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Morial Shah

  • August 05, 2023

    Bilawal as PM?

    Is this another fawning article priming the field for Bilawal’s becoming prime minister? No. Is this an article defending dynasties or Pakistani...

  • April 04, 2020

    Covid-19 policy focus

    It’s not just the economy, stupid. The coronavirus has finally killed the platitude-defining politics of the 90s. It’s about lives. It always...

  • September 28, 2019

    SEZs 2.0

    In Pakistan and beyond, governments and investors continue to show enthusiasm for SEZs. The UNCTAD World Investment Report of 2019 focuses on SEZs....

  • September 07, 2019

    Annexations and the ICJ

    For over half a century, much of modern international law has been based on this cardinal rule: states must not acquire territory through the use of...

  • August 17, 2019

    Drowning under curfew

    “We’re inside the fire, looking for the dark," writes Kashmiri-American poet Agha Shahid Ali in 'The Country Without A Post Office'.As lost...

  • December 29, 2018

    Benazir of song and story

    The rest of the world moves on, but in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, Larkana, yesterday, today and tomorrow stand still near Bhutto’s mausoleum.Memories...

  • December 23, 2017

    Benazir – a decade on

    Ten years have passed since the day she died. In life and in death, Benazir Bhutto remains a contentious figure. The collective wisdom of courts, UN...

  • July 28, 2016

    For want of grace

    Recent events in Sindhi politics bring to mind the following words: disgraceful and pitiful. Utterly, gut-wrenchingly lacking in decorum and South...