returns to her homeland from self-exile. She has been warned of a ...

When on December 17, 2019, the military statement expressed “pain and anguish” over the death sentence in absentia on treason ...

Autocratic leaders prefer presidential form of government, and Imran Khan is no exception. Pakistan has witnessed a consistent deterioration of ...

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive on the four signs of the litmus test proposed by political scientists ...

As curtains are drawn on the sordid saga of a hybrid regime, thrust upon the people of Pakistan supposedly by ...

The United States accused the Russian government of meddling in the US presidential elections in 2016. The Democrats provided proof ...

Misplaced Priorities? Our mole in PM House says that two senior party leaders met the Talented Bro last week and ...

What happened in the Punjab Assembly was not unexpected. The viral videos made one’s head hang in shame. Democracy died ...

The country was at the brink of another doctrine, more severe and more adverse than the doctrine of necessity and ...

To overcome the current political mess, perhaps, the only option available is to call a conference of political parties, institutions, ...

Consumerism, or the preoccupation of society with the acquisition of consumer goods, largely emerged from the 19th century onwards. It ...

The hybrid government of Imran Khan rode into power on the magical red carpet rolled out by the powerful establishment ...

The dismissal of the no-trust motion against PM Imran Khan, with the government terming it as being disloyalty to the ...

In January 2021, the grief-stricken families of the ill-fated Hazara coal miners had refused to bury the bodies of their ...