For decades, women in Muslim-majority nations have had their rights curtailed under the guise of religious edicts justifying trad…
Published29 Jan, 202306:23am
The recently concluded local bodies polls in Sindh have left a lot of egg on the face of political pollsters who had predicted...
Updated22 Jan, 202310:12am
Evoking nostalgia for an imagined, distant past has long been used as a political tool. However, politicians and parties are...
Published15 Jan, 202307:12am
Islamist ideologues often posit secularism as being against Islam. However, an exploration of the history of Western secularism
Updated08 Jan, 202310:33am
Ismail Tara, who passed away November 24, was a master of physical comedy and mimicry. It was the legendary skit show Fifty Fifty
Published04 Dec, 202208:20am
Now that the Pakistan military establishment’s experiment has imploded, one hopes that democracy will be able to regenerate itself
Published04 Dec, 202206:39am
Those most oblivious to their own ignorance are often the ones who loudly proclaim to be experts on matters they actually know
Published27 Nov, 202206:44am
Favourable opinion polls or election victories can prevent voters from defecting from the perception of popularity that they build.
Updated20 Nov, 202210:55am
After his removal as premier in April, Imran has continued to unleash numerous conspiracy theories to explain his dismissal.
Updated13 Nov, 202210:31am
To historians, the Lost Cause Myth has also come down to mean turning a military or a political defeat into a moral victory.
Updated30 Oct, 202211:24am
To suit their political agendas, populists mobilise existing prejudices in society, which encourages transgressive behaviour.
Updated16 Oct, 202208:11am
