In his latest column, published in The News, Amir Hussain dislodges the myth of development practitioners and poverty alleviation careerists that “grassroots institutions of the poor” have any.transformative role beyond poverty management. He poses a question ‘whether public funds be spent on such initiatives?   We all talk about the importance of strong institutions as drivers of social progress, economic …

The power of imagination and human instinct of fear play a pivotal role in shaping the social, and political imagination of our past, present, and future.

Brand Sussex represents the biggest threat to the monarchy so far Marx predicted that capitalism would destroy every remnant of feudalism. It would tear asunder “the motley feudal ties that bound man to his ‘natural superiors’”, in the words of “The Communist Manifesto”. It would drown ecstasies of religious fervour and chivalric enthusiasm in the “icy water of egotistical calculation”. And …

High Asia offers a great prospect for building a safer world for billions of people and needs trans-boundary solutions engaging India, Pakistan, Afghanistan China, Nepal, and the Central Asian States by declaring the region an ecological state and its population as ecology citizens, writes Amir Hussain.  Five hundred years ago, in the days of big empires, one would look like a …

Scholars debunk neoliberal development concept; offer pluriversality and inclusive development concept   by Fayyaz Baqir   We are at a critical juncture at this moment in time facing a growing disillusionment with current economic and political order that has dominated the world for quite some time. Growing concerns about climate change, rising income inequality, polarization, populist nationalism, and unending military …

We need new forms of mobilisation.

By Amir Hussain Sadness, trepidation, and agony will stare at you as if you have landed in a broken nation of Sub-Saharan Africa. Even with a modicum of sensibilities, a venture into the interior of Balochistan will be like a voyage of the colonial era into the heart of Africa. Wounds and bruises inflicted upon the body politics of Balochistan …

Amir Hussain deconstructs the popular connotation of power. He analyzes the various aspects and dimensions of what constitutes being powerful.

The crusade against corruption launched by the PTI-led government seems to have reached a dead end.

MADRID: A handful of major states resisted pressure on Sunday to ramp up efforts to combat global warming as a U.N. climate summit ground to a close, angering smaller countries and a growing protest movement that is pushing for emergency action. The COP25 talks in Madrid were viewed as a test of governments’ collective will to heed the advice of …