Author Archives: S.M Naseem
24th March, 2013
Between hope and despair
HAVING survived five years of a democratic dispensation and on the cusp of an election, most people are inclined to see a faint ray of hope through the dark clouds.
HAVING survived five years of a democratic dispensation and on the cusp of an election, most people are inclined to see a faint ray of hope through the dark clouds.
24th January, 2013
No change on the horizon
AFTER keeping the country on tenterhooks for almost a month, one of the most farcical melodramas of Pakistani politics ended a week ago in Islamabad — having been taken to the brink of a human tragedy.
AFTER keeping the country on tenterhooks for almost a month, one of the most farcical melodramas of Pakistani politics ended a week ago in Islamabad — having been taken to the brink of a human tragedy.
6th January, 2013
The silent bystanders
THE curious rumblings being witnessed on the eve of yet-to-be announced elections in Pakistan can be perceived as a game between entrenched political insiders, mainly consisting of the two major political
THE curious rumblings being witnessed on the eve of yet-to-be announced elections in Pakistan can be perceived as a game between entrenched political insiders, mainly consisting of the two major political
20th August, 2012
Power failure and politics
THE transformational role of energy generally, and of electricity in particular, in the modern world was first articulated by Lenin with the dictum, “Communism is Soviet plus the electrification of the whole country”.
THE transformational role of energy generally, and of electricity in particular, in the modern world was first articulated by Lenin with the dictum, “Communism is Soviet plus the electrification of the whole country”.
20th May, 2012
Mirage of education
THE manner in which the goal of universal primary education has been pursued in Pakistan over the past few decades is a matter of national shame.
THE manner in which the goal of universal primary education has been pursued in Pakistan over the past few decades is a matter of national shame.
12th April, 2012
The growth pendulum
IN an impassioned lecture, under the auspices of the Pakistan Society of Development Economics some days ago in Islamabad, the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, Dr Nadeemul Haque, tried to swing back the pendulum of development strategy in favour of growth.
IN an impassioned lecture, under the auspices of the Pakistan Society of Development Economics some days ago in Islamabad, the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, Dr Nadeemul Haque, tried to swing back the pendulum of development strategy in favour of growth.
21st February, 2012
Welfare state & democracy
IN the last few years, as the economy has continued to regress, the disenchantment with the prevailing political structure has generated a vigorous demand for political change as a means of reversing the economic free-fall and halting public misery.
IN the last few years, as the economy has continued to regress, the disenchantment with the prevailing political structure has generated a vigorous demand for political change as a means of reversing the economic free-fall and halting public misery.
24th November, 2011
Times of change
IMRAN Khan’s re-entry into the orbit of mainstream Pakistani politics, after several unsuccessful attempts to launch himself with the aid of a variety of unreliable boosters appeared to have succeeded last month
IMRAN Khan’s re-entry into the orbit of mainstream Pakistani politics, after several unsuccessful attempts to launch himself with the aid of a variety of unreliable boosters appeared to have succeeded last month
31st October, 2011
New global ‘intifada’
IT is hardly a coincidence that after a decade of a purposeless ‘war on terror’ to avenge the equally senseless 9/11 terrorist attack, the world…
IT is hardly a coincidence that after a decade of a purposeless ‘war on terror’ to avenge the equally senseless 9/11 terrorist attack, the world…
