Nadeem F. Paracha

Is it a real manifestation of the expressions of the working and lower-middle classes or is it imposed from above? Updated 07 Mar, 2021 08:35am

Those who reach a position of power through angry votes often don’t need to do anything. Updated 28 Feb, 2021 08:34am

‘Crisis of secularism’ bemoaned by some scholars fails to acknowledge secularism has evolved in a highly complex manner. Updated 21 Feb, 2021 08:24am

The problem of manufactured histories is not limited to the developing countries. The current upheaval in the developed... Published 14 Feb, 2021 06:47am

An anti-intellectual attitude is often part and parcel of a politically influential middle-class. Updated 07 Feb, 2021 08:30am

Is it the paranoia of losing power to them that leads to prejudice and discrimination against minority groups? Updated 31 Jan, 2021 08:59am

The ‘establishment’ is not a shadowy conspiracy but a position of visible power that many want to become a part of. Updated 24 Jan, 2021 08:28am

The current prime minister is not very different from his populist contemporaries in other developing countries. Updated 17 Jan, 2021 08:13am

Radicals feel strongly that a boycott of elections is necessary to delegitimise the sitting regime and expose the polls as bogus. Updated 10 Jan, 2021 11:10am

Islam’s rational past defies views of fundamentalists who challenge modernity by romanticising the past. Updated 03 Jan, 2021 08:22am

Political leaders now spend more time on cultural and moral issues rather than what they were once expected to do. Updated 27 Dec, 2020 08:17am

The Pakistan Democratic Movement’s agenda is clear — to exhaust its opponents. Updated 20 Dec, 2020 07:40am

Realising their inability to address and resolve real problems, politicians opt to present themselves as guardians of morality. Updated 13 Dec, 2020 09:11am

Like ‘strongmen’ of the Cold War, current breed of political ‘strongmen’ are thought to provide muscular, assertive leadership. Updated 06 Dec, 2020 10:26am

Controversial preacher Khadim Hussain Rizvi’s sudden death threw liberals into a conundrum over how to talk about him. Updated 29 Nov, 2020 09:12am

‘Self-Orientalism’, ironically, looks towards assumed Western authority for validation. Updated 22 Nov, 2020 08:37am

The term deep state means a very different thing in countries such as Pakistan. Updated 15 Nov, 2020 11:57am

Pakistan has a long history of governments accusing the political opposition of being externally funded. Updated 08 Nov, 2020 08:28am

We are now seeing ministers adopting the role. Updated 01 Nov, 2020 08:37am

Nawaz Sharif adds a more universal and multi-ethnic dimension to the PML-N. Updated 25 Oct, 2020 08:34am