Breaking the foreign grip
The leaders of five emerging markets that are categorised as Brics countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – met in Xiamen to discuss trade, economic cooperation, the…
Category: Pakistan
Principled realism
President Trump’s policy of ‘principled realism’ is neither principled nor realistic. The so-called new Afghan policy is a clear manifestation of this. In his speech to outline the so-called new…
Was India feudal?
Part – I The main aim of this article is to examine the social formation that developed in India before the advent of British rule. It seeks to understand the…
Institutional imbalances
The Supreme Court’s decision to disqualify a sitting prime minister has triggered debate on issues involving civilian rule, constitutionalism and institutional imbalances. Pro-establishment intellectuals and analysts have blamed politicians while…
War of ideas
As the political jugglery and circus around the Panama leaks and corruption in Islamabad continued, a terrorist attack in Lahore left 26 people including, eight policemen, dead and more than…
Accountability and corruption
The JIT’s findings have dealt a severe blow to the Sharif family. The JIT framed serious charges against the prime minister and his children. Even though the prime minister had…
In the shadow of the coup
Pakistan plunged into the darkest era of its history on July 5, 1977. The then army chief General Zia conspired with reactionary right-wing forces and overthrew the democratically-elected government of…
Bahawalpur: tragedy and poverty
Both terrorism and poverty cause deaths in different ways. Terrorists use bullets, Ak47s, suicide jackets and other means to kill and frighten people. But poverty is a silent killer. F…
Privatising education
The Punjab government has decided to continue the policy of handing over public schools to the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF), the Danish school authority and various NGOs. It wants to…
Target Iran
The message that came out from the US-Arab-Islamic summit was to isolate, tame and weaken Iran to combat terrorism in the Middle East. If the purpose of the summit was…
Politics of electables
The battle to hunt the maximum number of electables before the next general elections has begun. All the mainstream parties have started to try and win over influential candidates from…
Forgotten fear
There is widespread anger and hatred against the Indian occupation in Occupied Kashmir. The Indian forces have failed to crush the determination and courage of the Kashmiri youth. Every day,…