Umair Javed

Questions of Pakistani identity are being asked and answered through a variety of different platforms. Updated 10 Jan, 2022 07:49am

Is the incumbent on track for a repeat? After recent events and general trends, it’s looking a bit tight right now. Updated 27 Dec, 2021 07:34am

Law and order can be expanded beyond just exemplary punishment after violence has occurred. Updated 13 Dec, 2021 07:34am

Why one sees different standards being applied to what appear to be similar issues? Updated 29 Nov, 2021 07:38am

The desire to keep up, to retain and to reflect a certain lifestyle is an incredibly powerful one. Published 15 Nov, 2021 07:17am

There are many reasons as to why the state remains handicapped; most of them are grounded in the specific nature of the TLP. Updated 01 Nov, 2021 07:34am

If conflation of culture with religion is taken as true, there is mounting evidence that society has gone closer to such roots. Updated 18 Oct, 2021 07:52am

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