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Educating guinea pigs
Poor children make perfect guinea pigs, suitable for all kinds of experiments. In Punjab, another big experiment has flopped and government schools will soon officially revert to Urdu as the medium... → Read More
Transforming Karachi
The MQM has done it again. A single statement from one of its legislators, who happens to be the federal law minister, has galvanized the party, infused new spirit in its workers, brought its... → Read More
The colonial machine
“On a hot summer day, the judge was sitting in his court wearing British style wig and robes. When I told him about our plans for reforming the country’s justice system, he had such a... → Read More
The Ummah and the nation-state
Contrary to the expectations of many Pakistanis, leaders of the Ummah have not come galloping on their Arabian horses, brandishing shining crescent swords, to help us in our Kashmir cause. We may... → Read More
Cloak-and-dagger politics
It is a bit early to identity the unsung heroes of tabdeeli who ensured the continuity of a great symbol of change in the Senate by voting against their party lines. Though they belong to the... → Read More
Brown man’s burden
Thousands of expatriate Pakistanis who gathered at the Capital One Arena in Washington last week had all the reasons to rejoice over a yearlong performance of the PTI government.The American economy... → Read More
Wishing for deserted streets
Hujra Shah Muqeem, a small town in the Okara district, is known for the tomb of a 16th century saint and a poem associated with him. This poem, that almost everyone in Punjab can narrate to some... → Read More
Opposition’s feet of clay
For almost a year, our revolutionary government was strutting like a rooster, mesmerised by the beauty of its own red crown, colourful feathers and that trumpet voice that could magically turn a... → Read More
A problem for every solution
Why did Ghalib drink alcohol on credit when he knew that his habit would land him in prison? We are about to explore this question, even when Ghalib is sitting among creditors, drinking even more... → Read More
The alchemy of Tabdeeli 2.0
The sorcerer’s stone, also known as Manka, Geedar-singhi and Tabdeeli, has not worked and we are back to the clinic of our own dear hakeem to receive our favourite medicine. Perhaps, it is the... → Read More
King forever?
Once you are up there, it must be very painful to imagine that one day you will not be the king any longer. It must be even more distressing to think that someone else – an utterly useless... → Read More
Amendments and distortions
Pakistan’s parliament is such a barren place these days, failing spectacularly to fulfil any of its three functions – representation, legislation and oversight.And yet it can suddenly... → Read More
Lessons from Chinese gangs
It is such shocking news. For months, some Chinese gangs preyed upon hundreds of unsuspecting Pakistani women, trapping them in bondage and the sex trade under the pretence of legal cross-border... → Read More
What is the PTI’s ideology?
On the twenty-third foundation day of the PTI, Imran Khan repeated his political rags-to-riches story once again. It was an appropriate occasion for him to elaborate his achievements. After Bhutto... → Read More
Between livelihood and justice
What’s more important: rozi or justice? Rozi is all important, certainly more important than abstract and elusive concepts like justice. In some cases, your rozi may be tied to delaying,... → Read More
Sacrificing a limb
Let’s mourn for Asad Umar. His departure marks the end of a phase of our history that was supposed to transform us magically. It symbolises the death of the dream of the instant tabdeeli... → Read More
The day of the clown
If comic relief is not available, the grim business of governing can crush the souls of the king, his courtiers and his subjects. The PPP had its Rehman Malik and the PML-N its Abid Sher Ali –... → Read More
The PTI’s contempt problem
Imran Khan has finally reached out to Shahbaz Sharif. The four-page letter he wrote last week is the first communication between the leader of the house and the leader of the opposition since August... → Read More
Pakistan at 100
Many Pakistanis, including the incumbent prime minister, speak nostalgically of a time when Pakistan was considered an economic success story in Asia and used to enjoy huge prestige on the... → Read More
Bilawal’s first labour
Bilawal must have waited for this moment for almost a decade. He might have felt frustrated by persistent infantalisation at the hands of his father and phupho, even when jiyalas were ready to... → Read More