Umair Javed

If the last two years in office show something, it is that PTI has become the vehicle for Pakistan’s own statist ideology. Updated 11 Jan, 2021 08:37am

Unless compelled by circumstances, why would you change a norm that largely works in your favour? Published 14 Dec, 2020 06:59am

A number of issues have been identified with the cash-transfer intervention. Published 30 Nov, 2020 07:34am

In recent years, the overarching thrust of ethnic politics in the country remains relatively contained. Updated 16 Nov, 2020 09:25am

A new wave of the virus and its accompanying containment measures pose a complex set of challenges. Published 02 Nov, 2020 07:19am

Outcomes of confrontation between political actors are determined by the resources available to each. Updated 19 Oct, 2020 12:17pm

Sometimes change will stem from moral panic, other times by the sheer force of patriarchal violence wielded by traditionalists. Updated 05 Oct, 2020 08:15am

What are the factors behind this violent assertion, and what aspects of the current political dispensation continue to enable it? Published 21 Sep, 2020 08:01am

Separate and distinct mandates do not change the underlying ecological reality of a given space. Updated 07 Sep, 2020 09:49am

Citizen preferences must be understood not just from the lens of infrastructure planning but also from a cultural... Published 24 Aug, 2020 06:30am

As a singular entity, the Pakistani state faces far fewer domestic pressures than in the past. Published 10 Aug, 2020 07:51am

Who bears the cost of these controls? Obviously not the generation that is making these decisions. Published 27 Jul, 2020 07:31am

What do the vast majority of young citizens, those aged between 18 and 30 in particular, want in their lives? Published 13 Jul, 2020 06:59am

Many cities across the world owe their developmental legacies to the role their residents played, and were allowed to Published 29 Jun, 2020 07:47am

Covid-19, contrary to being some great leveller, actually magnifies some distinctions. Updated 16 Jun, 2020 04:34pm

When observers posit that the Pakistani population is not equipped to follow SOPs, what are they alluding to? Published 01 Jun, 2020 07:53am

Kerala’s investments in a large public health system have paid obvious dividends. Published 18 May, 2020 07:06am

This crisis has triggered an upsurge in intellectual work from academia, civil society, and professionals from .... Published 20 Apr, 2020 06:06am

Barring some belated decision-making by the centre, Pakistan’s response has generally been efficient. Published 06 Apr, 2020 06:46am

There is no large-scale welfare mechanism that can reach adversely impacted populations. Published 23 Mar, 2020 07:09am