Category: Pakistan
Why Incentives to Attract Doctors to Rural Areas Haven’t Worked
Arjun Sharma in Undark: IN THE 1960s and 1970s, researchers offered financial incentives to patients to get…
Imran Khan Warns That Pakistan’s Election Could Be a Farce
Jan 4th 2024 in “The Economist”: His party is being unfairly muzzled, the former prime…
The Downfall of Subcontinent’s Princely States
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States By John ZubrzyckiHurst 337pp £25 order from bookshop…
Dr. Mubashir Hasan On Kashmir, Bhutto, Etc. (Video)
From DesPardes archive: Kashmir, Bhutto, “If I’m assassinated”, Benazir, PPP: Dr. Mubashir Hasan shared his…
Leftists, Progressives Team Up With Islamists to Oust Bhutto. ‘It Was a Foolish Idea’.
Nadeem F Paracha in SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE BANDWAGON LEFT: On October 9, 2009, the day…
Pakistan: Growing Weed Instead of Tree
IRSHAD SALIM: A note from my diary Jhatke Pe Jhatka (Shock & Awe): A free…
Victims of Our Own Narrative
Markets in Pakistan should be allowed to generate profits, but not at the expense of…
SIFC: What is it? Pragmatism?
By ONLOOKER: On January 3rd (tomorrow), a meeting of the Apex Committee of SIFC has…
‘I’ve Become a Reluctant Dictator’
Sarah Bell on BBC: Novelist Hanif Kureishi sustained life-changing injuries when he collapsed and landed…
End of ‘Romantic Era’ in Pakistan
Shared by Adil Khan: Memories for my Arsenal friends who saw and lived in the…
Legitimacy in Upcoming Polls Cannot be Ensured if One Party is Excluded From the Democratic Process
DAWN EDITORIAl EXCERPT: “…Meanwhile, the migratory tribe of ‘electables’ is also present in the contest,…
Perception Management: Fiasco
By ONLOOKER: The mishandling of Baloch protestors in Islamabad on December 20-21, and its media…