Opinion

The field left open

War has always been, at its most fundamental level, a contest over what people believe. What is new in the…

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Beyond the pitch: How politics, money influence Fifa and future of football

Every four years, the citizens of the world get hooked on witnessing the beautiful game, which “Unites the World”. It’s…

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Cost of democracy

In 2023-24, the Senate of Pakistan received a budgetary allocation of Rs5.057 billion. By 2026-27, the allocation had risen to…

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The flood that never ends: Pakistan’s missing registry of the displaced

One day in July 2022, a woman residing in a relief camp in rural Sindh told the National Database and Registration…

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No exit clause

There is a kind of violence that leaves no crater and no casualty list, yet can starve a nation slower…

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A child sex abuse crisis

In a week that was bubbling with big events, what should this column be about? Technically, I have to make…

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Who decides what you pay at the pump?

Every minister, adviser and spokesperson will tell you the same thing: Pakistan’s petrol price is based on a rolling Platts/Oilgram…

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When governance breaks before the dam

When a temporary cofferdam collapsed at the Tarbela-5 Extension Hydropower Project, the immediate explanations were predictable. Engineers debated design. Contractors…

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When merit is ignored: The hidden cost of promoting incompetence

First of all, I would like to make clarify one thing that I am not targeting to anyone by this…

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The myth of a ‘poor’ centre

Advocates of a strong centre resurface periodically to oppose provincial devolution. Sometimes the rationales they conjure up are downright absurd.…

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