A...]]> ]]> What is happening to Imran Khan? This question has reverberated in the minds of politically inclined people across the country this week. It has set off a cascade of...]]> ]]> Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and I have been arguing that Pakistan's governance system has failed ever since we launched our seminar series 'Reimagining Pakistan' and then launched our party Awaam Pakistan.

Now our serving...]]> ]]> Pakistan’s economy is entering a critical phase of macroeconomic stabilisation. Following several years of high inflation, exchange-rate volatility, and external financing pressures, the country has begun restoring...]]> ]]> For almost eight decades, the security architecture of West Asia rested...]]> ]]> Among the most fascinating documents left behind by Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah is a brief handwritten reflection on Pakistan's constitutional future.

Reproduced on page 81 of 'The Jinnah Anthology',...]]> ]]> Democracy as a political system is alive and well. But as an ideal, democracy faces serious challenges from the brave new world of globalisation, the media explosion and the technology revolution. It has been under multiple...]]> ]]> In 2011,...]]> ]]> Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi's recent 'system' remarks have since triggered debates over whether Pakistan needs more provinces, stronger local governments, a different constitutional arrangement or simply...]]> ]]> Pakistan has never lacked plans. It has lacked a bargain. Every generation is told that the country has reached its turning point.

In the 1960s, we were the model others would supposedly copy. In the 1980s, strategic...]]> ]]> It has become the fashion, when this country is discussed, to hold the funeral first and check the pulse afterwards. Lamentation passes for...]]> ]]> Independence Day invites gratitude for the country we inherited and responsibility for the country we will leave behind. As the country turns...]]> ]]> Somewhere beneath Islamabad’s F-sectors, a needle that stood at 22.8 metres in 2008 now reads close to 5G. It moves quietly. No flag is raised for it, no anthem sung. But as...]]> ]]> The raging debate over carving up a new ruling order to improve the quality of governance across Pakistan deserves a much deeper assessment...]]> ]]> International crude oil prices have fallen significantly from the extraordinary highs witnessed during recent geopolitical conflicts.

In a normal...]]> ]]> Artificial Intelligence has moved beyond research laboratories and technology conferences. It has become a general-purpose technology comparable to...]]> ]]> You can feel it in your bones, this steady rise in anxiety and despair. Against the backdrop of a world in disarray, strong tremors are being felt in Pakistan's political and national security spaces. A high...]]>