Stories by Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
The writer teaches at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
Employment has been downplayed as a measure of the economy’s health.
Published 05 Dec, 2025 06:29am
Consent can mean choosing silence for fear of coercion.
Published 21 Nov, 2025 08:00am
The Charter of Democracy has been consigned to the dustbin.
Published 07 Nov, 2025 07:24am
Will things be different after the TLP ban?
Published 25 Oct, 2025 05:01am
The state’s conduct belies its claims of upholding ‘Muslim interests’.
Published 10 Oct, 2025 07:23am
Why were such ‘major gains’ wiped out in such a short period?
Published 26 Sep, 2025 05:18am
The youth have shown they can shake regimes — but without organisation, ideology, and economic transformation, their fury may only deepen the status quo.
Published 25 Sep, 2025 11:28am
The current dystopic reality has no precedent in Pakistan’s history.
Published 12 Sep, 2025 07:20am
The floods must be seen in the context of an already dire situation.
Published 29 Aug, 2025 06:22am
We must not become resigned to the status quo.
Published 15 Aug, 2025 07:40am
Mythical oil reserves are just the tip of the iceberg.
Published 01 Aug, 2025 08:32am
Millions who need housing are deprived of it.
Updated 18 Jul, 2025 09:09am
There’s no political will to keep the country habitable.
Updated 04 Jul, 2025 09:07am
What would regime change in Iran look like?
Updated 20 Jun, 2025 10:29am
The crisis of patriarchal violence is not limited to Pakistan
Published 06 Jun, 2025 08:50am
The Land Reform Act is riddled with a host of ambiguities.
Published 23 May, 2025 06:44am
India's CPI and CPI-M are threatening their very own political creed.
Updated 09 May, 2025 09:07am
The potential for a politics of the ‘99pc’ is greater than ever.
Published 25 Apr, 2025 06:44am
Beyond Balochistan, the current wave of violence in KP and the increasingly brazen ecocide in the mountainous highlands of GB have a lot to do with the race for critical minerals.
Updated 11 Apr, 2025 09:21am
Three crises will need to be named and addressed.
Published 28 Mar, 2025 08:00am
