#Ranatrial tweets from the courtroom. June 2-8, 2011
Chicago Sun-Times Rummana Hussain tweets from the Chicago courtroom. Compiled here chronologically. Tweets from June 2-8, 2011 Rana's interrogation video being played at #Ranatrial. Rana's hair is...
View ArticleOf wedges and gulfs
The following article appeared in Daily Times op-ed pages, June 15, 2011 (http://bit.ly/jf6hBJ) The 139th Corps Commanders Conference (held at the GHQ on June 9, 2011), like many other such...
View ArticleWhy the military is the problem in Pakistan
The following article appeared in Daily Times op-ed pages, July 21, 2011 (http://bit.ly/qarCkY)The series of events that unfolded in Pakistan since the Raymond Davis incident in Lahore have probably...
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Moving beyond Jinnah’s Pakistan
The article appeared in Daily Times on August 30, 2011 http://bit.ly/nTMemNWhat exists right now in the name of the Pakistani state is an institution that oppresses its citizens, discriminates against...
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Politics of Change
The following article appeared in Daily Times op-ed pages, December 12, 2011 (http://bit.ly/uL7a6o)Any attempt to transform Pakistan or bring a ‘change’ in this country must begin with the struggle...
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How to win freedom and be independent
The following article appeared in Daily Times on February, 21, 2012. (http://bit.ly/xe2utd) We need to tax our rich and middle classes effectively and stop giving them extravagant concessions. We also...
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میں مرنے کیلئے تیار ہوں
میں مرنے کیلئے تیار ہوںبابوسر پاس میں روکے جانے والی بس پر اگر میرا بھائی بیٹھا ہوتا تو شاید ۔شاید نہیں بلکہ یقیناً طالبان کی گولیوں کا نشانہ بنتا۔ میں یا میرے خاندان کا کوئی فردشیعہ نہیں لیکن میری...
View ArticleAn Historical View of the Electricity Crisis in Pakistan
Much has been written about the omnipresent power crisis in Pakistan. Analysts have blamed it on various factors including lack of reforms, excessive subsidies, lack of planning and investment, etc....
View ArticleShould the Supreme Court fix prices?
(I wrote this a day after the SC's order. Couldn't get it published. Apparently, one needs strong patrons to get a benign Op-ed piece published in this country. Anyways, here it is.)The Supreme Court...
View ArticleThe State and economic development
The following article appeared in The News on January 30, 2013. (http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-157286-The-state-and-economic-development) The role of the Pakistani state in the country’s...
View Articleوجود
وہ ساری مسکراہٹیں سمیٹ لوں اپنی ذات میں جو مجھ پر وا ہوئیں وحی کی طرح اور لوٹا دوں وہ ساری وحشتیں جنسے مضطرب ہے مرا وجود
View Articleآزادی
ڈرتا ہوں کہ ذات کہ اس قفس میں اگر صیا د قفل کھلا چھوڑ گیا تو میں کہیں خوشی سے اپنے ہی پر نہ نوچ ڈالوں میں اب صرف ڈرتا ہوں
View Articleخزاں
میں ایک دفعہ پھر ان خزاں رسیدہ پتوں پر تمھارے قدموں کے نشان ڈھونڈتا ہوں اس خیال کے ساتھ کہ یہ مجھے اس منزل پہ لے جائیں جہاں تمھارے ہونے کا احساس پتھروں میں ثبت ہو لیکن میں کیا کروں اس ہوا کا جو ہر بار...
View Articleپہرہ
اپنے غم کو لپیٹ کر میں سرہانے کہ نیچے رکھ لیتا ہوں روز اس ڈر سے کہ کہیں کوئی نقب زناسکو مجھ سے چرا نہ لیجاے اس ڈر سے رات بھر پہرا دیتا ہوں میں
View ArticleThe Lack of Logic for Privatization: A response to Farooq Tirmizi
(The Express Tribune carried this article on October 15, 2013).Farooq Tirmizi noted on these pages (October 11, 2013) that the case for privatization in Pakistan is quite straight forward i.e. it...
View ArticleGive a clarion call
My article that appeared in The News on October 26, 2013 (http://bit.ly/1g1WRt2)Imran Khan’s position on the ‘war on terror’ has been roundly criticised after a spate of bomb blasts in Peshawar in the...
View ArticleThe change of ownership
Part I of the three part series against the privatisation policy in Pakistan. This appeared on The News on Sunday, November 24, 2013. (http://tns.thenews.com.pk/the-change-of-ownership/)The state’s...
View ArticleThe basis of historical evidence
Part II of the three part series against privatisation policy in Pakistan. The first part can be accessed here. Part II appeared in The News on Sunday on December 01, 2014...
View ArticlePrivatising Khaki enterprises?
My article for the online magazine Viewpoint, Issue No. 180, December 6, 2013. The article can be accessed here. The advent of the right-wing PML-N government in Pakistan coincides with increased...
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