Venal ruling class
By Dr Aasim Sajjad Akhtar It is all so predictable. The raids on homes of opposition leaders and workers. Heavy-handed
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Democracy
Race, culture, terrorism and ‘deep structures’
Akbar Ahmad and Noam Chomsky examine examine issues of race in America which engender different forms of violence and terrorism. While race is on the surface of society, understanding how it related to society’s deeper structures can help make sense of it. It is the failure to tackle race issues that is partly responsible for the turbulence in contemporary American society.
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A look at democracy
By Naazir Mahmood The National Institute of Pakistan Studies (NIPS) at the Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad is a rare centre of
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Undermining the people’s will
The book covers one manifestation of authoritarianism as defined by the author and follows a set structure. There is a historical overview — in some instances beginning from the colonial era — consisting of key events which illustrate the issue.
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Billionaires like Musk don’t know about democracy
By Paris Marx Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has bought Twitter. Musk says he’s trying to safeguard democracy and
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We don’t need billionaires like Elon Musk
By Paris Marx Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter in the name of free speech is the latest example of
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IK: anti-imperialist hero or authoritarian populist?
Tooba Syed dismantles the myths surrounding the former cricketer’s supposedly anti-imperialist tenure in Pakistan by Tooba Syed Despite his best
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Lecture: Arundhati on religious nationalism, dissent
This lecture was delivered by Arundhati Roy, author of the recently published book Azadi: Fascism, Fiction, and Freedom in the
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Beyond Mush-Imran
By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar Qazi Faez Isa is a principled judge. The FIA is harassing us and raiding our homes.
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Anti-imperialism and the night in which all cows are black
By Ayyaz Mallick Imran Khan’s anti-American rhetoric is not anti-imperialism. It is part of Imran and, preceding him, the Pakistani
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A remarkable verdict
By Naazir Mahmood It feels good when the apex court of your country delivers a verdict that fulfills the aspirations
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Imran Khan’s undemocratic action deepens Pakistan’s political crisis
By Zahid Hussain Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government has been floundering, but the speed at which it unraveled in
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An open letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan
Prominent academics, citizens and opinion makers of the country have called upon the Chief Justices of Pakistan to burry the
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Constitutional frauds
By Faisal Siddiqi “Pity the nation that is led by those who laugh at the law little realising that the
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Pakistan’s Khan dilemma
By Kamran Asdar Ali This morning (April 3rd) Maureen Dowd in her column in the NYT, on the by now
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