Change: rhetoric or reality? on June 8, 2013Transfer of power from one civilian government to another in Pakistan, 65 years after its creation, is being hailed as a big achievement. And so it looks from one side as it is a feat accomplished that remained elusive for so long. But on the other side, it is a crude commentary in itself about […]
Sindh-Balochistan relations on May 12, 2013“Obscured truths and established lies” (Daily Times, March 17, 2013) is one of his many insightful and inciting articles. Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur has been writing about the national rights and different aspects of the nationalist movement of Balochistan. The article is related to the all-important and so-sensitive issue of missing persons, the contents of […]
18th Amendment and the rights of nations on August 5, 2011Pakistanis are full of celebration over the 18th Amendment, presented as a great achievement of the ruling party and its allies and portrayed as a panacea for all the constitutional and political problems this country has been facing. But, in reality, is the situation worth these celebrations? And does this piece of constitutional amendment answer […]
The way forward I on July 4, 2011Pakistan nowadays constitutes perhaps the most mentioned, deeply debated and hotly perused topic in the media, think tanks and research institutes locally as well as globally. We see different research results and investigative and analytical reports almost on a daily basis. Some describe Pakistan as ‘the most dangerous country for journalists’, some put it as […]