Umair Javed

The problem lies not in elections in the broadest sense possible, but with the type of politics being ... Published 04 Oct, 2021 06:57am

Over a decade, three more women out of 100 aged between 19 and 39 have acquired college degrees, compared to only two more men. Updated 20 Sep, 2021 08:18am

Increasingly it seems, more opportunities in higher education and the workforce are reserved for those on ... Published 23 Aug, 2021 06:46am

The wholesale adoption of marketisation policies has produced undesirable results. Published 09 Aug, 2021 08:25am

Pakistan consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of all assessments on gender equality. Updated 26 Jul, 2021 08:05am

Short-term redressal is not unique to the electricity sector but it is perhaps a domain in which it remains the most persistent. Published 11 Jul, 2021 07:07am

In other countries, local movements around land and housing have received tremendous support from political parties ... Published 28 Jun, 2021 06:51am

The country’s politics is not immune to being shaped by regional and global populisms in a myriad of ways. Updated 14 Jun, 2021 08:48am

Who does the much-hyped Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project serve? Updated 13 Jun, 2021 02:46pm

Seen from one angle, the story of associational politics is a story of protecting and extracting economic and political rents. Published 31 May, 2021 07:24am

There is a drive towards the creation of a ‘national cuisine’ landscape as well as greater insight into region-based diversity. Published 17 May, 2021 06:41am

A concessional approach has emboldened religious groups to make more demands. Updated 03 May, 2021 08:48am

Hunger and want, and the constant reminder of inequality,may condition religious mobilisation, but they are not solely sufficient. Published 19 Apr, 2021 06:17am

The appeal of Turkish cultural imports makes sense in light of the country’s more recent history of Islamist violence. Updated 05 Apr, 2021 08:31am

There are also categorical institutional and structural factors at play. Updated 22 Mar, 2021 08:28am

Out of Pakistan’s nearly 106m registered voters, only 44pc are women. Published 08 Mar, 2021 07:57am

The Senate election might end up resembling a reserved seat nomination process. Published 22 Feb, 2021 08:03am

Ideologically, various tiers of the Pakistani state apparatus are not committed to the eradication of exploitative work. Published 08 Feb, 2021 05:30am

Large segments of what is dubbed the informal economy are perfectly legal in occupational terms. Published 25 Jan, 2021 07:16am

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