Umair Javed
‘Short-term pain’ needs to be made the centre of any reform conversation.
Updated 23 Jan, 2023 09:20am
Mounting despondency with politics has created a situation where even those who are usually shielded from a decrepit economy feel unprotected.
Updated 09 Jan, 2023 09:13am
There are politicians in every party that understand what is at stake and what needs to be done.
Updated 26 Dec, 2022 09:13am
It’s clear once more that in the list of government priorities, universities fall well below vanity road infrastructure.
Published 28 Nov, 2022 07:03am
Pakistan’s political history tells us that domination by one party or the establishment tends to run its course.
Published 14 Nov, 2022 08:23am
There are the costs of a more stable political future and they need to be borne by the mainstream parties.
Updated 31 Oct, 2022 07:47am
What ability does the middle class actually have to influence Pakistan’s politics and economy and how?
Updated 17 Oct, 2022 08:49am
The task before anyone thinking about politics and the future of this country has never been clearer.
Published 03 Oct, 2022 06:46am
Increasingly, the imagery is receding from the scene, while the water refuses to do so.
Updated 19 Sep, 2022 09:53am
The Pakistani state’s past performance in managing calamities of various sorts is not abysmal, given existing capacity levels.
Updated 05 Sep, 2022 09:27am
The booms appear to be getting shorter and the busts ever sharper and frequent.
Updated 08 Aug, 2022 09:50am
If sustained development project is to take root in Pakistan, it would've to be built on idea greater than ‘IMF has asked for it’.
Updated 25 Jul, 2022 09:20am
The establishment is an entrenched political actor and is unlikely to lose influence in key matters of the state overnight.
Updated 27 Jun, 2022 08:41am
Upcoming 18 months looking bleak for every rural and urban household, except those in top 5pc income and wealth distribution.
Updated 13 Jun, 2022 08:38am
If the act of governing is not preferable at this point, then why get into government in the first place?
Updated 30 May, 2022 07:37am
What is causing this polarisation among politicians and among citizens?
Published 16 May, 2022 06:22am
The issue is not just of who is liked more, but also of rules, demography and geography.
Updated 02 May, 2022 08:35am
PTI’s behaviour in and outside the legislatures was as if it enjoyed a two-thirds majority.
Updated 18 Apr, 2022 08:32am
The wilful abdication of responsibility by political parties cannot be ignored.
Updated 21 Mar, 2022 09:00am
How do rights organisations work in a space that is increasingly hostile to their existence?
Published 07 Mar, 2022 06:53am