How resignations can help get rid of past distortions

The Zia Pandemic of 1985 partyless elections may be finally coming to an end by the voluntary resignations of the opposition parties. Please resign...

The politics behind ceasefire in Afghanistan

A high-powered Taliban delegation was in Islamabad for talks last week with Pakistani leaders. The delegation was led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar—the deputy...

Senate elections through ‘open ballot’: What does the Constitution say?

Prime Minister Imran Khan, along with several members of his political party, have argued in favour of holding the upcoming Senate Elections through ‘open...

Establishment Nawaz Vs. Establishment Colonial

After inserting Article 6 in the 1973 constitution, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) was confident that the era of military takeovers was over. It was...

The Politics of the CPEC: Is Punjab being favored?

Scholars, policymakers, and media commentators have been discussing different dimensions of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) across the globe since its beginning in 2013....

Imran Khan’s anti-corruption drive pitched against high odds

How do we explain opposition parties’ cacophony of protests and resignations? Is it opposition for the sake of opposition, or a quest for power...

BECA putting Pakistan’s military might to test

Currently, the United States militarily prefers India over its seven-decade-old South Asian ally, Pakistan. It has been transferring state of the art weapons and...

Indian Chronicles manifest the dangers of 5G warfare

For the past many years, the idea of fifth-generation narrative warfare has been ridiculed in Pakistan. The few—who argue that non-military narrative instruments are...

How can PML-N call itself a democratic party?

In a recent BBC interview when Ishaq Dar was confronted with the fact that his leader Mian Nawaz Sharif was himself a protégé of...

Modi government renames bio-tech centre after pro-Nathsi RSS ideologue Golwalkar

At a ceremony in India’s southern state Kerala, Indian prime minister, a Rashtriya Swayem Sevak Sangh (National Volunteer Corps) member, has decided to rename...

Op-ed: the KTH mishap; do we need a new set of hospital reforms?

Healthcare reform involves orchestrating a policy change, mediated through governance, management, and financial interventions. The aim is to improve the ways in which health...

Biden & Yemen: Will He Do The Right Thing Even For The Wrong Reasons?

It would arguably be the morally right thing for the US to stop funding the GCC’s War on Yemen like Biden previously promised that he’d do...
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