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The Conspiracy That Failed

The Conspiracy That Failed

What happened during the last few months was ‘a crisis period’ for the state institutions, drifting in a state of helplessness to handle an ordinary matter of the state. Luckily…

Basics Of Our Own Liking

Basics Of Our Own Liking

IT is always better to begin with the basics. In recent times a debate has raged over an ailing prime minister and what legal and medical and political cures could…

The Debt Bomb

The Debt Bomb

From 1947 to 2008:over the 61-year period we had four governor-generals, nine presidents and twenty-three prime ministers. All of them put together managed to accumulate a mere Rs6 trillion in…

Our Political Dynamics: Challenges And Response

Our Political Dynamics: Challenges And Response

Imran Khan introduced “Dharna” in 2014, to bring about regime change. The same now has recoiled back on him, knocking at his doors with greater intensity. The Religious Right under…

The Shameful Collapse Of Indian Judiciary

The Shameful Collapse Of Indian Judiciary

Nothing coming out of India seems to surprise me lately. After the reported arbitrary arrests of Muslims in some states tending to their cattle business, to the mob lynchings that…

Punjab As A Driver For Pakistan’s Growth

Punjab As A Driver For Pakistan’s Growth

Several years ago, I was invited by the then government of Punjab to inaugurate a series of lectures funded by the World Bank on Punjab’s economic prospects. The Bank at…