Umair Javed

‘Crisis of governability’

The underlying reality is that the status quo of the past few decades is proving itself to be largely unsustainable. Updated 22 Jul, 2024 08:51am

Death and taxes

It is no wonder that every other conversation within the white-collar salaried class is about foreign migration. Updated 08 Jul, 2024 09:09am

Drivers of extremism

Every case of violence will reveal actors of these three types — the ideologue, the activist, and the passive supporter. Updated 24 Jun, 2024 09:22am

NDA, not BJP

It is worth focusing on regional variations that can help explain the overall outcome of India’s recent polls. Updated 10 Jun, 2024 10:17am

In defamation’s name

It provides yet more proof that the undergirding logic of public authority in Pakistan is legal and extra-legal coercion rather than legitimised consent. Updated 27 May, 2024 09:23am

Political capitalism

Pakistani decision-makers salivate at the prospect of a one-party state but without paying attention to those additional ingredients. Updated 13 May, 2024 09:07am

Four hundred seats?

Explanations for BJP’s rise and the reconfiguration of Indian politics offer both cultural and economic factors. Published 29 Apr, 2024 06:55am

After neoliberalism

Finally, the cultural agenda of neoliberalism is also being challenged, both in the West and abroad. Updated 15 Apr, 2024 09:48am

Fighting monopolisation

It is necessary to look at a significant public intervention as the response of a system weighed under a lopsided power structure. Updated 01 Apr, 2024 10:09am

Customers versus clients

There is something dystopic about the fact that two children born a few hundred metres apart can have drastically different Published 18 Mar, 2024 07:02am

Moral visions

In Pakistan’s current space-time configuration, the language of politics has changed dramatically. Updated 04 Mar, 2024 09:44am

Ruptures in 2024

It is useful to draw out some trends that emerge from these otherwise compromised polls. Updated 19 Feb, 2024 11:31am

Why vote?

The anonymity of the voting process is not perfect in Pakistan, but it still offers a chance for throwing up surprises. Updated 05 Feb, 2024 11:00am

The wind vs the people?

In a lopsided playing field such as this one, what chance does an out-of-favour party have? Updated 22 Jan, 2024 10:42am

Smog season

Given what needs to be done to clean up Pakistan’s air, the scale of the task is daunting. Updated 27 Nov, 2023 08:52am

Why we should care

If humiliation is to be rightly opposed in Palestine, then it can offer a lesson in opposing humiliation of people closer to home. Updated 13 Nov, 2023 09:12am

A malignant settlement

A political settlement that can produce sustained development eludes the country. Updated 30 Oct, 2023 10:01am

Regressive overlaps

Outpouring of India's online support for Israel is the outcome of deeply entrenched anti-Muslim sentiment. Updated 16 Oct, 2023 09:09am

A long four years

PML-N supporters appear to feel less strongly about their party than PTI supporters do about theirs. Updated 02 Oct, 2023 09:54am

Whither public service?

The basic function of the state in a developing country is to provide welfare to the poorest, something that markets on their own cannot do. Updated 18 Sep, 2023 09:58am