The vilest of the lot are those that find faults in the imperfections of a democracy that’s already surrendered, while remaining silent on authoritarianism.
They’ve always been the enablers of dictatorships.
No democracy is ever perfect but the endeavour must be make it ever more

To enhance competitiveness requires credible electoral accountability. That in turn needs underpinning of the rule of law. But if judicial independence is restricted, competition gets curtailed.

Simply stated:
rule of law —> accountability —> competition! arabnews.pk/node/2490531

We’ll now have plan D (reimagining Pak) launched since plan A, B & C have failed to dent public support for PTI. There’s not one original thought that Messrs Abbasi & Ismael bring to the table other than rehashing usual claptrap our disconnected drawing room intelligentsia love.

Fact check zulfiqar was not the most popular leader , he lost election to the most popular leader at that time . Regardless the most popular leader is sitting it adiala chilling right now

German police hiding behind the excuse of 'legal reviews of speeches' to explain away their storming of our conference where Jews, Palestinians and other peace activists were discussing universal human rights across Israel-Palestine. Fascism is alive and well in Germany. #b0412 …

What Germany's police has just done is proof that fascists no longer need to be in government to be in power.

Don't miss one of the most surprising episodes yet of Empire Podcast. In conversation with the fabulous Marie Favereau anita anand & I
examine the power of the great Mongol Queens through the person of Borte- aka Mrs Genghis Khan

Ultimate warmonger. The world will breathe a sigh of relief to see the back of the senile monster

Quite the extraordinary interview of former Philippines president Duterte:

'When I was elected as president then (in 2016), I tried to craft an independent foreign policy, not really against America. I have no quarrel with America. But the problem was our foreign policy was…

It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.

Which of these institutions in Pakistan do you trust the most?

*Ran this poll in April 2022, gonna do this again now in April 2024.

Thomas Sowell Quotes “It is only because the control of the means of production is divided among many people acting independently that nobody has complete power over us, that we as individuals can decide what to do with ourselves.”

— Friedrich Hayek

Asad Ali Toor First off, it’s not a cult. Pro tip: Consume WhatsApp groups as a journalist but don’t believe everything you read there!

Data proves that recently two tickets and some internal changes were made by IK due to people on social media and internal groups calling out mistakes. Will…

First, the more elegant usage is tribal not tribalistic. Ppl who use the latter are paindus who use words like “botheration”, “meyyur, pleyyur” etc.

What we have been reduced to. Egos. Privileges. Untouchables. On an individual level and now on an institutional level. Inevitable result violence.
Everyone's strutting around on a Punjabi film set - tainu pata ay main kon aan?

Excellent piece Javed Hassan

Delicious or not, such cheese will stink up the whole place. Best always kept in air-tight container, isolated from the rest of the food in the fridge. Its stinky. There has to come a point when you shud ask whether it was ever worth the price and all hassle.

Maybe best chucked.