Tag: Shahzad Chaudhry

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

In any society there are four agents of change: political leadership that infuses thoughts and ideas which can impact and change a society; a parliament which can debate and offer … Read More

The PDM government with its allies will begin its second year in power soon. Whether this is how it was intended by the planners we may never know. Two provinces … Read More

I hate to admit but we grew up believing that politics was a dirty game. Anyone who massaged or manipulated his way up the ladder was popularly abhorred and ridiculed. … Read More