A gripping cultural anthropology of the development of cricket in the country places the game in the larger context of politics...
Published31 Jul, 202212:13pm
POLITICS in Pakistan operates at two thinly connected levels representing a non-delivering ruling mechanism at one end, and perennially and potentially protesting masses at the other.
Published19 Mar, 201211:35pm
THE 2008 elections cast their shadow on the Senate elections first in 2009 as a reflection of a transition to democracy and then in 2012 — significantly though ironically — despite the recent political developments
Published05 Mar, 201207:33pm
THE judiciary has divided the nation. There are those who support its various contentions against the executive based on the law and legal proceedings.
Published06 Feb, 201211:45pm
THOSE of us who participate in intellectual discussion through reading and writing, speaking on TV or in other public forums, or indulge in an exchange of opinion in various informal social settings constantly interact with
Published24 Jan, 201212:15am
THE memo affair shows that there is a hydra-headed conflict in Pakistan. It has sent all the decorum and the vertical and horizontal arrangement of the state authority that underscored the political dynamics down the drain.
Published10 Jan, 201212:10am
IN recent days, Pakistan experienced extremely tense moments, ranging from a series of memogate revelations hitting right, left and centre, followed by their reverberation in the Supreme Court hearings, to
Published26 Dec, 201107:51pm
THE TV screen is rapidly politicising the public. The 24/7 news channels show the actual faces of politicians, judges, criminals as well as men in uniform, including police and Rangers, on the screen
Published28 Nov, 201108:02pm
IMRAN Khan is the talk of the town. Is the political landscape changing? Are the contenders of power realigning? Khan’s gain at the Minar-i-Pakistan is generally understood as the PML-N’s loss
Published14 Nov, 201107:46pm
