PTI as the prisoner of its rhetoric on December 17, 2019Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was elected to power on a wave of populism. Its victory was grounded in the political expedience to galvanise the electorate through anti-corruption signifiers and other simplistic populist appeals. Most of the rhetoric was devoid of substance since it did not delve deep enough into the intricacies and complexities of transformative politics. […]
PTI, prisoner of its own rhetoric on December 16, 2019Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was elected to power on a wave of populism. Its victory was grounded in the political expedience to galvanise the electorate through anti-corruption signifiers and other simplistic populist appeals. Most of the rhetoric was devoid of substance since it did not delve deep enough into the intricacies and complexities of transformative politics. Since […]
Civil Service Reforms: the CSS examination and initial training on February 20, 2019Prime Minister Imran Khan emphasized the “depoliticization of bureaucracy” in his very first address to the nation. Since then he has twice addressed the civil servants assuring them of political non-interference in their working. There is no doubt that the bureaucracy in Pakistan is largely functioning as an arm of the political masters rather than […]