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Governance

29
Oct
By

Will They Go Peacefully?

This is the one sacrosanct element that holds a nation together and if demolished brings the country down with it. Thus, all nations have such a Center of Gravity and it is usually found in their democracy or their people, may be in their government or even in their economy etc. but in Pakistan it has been the Pakistan Army. This was always by default rather than design.
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05
Oct
By

Tyranny of Misrule

We now have people in power, preaching to the rest of us lowly mortals with rhetoric of the righteous yet they display a black heart – hypocrisy at its best. It would even be funny and quite hilarious, had the consequence of their incompetence, indifference and lack of capacity not be as damning for the people as it is.
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22
Jul
By

The Oligarchy State Pretending Democracy

This may come as news to some, surprise to others and disappointment to the uninitiated: we are not a democracy. Yet this is the perceived democracy people want to protect from people such as I, and argue that more of the same is the real secret to success. But we never were a democracy. We have labelled our political activity as such, but still, we were not a democracy. We were an oligarchy that has now morphed and evolved into a plutocracy.
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29
Nov
By

An Army of Lions

Pretty early in his current incarnation, contrary to his pre-election absolute rejection of the option, Imran Khan decided to take the IMF route. To bless his about-turn, he sanctified it as a hallmark of leadership. Someone from Khan’s inner circle violated the decorum of the high office he had been granted for his sycophantic talents and sneered, that the promises made before polls were like pre-matrimonial vows – not to be taken to heart.
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