Umair Javed
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
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