Whether the Daanish Schools effort has been able to live up to its principles or not may be debatable
Arguments in favour of revised NFC are, on aggregate, about fiscal difficulties that federal government faces
A representational image of a person waving the flag of Pakistan. — AFP/FileThe corrosion of a republic isn’t an event. It is a process. It...
One way to try to understand what Ishaq Dar meant when he distinguished Pakistan’s shared borders with China
Common theme among societies and countries that are broadly seen to be successful is disruption
Representational image. — PixabayAsking the wrong question is one of the most prominent qualities of the Pakistani public discourse. ‘Who should...
PML-N itself, PPP, and PTI all needed more Shehbaz Sharif, not less
Pakistani decision-making has another additional layer of disability
Attempt to make this distinction will be seen as sacrilege by Khan faithful but it is perhaps single most important domestic policy issue in...
There is no escaping the party’s arrival as the big, immovable object in Pakistani politics
I write a little about this case this week to highlight most important implication of case – one that is largely amiss in public discourse
Pakistan as book launch of Maximilian Hess's Economic Wars Ukraine and the Global Conflict Between Russia and the West
I share some excerpts from second edition of his book, ‘Between Dreams and Realities’, on issues important for Pakistan
Just another day in Indian-Occupied Kashmir’s Poonch district on December 22. Mohammad Showkat, age 22, Safeer Hussain age 45, and Shabir Ahmad...
The rapid changes taking place around the world are not superficial. These are changes that are altering how the world works. We heard the ‘we...
Venal and rent-seeking elites are a global phenomenon, but most countries don’t have to deal with the lack of imagination and basic incompetence...
The logic for a public-sector vehicle that does what the Special Investment Facilitation Council is supposed to do is solid. Pakistan’s...
The narratives that enable recruitment and financing for extremists are emerging from Gaza faster than Israel can kill the next Palestinian child
Pakistani security and media officials gather in front of the Parliament House building in Islamabad. — AFP/FileThe February 8, 2024, general...
Smoke and dust rise following an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 30, 2023. — AFPIn December 1987 after two...
A black plume of smoke billows behind highrise buildings during an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. — AFP The crisis in the...
Israel's Iron Dome defence system and rockets launched from Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip rise into the night sky on May 14, 2023. — AFPFor many in...
Pakistan’s most important decision-makers are now facing a dire and extreme choice. They can either choose to inflict some long overdue pain on...
Pakistan has witnessed a steep decline over the last two years, maybe the steepest in its post-partition history. If there is one overarching...
The ascension of Justice Qazi Faez Isa to the office of chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan is no ordinary moment in Pakistani judicial...
The capsizing of a fishing trawler off the coast of Greece has shocked many around the world. At least 78 have died and several hundred remain...
What is different about the current illegal and unconstitutional crackdown on a single political party? Because crackdowns have happened before....
It was the biggest mystery. For months, since the economy started to slide into an entirely predictable and avoidable crisis, well to do Pakistanis...
It isn’t just Rawalpindi now. It is much larger and very simple . This desire that Pakistan should be well governed, and without absolute...
The seriousness of the crisis in Pakistan can be gauged from what is perhaps the most sobering of all the considerations as we begin to take account...
Too much has already been said about the current Pakistani polycrisis. Nothing said so far is particularly insightful. Of course, nothing said is...
The government’s decision to accept the invitation to the SCO Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Goa this week reflects a maturity that has otherwise...
Three urgent national crises will remain unaddressed no matter who comes out on top in the political and institutional free-for-all battle royale...
There is such a thing as a false binary. But the fact that crimes have already been committed against the people of Pakistan – whose will and...
I wanted to write this week’s column on the amazing story of Tameer Bank as narrated in a new book by Nadeem Hussain, who was the founder and CEO...
There is a very slim chance that Pakistan may be able to win Saudi Arabian support for the resumption of its IMF programme, but if it does, this...
In the midst of this polycrisis for the ages, it is not difficult to enumerate all the things that are going badly and everything that is...
Three things have happened in the last ten days that have put Pakistan even more firmly on a default trajectory than it was on before.First, China...
Pakistan is in the midst of a polycrisis, and there are no signs that the elite – bureaucratic, military, civilian, business, or religious –...
Can you name the country where women have the smallest share of senior, managerial and legislative roles? Can you name the country that has one of...
Can you guess what country has the world’s worst financial inclusion statistics? It is Pakistan. With 115 million unbanked adults , Pakistan has...
Every country on the planet is suffering from populism. It is a cancer that metastasizes because of the failure of neoliberalism, because of the...
