La La Land: Elite Capture, Regulatory Capture and Institutional Capture on May 24, 2020Pakistan is a country which has become an elitist state where the interests of elite class are considered to be of paramount significance. Theentire elite has feterred the country under the shackles of its vested interests. The recent sugar crisis is an example which clearly demonstrates that why people with commercial corporate interests enter into […]
Black swan: foreign policy and new global order on April 17, 2020The world has never seen such tumultuous times since the Second World War. The outbreak of coronavirus has led to such catastrophic consequences that the largest economy in the world, the US, has witnessed unemployment rate to surge massively in double digits. Surely.as the experts say, the pandemic crisis can be classified as a ‘Black […]
The economic fallout and invisible hand of market forces on March 31, 2020We all are living in strange times as according to Yuval Noah Harari in his book ‘Sapiens’ wrote that many short-term emergency measures become a fixture for life because the risk of doing nothing becomes bigger in crisis -like- situation; decisions which could take years of deliberation are then made promptly in few hours keeping […]
Forced conversions on March 18, 2020Recently the honourable Lahore high court for the first time in issued a judgment on forced religious conversion. A Christian girl of barely 14 years named Muskan was employed as domestic worker in Sargodha district and later the girl’s parents were not allowed to meet her on the pretext that Muskan had converted from Christianity […]
The US and the Middle East: Deal of the Century on February 8, 2020The US president recently said that the resolution of the conflict between Israel and Palestine would be a deal of the century. Trump insisted that under this deal of the century, Israel would expand its territory by including West Bank and would also be given the control of Golan Heights, East Jerusalem, whereas the contours […]
Geo-politics and flawed economics on January 22, 2020The recent developments in international affairs have a profound impact on global politics. With the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, the relations between Iran and the US have worsened an already tense situation bringing it to a stalemate. It was highly feared that an impending doom was likely to ensue in case the situation […]
Silence of the lambs on December 21, 2019Silence of the lambs was a blockbuster Hollywood movie released in 1991.It is the story of an FBI trainee, Clarice Starling, played by Jodie Foster, who is constantly haunted by the screaming of lambs due to a traumatic childhood during which she used to be terrified of the slaughtering of lambs on her relative’s farm […]
Brexit: an accident waiting to happen on December 10, 2019The European Union (EU) is a group of 28 countries, which envisages a common policy on economics, human rights, foreign policy and security. Before the referendum in 2016, there was an ongoing debate in Britain whether to stay in the EU or not. It was not until the announcement of Prime Minister David Cameron that […]
Blackbuck protection and animal rights on November 5, 2019Recently, the Lahore High Court announced a verdict, directing the Punjab government to take safety precautionary measures in order to protect a vulnerable species known as blackbucks. A protected vulnerable species under the Punjab Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act,it is included in the third schedule, which describes the list of animals and birds […]
Foreign policy: Kashmir issue and the dynamics of international relations on August 30, 2019Imran Khan has urged Pakistanis to come out of their homes, offices and workplaces every week for half an hour to show solidarity with the Kashmiri people fighting Indian occupation. One expected him to tell the nation about his government’s latest initiatives on the diplomatic and political fronts to mobilise international support for the Kashmiri […]