Opinion Sharifuddin Pirzada: a legend grossly misunderstood A lawyer’s fame is like a writing on a sand beach. In the turbulent political and constitutional history of... Published 12 Jun, 2023 06:26am
Opinion The farce of caretaker govts The preamble to the constitution and the Objectives Resolution (1949) clearly mandate that state shall exercise its... Updated 29 Mar, 2023 07:19am
Opinion A grand dialogue It has been generally noticed in the course of history of mankind that when a people face great upheavals and... Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:58am
Opinion Politics of narratives and redlines Baroness Onora O’ Neill, in her Reith lectures on BBC (2002), published in book form by the Cambridge University... Published 21 Dec, 2022 06:05am
Opinion Judicialization of politics Judicialization of politics means that courts exercise judicial power to decide political questions. Superior courts... Updated 26 Oct, 2022 11:46am
Opinion A new political accord Pakistan is now seventy-five. In these long years there were very few occasions when a genuine joy was felt by the... Published 12 Oct, 2022 05:46am
Opinion Taxation power and democracy In the wake of an apparent economic crisis, caused by multiple reasons, particularly a killing self-inflicted... Updated 27 Jun, 2022 06:30am
Opinion An economic doomsday? Economy is the most important aspect of a modern state’s life. Pakistan faces an unprecedented and deep economic... Published 13 May, 2022 05:59am
Opinion Estranged federation The federation of Pakistan faces an unprecedented estrangement and discontent from its people in different ... Published 02 May, 2022 05:46am
Opinion Hostile no-confidence motion Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led federal government ended on 10 April 2022 with the passing of a no-confidence... Published 20 Apr, 2022 05:12am
Opinion Indian secularism and Islamophobia India pretends to the world that it is a socialist, secular and democratic republic. These great but equally elusive... Published 20 Mar, 2022 06:04am
Opinion New electoral reforms — II The second and more important reason for the failure of democracy in Pakistan is that the electoral process has been... Published 22 Dec, 2021 06:13am
Opinion New electoral reforms—I Reforms are a process of improvement whereby political institutions are revitalized for better performance and... Updated 08 Dec, 2021 06:48am
Opinion Politics and judiciary Pakistan’s judiciary is in the eye of a political storm. A former Chief Justice has been accused of his ... Updated 04 Dec, 2021 01:38pm
Opinion Legislation in joint sitting Pakistan’s Parliament in an unprecedented move passed a number of controversial bills in a hurriedly summoned ... Published 18 Nov, 2021 03:58am
Opinion Season of change? Political dramas have identical plots like Greek tragedies. An unusual movement on the political stage of Pakistan... Published 28 Oct, 2021 04:06am
Opinion Media and rule of law Freedom of speech and press are the hallmarks of a free society. Media educates and informs people. It helps them... Published 30 Sep, 2021 04:15am
Opinion Public offices and partymen A constitutional government on a liberal tradition is established where political power is exercised subject to... Published 10 Jul, 2021 03:42am
Opinion The Afghan conundrum On 14 April 1988 when the Geneva Accords were being signed to end the war and the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan,... Published 23 Jun, 2021 04:26am
Opinion A prosperous South Asia India’s leading contemporary politician-intellectual Shashi Tharoor’s declamation at Oxford (2015) about the ... Published 29 May, 2021 03:59am