Lurking fears …. Shahzad Chaudhry
When Narendra Modi was up for another election in 2019 for his second term, he preceded that with an aerial strike against a target across the line of control. He … Read More
When Narendra Modi was up for another election in 2019 for his second term, he preceded that with an aerial strike against a target across the line of control. He … Read More
That’s the blueprint Pakistan needs to develop and pursue. Already on the verge of a financial if not an economic collapse, its forex reserves are literally all borrowed and extremely … Read More
Some families have it all — landed, aristocratic, prominent; some educated and moneyed and therefore eminent. More so in rural set-ups where not many may strike luck that well and … Read More
That is who we are. A split mandate, and we get stagnated again. We don’t know how to move beyond it or resolve this possible consequence in a democratic exercise, … Read More
Parliamentary democracy of the Westminster model, if not democracy per se, hasn’t thrived despite its institution and practice since the country was first formed. An immediate and reflex repose is … Read More
We barely survived a default. The economy almost tanked and then with significant external help has only kept intact. Pakistan’s state structure, especially its armed forces retained their integrity and … Read More
We normally tend to attribute failure to ineptitude and incompetence or a lack of will and purpose. Mostly, a failure will include some or all these inadequacies. But to consistently … Read More
Democracy rests on three founding pillars: citizens engagement, independent judiciary and free media. Citizen engagement comes via two basic tenets: an electoral process which should be ideally free and fair, … Read More
PTI rose as a phoenix in the last one decade. For sixteen years it wandered the lonely terrain of politics in desolation till a changed political environment sought an alternate … Read More
In every sense of the way the world is closing on Pakistan. When out of options one is in the darkest depth of a hole with no escape. One is … Read More