On 18 August, Pakistan’s media watchdog directed all TV channels to stop giving airtime to 11 people: a group including journalists considered close to former Prime Minister Imran Khan, indiv...
Last month, yet another conference on policy ‘reforms’ was organised by the World Bank and its local partners. This must be the umpteenth such moot to have debated on prescriptions to ‘fix�...
The electorate blames the PML-N for the inflation that’s making their lives difficult, and Imran Khan owns the anti-establishment narrative despite being locked up. With the party divided, ther...
https://razarumi.com/nawaz-sharif-will-return-to-imran-khans-pakistan/
The ghastly attack on the Christian community in Jaranwala is yet another testament to the systemic violence and discrimination faced by religious minorities in Pakistan. Faced with majoritarian ...
As the flames of the May 9 arson dissipate, it is clear that the violence perpetrated by former PM Khan’s supporters is only one element of the power struggle unfolding before our eyes for a ye...
The ‘civil war’ within the Supreme Court of Pakistan has intensified. On April 4, a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) directed the Election Commission of Pakistan t...
https://razarumi.com/justice-minallahs-note-another-warning-sign-for-the-chief-justice/
As the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) hears a petition against the postponement of elections for the Punjab assembly, the crisis within the Pakistani state has come to the fore. The same day the ...
https://razarumi.com/judicial-interventions-in-political-system-must-end/
The ugly scenes of excessive shelling, PTI workers pelting stones at the police force and the eventual incapacity of the government to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan — summoned by a...
https://razarumi.com/imran-khan-vs-military-establishment-the-final-showdown-begins/
The March 1 verdict of the Supreme Court, instructing the president and governors to consult with the ECP and decide the date of elections in Punjab and KP, has been mired in controversy due to...
https://razarumi.com/a-polarised-polity-and-its-warring-institutions/
Pakistan’s economic crisis poses a great challenge for a coalition government struggling to keep the country afloat. The country’s foreign exchange reserves lurk around $3 billion, barely eno...
https://razarumi.com/pakistans-economy-wont-stabilise-unless-ruling-elites-give-up-privileges/