The long war
States certainly play cynical games.
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
Economic illusion
The debate on informality is reduced to polemic.
Hegemony unhinged
Hyper-nationalists were demanding a response, and in the revocation of Article 370, they got what they wanted.
The new normal
The new normal has been pushed even further to the right.
Fatima’s election
Back in 1965, Ms Jinnah was hardly a darling of the establishment.
World Cup healing?
The imperative of truth and reconciliation cannot be denied.
Of debt and war
The commission’s ToR only extend to probing the last decade.
Decolonise now
In recent days, Pakistan’s reputation of being a country at war with itself has been reinforced.
‘Bech de!’
We put public services on the chopping block.
Class politics 2.0
These ‘working people’ have taken on other concerns.
Who is sovereign?
Everything, it seems, is a ‘foreign conspiracy’.
Economy of fools
Every political regime here has spewed the same rhetoric.
Nation reboot
It is unlikely that this wave of nationalism will last forever.
Men must march
Men do not own feminist struggles as their own.
Killing history
They write and rewrite history to create pliant populations.
Beyond the bubble
Progressives in Pakistan tend to veer between two extremes.
Elite vs people
The voice of the system’s real losers has been muted.
Darkness descends
The fallout is now increasingly centred in countries like ours.
Terrorism bogey
Does the contemporary state really want to rid the world of terrorism?
Orwell’s vengeance
The trope of security will become even more powerful.