Haider Mehdi

Back in 2018, I had written that the status quo elite capturing mafia of kleptocrats and plutocrats headed by the Houses of Sharifs and  Bhuttos/ Zardari will fight tooth and nail to destroy every attempt to reform Pakistan, with Imran being the most visible symbol of that change. Three years down, one can see how […]

First off, Skipper, most people who support you do so for the sake of Pakistan and will continue to do so whether it’s supporting you or anybody else who can take Pakistan out of the clutches of her terrible and existential elite capture. Doesn’t matter who these elites are. Whether in politics or in the […]

Imran is still our best fighting chance to get us out of our terrible mess. This I say, despite his early ignorance, inexperience, incompetence, follies, missteps and u turns. The last I see as a great quality as he learns and rectifies. And if course he’s had to make compromises. Here’s the headline. Pakistan is […]

Someone asked me if IK was done with and over and finished. Here’s my perspective. You can never right off anybody in politics. I remember Oct 1999 and how the whole country went delirious when Sharir was removed and people thought that both Sharir and PPP were history. Gone, dead, buried for good. Look what […]

A year ago the 15 member UN Security Council met. All agreed that Kashmir “is not India’s internal matter”. China supported by saying to solve Kashmir through UN resolutions, opposing any unilateral action, urging all sides to exercise restraint and stating that India’s actions have also violated China’s sovereignty and violated bilateral agreements. Surprising indirect […]

While I’ve committed to take some time off from actively writing, but because I’ve recently received some rather harsh criticism on my views about the Army and our current situation, inadvertently circulated by “well meaning” friends. Here’s my perspective. I think coherent dialogue eludes us as a society and as individuals, even our so called […]

Cassius: “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings”.(Shakespeare -Julius Caesar). My apologies for digressing but this is important. Perhaps what stands out more than anything in understanding Pakistan’s elite capture is our spinelessness as a society, our lack of will to resist and fight for our […]

Nations are built first and foremost on geographical grounds. It is an integrative process that must unite different ethnic, religious, cultural and economic entities into a community of equals. There must be a unity of purpose and equity amongst the constituent units. A superficial national identity is easy to create by appealing to emotions, waving […]