Realism

  Currently, Pakistan is facing one of the worst economic crises of its history. High inflation, trade deficits, soaring debts, declining exports and rising unemployment are the talks of the town.         Though the causes of this economic strangulation are many but it is politics of the country which is lying at the heart of the issue.     Extractive and hostile politics and unstable political environment have been hurting the economy in multiple ways. First of all, human capital is the baseline on which an economy starts flourishing. But, due to extractive nature of the politics of Pakistan, very few leaders are truly willing to educate masses and eqip them with the moderdays' skills to exel in their lives. They know that development of human capital will be disastrous for them. Consequently, the economic sector is paying high cost of the dearth of the capital.     Furthermore, variegated policies of different government...

      Power supply is considered as the engine of growth. It leads to industrialization, advancement, agriculture boom, healthy lifestyle and transforms fate of nations.   However, its scarcity halts the journey of states towards prosperity and progress. And, Pakistan is the prominent example of the fact.   Right from its independence, power shortages and long hours of loadshedding have been the matters of daily routine and hampering the progress.   It does not mean that the country has paucity of energy resources. Rather, there are certain other reasons of this chronic illnesses which demand immediate attention of the stakeholders.   Primarily, irrational use of subsidies in the energy sector is the leading cause of the shortage of energy. The government spends almost 80 per cent of the total subsidies on this sector to compensate the losses due to electricity theft, line losses ,and poor governance. In other words, the subsidies hide incompetenc...

      Today, Pakistan is facing number of unconventional security dilemmas. Global warming, climate change, natural catastrophes and water and food insecurities have been wrecking havoc in the country and the entire community is clueless in front of these challenges.    The leadership and people are only whining in front of the world that they are innocent and victim of injustices. Their contributions in emissions of greenhouse gases are minimum but the repercussions of the  toxic are unbearable. While Indian belligerence towards water sharing is one of the major reasons of the growing water and food insecurity.     But, as a matter of fact, this victimhood mentality is an easy exit from taking the responsibilities. Technically, the state is equally blameable for these challenges. According to the capabilities, the residents are committing every wrong to aggravate the situation.    From the perspective of climate change and global w...

      Pakistan is home to more than 220 million people. According to different survey reports, ages of almost 60pc of the people are lying in the working age group. When one looks at the statistics, he calls the staggering numbers an asset for Pakistan.    However, the actual situation is very different. The youth of the country is in highlights all over the world but for wrong reasons.    A few of them have been dying at the shores of Europe in the quest of reaching developed countries of the world while others have been felling prey to depression and anxiety. According data of Bureau of Immigration of 2022, those who have skills and finance to become part of developed societies have been leaving the country in massive numbers.    Here, a simple question pops up in the minds of people why youth is feeling insecure in its homeland? What sort of factors are making it anxious and depressed?    One can get answer of these question...

      Women, as marginalized section of the society, have been victim of patriarchy for centuries. But, since the advent of technology and sanity, a group - known as feminists- has been very vocal about their rights. It has been fighting for the cause at multiple fronts to make the environment conducive for women .    However, despite witnessing the three major waves of femininism, reading dozens of the writings and watching hundreds of the documentaries, feminism is still very much a conundrum for a layman due to several controversies.    Till date, feminists have no consensus on the very core idea of gender. For the essentionalists, gender is a biological reality based on differences of genitals. While the constructionits believe that gender is a social construction created by language and culture  to keep women in confinement of the male.   Hypocrisy of the pioneers of the slogans further magnifies the complexities. The west is leading the...

    International political system is in a transition phase. Era of uni-polarity has ended and multipolarity is the new order. Emerging powers like China, Russia, India and Japan have been trying to enhance their prowess in the world.   In the changing dynamics, rivals are busy in making alliances and counter-alliances to maintain balance of power.In this context, formulation of  Quad and AUKUS, parallel strategies of China and India in the form of Pearl of Strings and Dimond Necklace Policy, extension of Nato in the east, and initiation of projects like Build Back Better World of G-8 countries and Belt  and Road Initiative of China are the leading acts.   At regional level, middle powers are the central figures. Among them,  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) , Iran, Turkey, Egypt, India, Brazil and  Japan are the major ones. Recent diplomatic efforts of KSA to end crisis in Sudan, reinvigorate Arab League and Gulf Cooperation Council and active parti...

    Animosity, brinkmanship and hostility are the dominant traits of Pakistan's politics. Merely, in the first ten years of its independence, seven prime ministers ascented to the thorne. The country had to lose its eastern wing because of the petty politics.   Even, after 75 years of its independence, history books cannot able to register a single name of  the elected prime minister who has completed five year tenure in the office.   Masses believe that foreign powers and the establishment  are solely responsible for the chaos. Due to their interference in the politics, puppets have been running the show and real representatives of Pakistan are at the bay.   But, to a greater extent, the assumption is wrong and a lame excuse. Rather, political parties, politicians and ordinary people themselves are responsible for the instability.   Let's discuss their roles one by one. When it comes to the part played by the populace, it does not respect de...