Stories by Shahab Usto
For long, the political system has desperately needed a popular, bold and transformative leadership.
Published 23 Aug, 2025 07:26am
Barring some exceptions, the political leadership has largely played a deplorable role in the history of our democratic struggle.
Updated 25 Jul, 2025 11:12am
What is there for the people of Sindh in this elitist configuration of power?
Updated 28 Jun, 2025 09:24am
For how long will legal niceties and procedural lapses be used to trump the will of the people?
Published 04 Jun, 2025 08:05am
The anti-canals movement is certainly a triumph of the political process.
Published 07 May, 2025 05:38am
Why does Karachi, despite being Pakistan’s financial hub, lack most of the attributes of great cities?
Updated 16 Apr, 2025 09:17am
Misconceived state policies have pushed the country into an abyss.
Updated 04 Apr, 2025 08:51am
The people of Sindh are restive for many legitimate reasons.
Updated 06 Mar, 2025 09:08am
There is a strong view that the judiciary is responsible for the tragic fate that has befallen it.
Updated 12 Feb, 2025 09:02am
The existing constitutional order has created a super government.
Updated 04 Jan, 2025 09:03am
Why are the rulers, through their actions, relegating the judiciary to the status of an attached department?
Updated 14 Nov, 2024 09:21am
Thanks to a perfidious leadership — political and institutional — the state’s physical and moral foundations are in peril.
Updated 13 Sep, 2024 09:37am
What is needed is the revival of constitutional democracy in its true form and substance.
Updated 17 May, 2024 09:05am
The missing young girl’s tragedy can be seen from the lens of multiple societal factors.
Updated 18 Apr, 2024 09:31am
Instead of expanding its revenue base, the centre is impoverishing the provinces.
Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:45am
A formidable PTI-led opposition could become a nightmare for the government.
Updated 16 Mar, 2024 09:35am
Defiance is writ large on the landscape — tribal, rural, urban, and metropolitan.
Updated 22 Feb, 2024 10:00am
Across democracies, the actions of public servants, including judges, come under public scrutiny.
Updated 25 Jan, 2024 09:47am
It is only when the court protects the people that they will rally for its independence.
Updated 03 Nov, 2023 09:03am
Sindh’s rural society continues to face violence and feudal oppression.
Published 30 Apr, 2023 07:26am
