Secular India or Modi’s India on February 22, 2019National sentiments have been exploited many times throughout history by fascists leaders looking to further their political agenda. Hitler emphasised that Germany should adhere to Hellenic values and culture, Mussolini cited gain in territorial size as the key to countering his nation’s poverty, and in more recent times Kim Jong Un modeled a state on […]
Dissuading Economic Growth on January 10, 2019Pakistan is a country in turmoil, plagued by numerous social and economic issues. The economic policies pursued by the previous government left the country in a balance- of-payments crisis, a record high debt, and a currency at one of it’s highest levels of devaluation. Such dismal performance led to much criticism of the fairly new […]
My grievance against PM Imran Khan on September 17, 2018The right to protest, voice one’s concerns, and at times even engage in organised remonstration is what fundamentally constitutes the foundation of a democratic state. In the history of power politics, public policy, and government administration, there rarely have been any reforms, appointments or changes which have been implemented without much opposition. There always have […]
Demystifying the Imran-IMF dilemma on August 6, 2018The tiger is indeed in a corner once again. When Imran Khan takes oath, he will not just be accepting full responsibility of running the state of Pakistan to the best of his potential, but will be inheriting one of the biggest economic crises that the country has ever found itself in. From the time […]
Western media and Pakistan’s changing political sphere on July 30, 2018The relationship between Pakistan’s leading political party, post 2018 General elections, and the country’s ‘establishment’ — a catchphrase most commonly used to refer to the country’s military, has been making rounds for quite a while. There is little doubt that the establishment has many a times played an overwhelming and an overly exceeding role in […]