Pakistan’s broken contract

What is the principal aspect of the principal contradiction in Pakistan today, and where should leftists and consistent democrats intervene?

The principal contradiction lies between the peoples of Pakistan and the deep, neo-colonial, and dependent state.

What is the consequence of this contradiction?
The social contract between the peoples of Pakistan, represented by the 1973 Constitution (barring a few exceptions), has largely broken down.

What is to be done, and at what catalytic point must the Left and consistent democrats intervene?
What is the principal struggle to resolve the principal contradiction?

The struggle is for a new social contract among the peoples of Pakistan’s federating units—both alienated and less alienated. It aims to redefine the contours of a people’s democratic, inclusive, and federal Pakistan. This vision seeks to establish a new popular republic, by and for the dispossessed and disenfranchised.


  • Imtiaz Alam

    The writer is a journalist, peace activist, and Secretary General of SAFMA.

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