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Tuesday October 03, 2023
Abdul Sattar

  • September 20, 2023

    Countering market fundamentalism

    Amidst a deep economic and financial crisis, the pundits of the neoliberal world are again prescribing a recipe for disaster, piling pressure on the...

  • September 15, 2023

    The reunion of the elite

    While the announcement of a new economic corridor at the recently held G20 summit may have created a ripple of excitement, it also indicates that...

  • September 06, 2023

    Investment-friendly Pakistan?

    The Pakistani ruling elite routinely makes tall claims about attracting massive investment that it believes can transform the country. Sections of...

  • August 29, 2023

    Living in a nightmare

    The recent protests against inflated bills seem to be suggesting that people are no longer ready to tolerate the skyrocketing inflation that has...

  • August 19, 2023

    Back to the status quo

    The recent hasty legislation carried out by parliament clearly indicates that the houses of public representatives have become merely a rubber...

  • August 02, 2023

    The fault was in our policies

    The terrible terrorist attack in Bajaur shows that, despite having sacrificed more than 70,000 lives and suffering financial losses worth over $100...

  • July 19, 2023

    Saving democracy

    When the dark era of Gen Ziaul Haq ended abruptly in 1988, it rekindled the hopes of millions that Pakistan would be on the right track.Most people...

  • July 12, 2023

    A perpetual identity crisis ( Part - II)

    Indian scholar Homi K Bhabha’s analysis of ‘mimicry’ seems more realistic. The argument that mimicry has an element of menace that disrupts...

  • July 11, 2023

    A perpetual identity crisis: Part - I

    Literary terms or concepts like ‘mimicry’ cannot be understood without some knowledge about colonialism and its impacts on developing countries,...

  • July 03, 2023

    Beyond neoliberal policies

    As recent events have shown, it seems that those who were behind the incident of May 9 will not be spared, and the authorities seem to have taken...