The author, a former civil servant, is a political analyst, and a song writer. He can be reached at Arshed.Bhatti@gmail.com
A more nuanced understanding of what makes some of us thinkers and others believers can help us comprehend the shifty and contentious debate of...
The sooner we learn to talk, tell, and negotiate in political language, and stop the habit of reaching to guns at every poke, the better it will be
What may make 2015 a year different for Pakistan?
Unless the nameless and faceless citizens voluntarily become the eyes and ears of the intelligence brain, real and timely intelligence won’t...
The elite capture is reinforced through inter-elite legalised awards and transactions, which impact the masses far more negatively than petty...
Food for thought on how to use politics to build the state and invest in society to form a plural, prosperous, inclusive and stable Pakistan
The cycle of betrayal, broken promises, and of producing more powerless by the powerful is not likely to end till the social equaliser of education...
When common sense is fleeing from a society, it is time to invoke humour. But how does humour function and fare in the times of hatred?
Aqil Shah of Dartmouth College discusses the civil-military relations in the context of his recent book
Labyrinthine periods that impeded democratisation, economic progress and societal cohesion
