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Pakistans educational institutions are churning out weak-minded soccer types who cannot properly process their own feelings, identify emotions, or self-regulate.

Is transformation possible in Pakâ€™s diarchic system?

A second and related point concerns the nature of events that have taken place.

14 Jan 2020 4:45 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that he will not resign under pressure from the opposition Jamiat Ulema-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), which intends to launch an anti-government protest named Azadi March later this month. (Photo: File)

Hereâ€™s why the Chinese model is unsuitable for Pakistanâ€™s govt

On its own, thereâ€™s nothing wrong with the demand for a constitutional redesign.

4 Dec 2019 12:54 AM IST

It has also invigorated a particularly fertile (normative) debate among liberal/progressive sections of the commentariat on the value, if any, the march may serve towards the democratisation of the Pakistani state, especially considering the regressive and exclusionary tendencies that tend to populate Islamist politics in the country.

JUI-Fâ€™s march: One of interests or one of ideas?

The second question worth asking here is empirical in nature â€” is the JUI-F, specifically in its current incarnation.

5 Nov 2019 1:21 AM IST

Although Pakistan is not a contracting party, we can still glean from this that the determinants of naturalisation in any given protracted situation are less legal than economic, social, cultural or racial.

A tumultuous year passes: Big changes on all fronts

There are also ongoing procedural issues with regards to the way that elections are administered.

1 Jan 2019 1:59 AM IST

Although Pakistan is not a contracting party, we can still glean from this that the determinants of naturalisation in any given protracted situation are less legal than economic, social, cultural or racial.

How can the govt deal with the right in Pakistan?

What happens when the ruling elite and the religious right find themselves at odds with each other?

6 Nov 2018 7:19 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

View from Pakistan: Public policy is plagued by an excess of...

The centrality of party leaders, in turn, is underscored by the nature of party-voter relations.

9 Oct 2018 7:10 AM IST

The land problem is not just one of housing shortage; it also plagues viable commercial and industrial development. (Representational Image)

Pak Punjab's changing dynamic of urbanisation

The land problem is not just one of housing shortage; it also plagues viable commercial and industrial development.

25 Sept 2018 12:50 AM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-i-insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan. (Photo: AFP)

View from Pakistan: Parties need to keep patricians in good humour

Faisalabad and Sargodha divisions may see a swathe of defections once assemblies complete their tenure by the end of...

24 April 2018 7:05 AM IST

View from Pakistan: Victimisation' raises Nawaz's popularity

Nawaz being disqualified twice has, at the very least, consolidated his popularity, if not increased it outright.

27 Feb 2018 12:35 AM IST

Revenge, they say, is a dish best served cold. Nawaz Sharif, forgetting this adage, lashed out at the judiciary and the military in a white-hot rage, and is now paying the price.

As polls loom, a critical year for democracy

In 70 years of statehood to date, the 2013 polls remain Pakistan's only moderately successful democratic transfer of...

3 Jan 2018 12:15 AM IST

Demonstrators protest as police fire tear gas shells to disperse them during a clash in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

View from Pakistan: Is society moving to the right?

Fundamentalists themselves have decided they do want to run both state and society.

5 Dec 2017 12:34 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

As Sharif gets reprieve, Imran's hopes take a hit

For the PTI, the judgment has mixed implications.

25 April 2017 12:23 AM IST