Category: Opinion

Having the Cake and Eating It Too

Pakistan was being run for decades focused on political economy, and continues. The fruits of…

Living Beyond Means Syndrome: Responsibility Lies With the Civil Society

Syed Shabbar Zaidi writes in The Business Recorder: Pakistan is one of the 52 countries…

NATO’s Philosophers

Santiago Zabala and Claudio Gallo at Aljazeera: In a recent article – Putin’s philosophers: Who inspired…

The danger Pakistan faces today is of democratic backsliding

Maleeha Lodhi in Dawn: Polarization today characterizes the country. There are few if any precedents…

Does America Really Want Real News on Cable?

By Joe Ferullo in The Hill: In a memo issued on his first official day…

The Case Against the Supreme Court of the United States

Ian Millhiser in Vox: Two events occurred Monday night — one historic, the other rather insignificant…

A Short Conversation on Imran Khan’s PTI

#1a: PTI is indeed deft at Science Of Minds (Mind Games). #2a: PTI is back…

Khan Was An Experiment That Went Wrong?

AYESHA SIDDIQA thinks so. She is author of Military Inc., an insightful book on military-business…

Language, Identity, and Pakistani Writing in English

by Claire Chambers: Language has an important role to play in national identity. One only…

Tariq Ali on Ukraine Nato Expansion (Video)

Democracy Now on March 9 spoke with writer and activist Tariq Ali in London, about…

The World Can Stop Capital Flight Now

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram: Capital flight is widespread, with resource-rich countries more vulnerable. ‘Mis-invoicing’ exports…

A Guide To Putin’s Inner Circle, According to The Onion

The Onion (“America’s Finest News Source”) publishes satirical articles on international, national, and local news….