Niaz Murtaza
Op-Ed Writer at Dawn
Political economist, Dawn Op-ed writer, UC Berkeley PhD/exFellow. Progressive/secular. support new, upcoming left parties. against army forays in politics.
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1 week ago |
dawn.com | Niaz Murtaza
IT is scary to see a mad elephant run amok, ravaging tiny villages until it is tamed. It is more terrifying to see the world’s sole superpower do so globally — with its nukes, financial volatility and carbon emissions posing far greater risks than wild tuskers. This is happening under a party — symbolised by an elephant — that had turned erratic long ago. Donald Trump’s actions now are truly manic. Ordinary Americans come to office one morning only to find they have lost their jobs.
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1 month ago |
dawn.com | Niaz Murtaza
THE case against autocracy is strong. Most developed states progressed under maturing democracy. Most autocracies do poorly — economically and on human rights. The few doing better have non-replicable traits: tiny size, oil or strong revolutionary parties. Even most such parties do poorly. Autocracy does well mainly in East Asia. Democracy does well in diverse realms, including our region even when not fully mature. Yet, autocracy is growing globally.
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1 month ago |
dawn.com | Niaz Murtaza |Jawed Naqvi
AS the PML-N set-up marks one year in power today, I review its outcomes via a detailed framework that I have used for several past set-ups. It says the quality of an administration’s outcomes depends on the quality of its strategies, which, in turn, depends on the quality of its team. The outcomes occur in five domains (economic, political, social, security, and external) and functions (legislation, policy, projects, services, and institutional reform).
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2 months ago |
dawn.com | Niaz Murtaza
IT’S sad driving on Constitution Avenue, Islamabad, even after 26/11. The buildings are intact but x-ray eyes can vividly see the gutted institutions inside. Global works like Why Nations Fail see inclusive institutions as the key to progress. But at home, one sadly sees deinstitutionalisation at the hands of the unelected masters of our fate. Strong institutions emerge more easily in homogenous, equal societies.
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2 months ago |
dawn.com | Niaz Murtaza
IN this piece, I cover the new kid on the bloc — the PTI and its captain — and an aged elephant in the room. The Bhuttos are landed elites, the Sharifs business elites, while the Muslim League’s top ranks had all elite classes. The PTI is the first federal party led by upper middle-class elites, who seem well-armed, with their education, global links and resources, to rule better. But these pluses are negated by their weak grassroots links with the masses and elite status.
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Geographical fate of Pakistanis under the Pindi and Pindi Minions League elite hybrid govt: While the elite areas of Lahore, Isloo and DHAs will get endless, sensuous and loving manicures and pedicures, the rest of Pakistan will suffer as follows: -Balochistan and KP will have
Hard state for cheap cowards mean abusing or killing weak people..Ahmedis Baloch youth afghan refugees opposition workers from Pti Ptm etc transgenders women etc.