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Hussain H Zaidi

Hussain H Zaidi

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Moral suasion isn’t the answer

Whenever the economy is up the creek, as at present, messages start doing the rounds that if each Pakistani shuns foreign products and buys only...

27.03.2024 20

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Why do reforms elude Pakistan?

At the start of every political cycle, the new government is confronted with the choice between letting the economy move on the beaten track and...

21.03.2024 70

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Egging on the IMF

Is populist leader Imran Khan’s recent letter to the IMF a malicious ploy to push a cash-starved Pakistan on the brink of default? Or is it an...

15.03.2024 20

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Dynamics of a political oligopoly

One of the unintended, yet predictable, outcomes of the rise of the PTI is that it has allowed the PML-N and the PPP, which remained at daggers drawn...

02.03.2024 20

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The rise and rise of fascism

The rise of political and religious extremism is the most conspicuous development that has come about in Pakistan in recent years. Both these...

24.02.2024 60

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A land of ladlas

Arguably, the most commonly used disparaging word in the political lexicon of the day is ‘ladla’ -- loosely translated as the apple of one’s...

05.01.2024 20

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Elections and elitism

As the nation gears up for national elections, the question that dominates media and political discourse is: which party will carry the day? Will it...

29.12.2023 50

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Trading electables

05.11.2023 10

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Not one party is revolutionary

Paradoxical though it may sound, politics in Pakistan remain both tantalizingly unpredictable and ridiculously predictable. A prime minister...

30.10.2023 20

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Developing with a cultural lag

Cultural lag is a condition in a society where one aspect of culture is out of kilter with another to which it is related. As a result, society falls...

02.10.2023 40

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