Stories from Shahzad Chaudhry
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Trading with the enemy
We live under self-imposed constraints and deny ourselves trading with world’s most rapidly growing economy
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What don’t our politicos get?
Packages would cost tens of billions of rupees to the exchequer proudly announced by each chief minister
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The way ahead
With this kind of split PTI closed the possibility of any alignment by refusing to talk to the PPP
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A stuttering democracy
Recent global democracy review downgrades us to an ‘autocracy’.
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People’s election
People and the society remain inherently democratic and prefer democratic options
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Elections: consolidative, restorative or transformative?
It is satisfying enough that elections will be held resolving muddle that Pakistan has been in for last two years
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Iran’s attack: stratagem or silliness?
Through history two nations have been allies, close friends, good neighbours and brotherly Muslims to each other
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It’s the people, stupid
Autocratic political party system thus thrives in name of democracy for people who remain entirely disconnected
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2023 — lessons
Last 30 months or so have been of extreme turmoil. Both, economically and politically
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How predictable are the next elections?
Without knowing what they will deliver, what fate waited after elections, circumstances were somewhat similar in 1970