By Shahid Zafar (Mulkhow) Benjamin Franklin, a well-known physicist, writer and reputed politician of his time once said that democracy is a balloon filled with air and thrown into the air purposefully, to attract the attention of the masses. The balloon hovers above for five years and constantly attracts their attention and keeps them busy […]
Garam Chashma Diary By Islamuddin The elections of 2018 are unique in the sense that these were fought on a single item agenda -corruption. Predictably, the political alignments opposing corruption and committed to recover the stolen money won the elections. Parties known for encouraging corruption were voted out. It is unfortunate that politics being a
By Mohammad Ilyas Khwaja (Goldur, Chitral) Rape and murder cases have been on the rise in Pakistani society. In the last government of Nawaz Sharif, it was proudly proclaimed that honour killings had been forbidden and anyone found involved in such a killing would be dealt with as a general killer. Pakistan has a fanatic
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By Aasim Sajjad So much has been written and said about the rise of the ‘middle class’ and it being the motor force of the PTI that after the July 25 poll outcome, it is necessary to pen some thoughts on both the politics of tabdeeli and its purported middle-class base. Let’s begin by setting
By Zahid Hussain The 2018 elections have proved to be a mixed bag for the religious right. While the vote bank of the mainstream Islamic parties has shrunk, the strong showing of a newly formed radical group has led to jitters. Although it has failed to win even a single seat in the newly elected
