Individuals, more than Institutions?
Institutions have an inherent tendency to resist reform. Conventional ways of conduct become quasi-sacred traditions.
Read moreInstitutions have an inherent tendency to resist reform. Conventional ways of conduct become quasi-sacred traditions.
Read moreThe problem that the judges have raised about interfering in their functioning is not confined to them alone but affects other major state institutions.
Read moreThe letter written by six judges of Islamabad High Court is poorly drafted and is more of an admission of the judges’ inability or incapacity to use their power and clout to take action against the detractors.
Read moreThe recent spate of toxic letters received at the offices of the IHC and SC judges, including the CJP himself, might be the act of an agent provocateur.
Read moreBeing the most accessible instrument of electoral manipulation, ‘Form 47’ succinctly describes the never-ending plight of a captive nation.
Read morePatronage and the capacity for violence play crucial roles in determining political outcomes and manifest themselves in repeated coups, sectarian conflict and feudalistic relationships.
Read moreAll major political dynastic parties lack intra-party democratic practices, prevent the rise of non-family members even within their parties, and have little interest in the emancipation of the masses through education, legal and social justice, and equitable distribution of wealth.
Read moreIt appears that both the civil structures and the military intelligence agencies have realized the need to pull-back, and enable the country’s intrinsic capacity for constructive work to reach fruition.
Read moreThe supremacy of civilian leadership over the military needs to be reasserted through the work of the Cabinet Committee on National Security and the National Security Division.
Read moreThe very institution decried for our country’s political ills will have to cajole and coerce the politicians to do what is necessary.
Read moreConstitutional meddling or choreographing the elections is a ubiquitous bar on the transparency of elections and Pakistan’s future stability and development.
Read moreThe ugliest face of power politics in Pakistan will be re-exposed in the February 2024 General Elections.
Read moreThe nation is at a crossroads where it can either fight back and say no to a manipulated future or give in, at least this one last time.
Read moreConditions on the ground do not indicate the established rationale for the formation of a national government.
Read moreThe imposition of an unelected ‘National Government of Technocrats’ is likely to do more harm than good.
Read moreA national government, riding upon the back of the Establishment’s strength, would be a far cry from people’s wishes, for it has never been able and willing to, nor will it carry out the essential reforms in all, but especially the governance and economic sectors.
Read moreThe militarisation of governance and public affairs can never be conceived as an ideal remedy. However, a democratic dispensation can learn a lot from the military leadership, particularly in the areas of good administration and sound stewardship.
Read moreThe frequent regime changes in Pakistan have less to do with incompetence and more to do with the execution of the ‘Economic Hit Man’ policies.
Read moreFair and free national elections in February next year can be a defining moment for Pakistan and set the tone for better prospects for the future.
Read moreRahul Gandhi has shed his cloak of the remote, arrogant, and unrelatable icon of the Gandhi dynasty and is reaching out to people from all walks of life, especially farmers.
Read moreA third consecutive victory will further embolden Narendra Modi, who is not only inspired by rising Christian fascism in the USA and Europe and Zionist fascism in Israel but is also encouraged by these like-minded allies to turn India into a hellhole for minorities.
Read moreRahul Gandhi has emerged as a ray of hope for the people of India in general and for the Indian National Congress in particular.
Read morePakistanis today are worse off than they were twenty years ago, and ironically, the World Bank is still somehow “providing relief” to the country. This begs us to ponder: what is the crux of the matter? And why has this noble intervention failed Pakistan?
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