With due respect to Dr Atif Mian on September 17, 2018The removal of respected Princeton economist Dr Atif Mian from the Prime Minister’s (PM) Economic Advisory Council (EAC) was an unfortunate and sad reminder that the reasons of Pakistan’s existential crises are political and rooted in the xenophobic ideology that the state ideologues have imposed upon it through decades of brainwashing via text books and […]
Pakistan’s economic crisis and the IMF on August 17, 2018Pakistan’s incoming Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan recently Tweeted “President Erdogan and the people of Turkey know we are praying for their success in dealing with the severe economic challenges confronting them, as they have always succeeded against adversities in their glorious history”. Pakistan and Turkey have historically enjoyed close relations and many Pakistani leaders […]
PTI’s false dawn on August 2, 2018A largely controlled media would have us believe that the elections were about taking down corruption and urban middle class aspirations. Apparently this is why Imran Khan won. Did he really win in a fair and free contest? There is only one basic principle which is the foundation of any democracy. People must be allowed […]
Does Imran have a plan? on July 28, 2018Imran Khan has claimed victory amid accusations of vote manipulation by the main opposition parties in an election that was predicted to be the “the dirtiest, most micromanaged and most intensively participated polls in the country’s history” by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). The jury is out on whether this is actually the […]
MQM’s flawed narrative of Mohajirism on April 15, 2018In April 1952, out of the 91 Federal government secretaries, joint and deputy secretaries, none belonged to Balochistan; 40 were Punjabis, 33 Mohajirs, 5 Bengalis, 3 Pukhtuns, and 1 Sindhi. MQM’s narrative that Mohajirs were short-changed in Pakistan is based on half-truths that only blames the quota system and forgets that Mohajirs once enjoyed the […]
Towards an ‘independent’ parliament on March 20, 2018Why has there been so much outrage over the senate elections? Poor Raza Rabbani is a decent gentleman, but he could do little except shed tears and carry on with his vote for the setting up of military courts. Let’s get this straight, Pakistan is not going back to ‘guided’ or ‘controlled’ democracy. It always […]