The debate on new provinces in Pakistan

Since 1977, military or quasi-military governments have ruled Pakistan. The basic tenet of such a governance structure has been centralization and denial of multiple…

Loveable Murree

  I was recently asked to write where I would spend my summer. For a few minutes I kept my anguish at Pakistan’s situation…

پنجاب کے دل لاہور پر انڈر ورلڈ کا قبضہ،یہ گینگز کتنے طاقتور اور بااثر ہیں؟ جانیے اس ویڈیو میں

– لاہور شہر میں انڈر ورلڈ ڈانز کا راج ختم نہیں ہو سکا ہے – سیاسی وابستگیاں، پیسہ اور طاقتور گینگز ان ڈانز کی…

Fighting corruption through digital technology

State accountability – all is not that bleak Much has been written about corruption and how there seems to be no way out of…

Divide or perish: creating new provinces in Pakistan

My piece published in TFT Since 1947, two characteristics of the Pakistani state have continued to haunt its legitimacy and survival. The first relates…

The Romance of Raja Rasalu

Story telling has been a primordial urge, never quite expressed in its fullest measure, but always lingering and floating like life. There was a…

Pakistan: Ungoverned Spaces

My paper published by CIDOB – Barcelona Centre for International Affairs Even after more than six decades since its inception, Pakistan has been unable…