Opinion
The Black Day Of July 5
The 5 July is the blackest day of our history which saw the imposition of the most oppressive and ruthless Martial Law in the...
All Is Not Well, Mr. Prime Minister
The sovereign state is saddled with coercive power but the citizens have no safety and security of their lives, properties and livelihood. Inflation, excessive...
Political Economy Of Narcoterrorism
“In September 2021, then Prime Minister Imran Khan tasked all federal and provincial agencies to present a comprehensive drug awareness and treatment policy by...
Budget & Ashrafiya
Pakistan is controlled and ruled by ashrafiya (elites)—comprising indomitable military complex, civil bureaucracy, higher judiciary, landed upper crust and cronies, industrialist-turned politicians, religious and...
PM Speech: Claims Vs Reality
In a country where the tenure of the Prime Minister is marred by uncertainty with each passing dawn, his recent address to the nation...
Ritualistic Budgets & Fruitless Debates
“Inflation is taxation without legislation—Milton Friedman—Editorial of November 11, 2009 in Wall Street Journal, titled, Taxation without Legislation
Federal budget 2024-25, announced on June 12,...