Petty party politics, vested interests, political extremism and a colonial legacy all have resulted in the transformation of our ruling elites into leeches plundering public money. In fact, this has come to characterize our national politics. The assemblies in Pakistan are fast becoming a battleground thanks to political intolerance that has thrived under the watchful […]
Our ancient thinkers were of the view that the worst state of affairs possible in society is a state of lawlessness. When the rule of law collapses, it is replaced by matsyanyaya, which means the law of the jungle. In Sanskrit the word ‘matsya’ means fish, and matsyanyaya means the state of affairs when the […]
We often see our so-called political leaders making tall claims: elites proclaiming that Pakistan is – or was meant to be – a welfare state. But as far as the underprivileged working classes are concerned, they have yet not been acknowledged as deserving a place under that much proclaimed one-umbrella state. A welfare states guarantees […]