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PMLN, PTI are neck and neck

The May 11 election appears too close to call, with two main contenders enjoying almost the same voter approval ratings and the third one being not very far behind, the results of an exclusive public…

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In experts’ language

Speculation – and at a stretch, conspiracy theories – are rife on airtime, in newsprint, in pedestrian exchanges on how politics is going, about what this month’s election will bring. Think tanks, independent analysts and…

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The great unknown

Pakistan is headed towards its first ever democratic transition following the completion of a full-five year term by a popularly elected government. While the country’s checkered democratic history chills confidence in its irreversible path to…

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For a change

How much change happens at an election? In the parliamentary system, turnover refers to an assembly seat changing hands between parties or candidates. This article presents an analysis of the six National Assembly elections in…

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Strangers in the house

Colonial knowledge systems solidified the boundaries of consciousness between and among the populations living in colonised societies. Colonial ethnography (carried out mostly by anthropologists and administrators) classified the colonised populations into mutually exclusive categories based…

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On a click and a prayer

Every western media write-up about elections in Pakistan must usually include, what is known in editorial terms as, “colour”: an exoticised paean to the vibrant indigenous culture of electoral campaigning in the country. This involves…

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In expert langauge

Our experts take a look a look at voting behaviour and make some predictions.

Vote versus veto

Baloch nationalist parties are determined to contest the upcoming election, unlike in 2008, when they decided to sit out the election process.

Marginal utility

As things stand, Pakistan is likely to have coalition governments for quite a long time and the party that enjoys majority in Punjab.

Winning combination

There is a significant difference between forming a government and winning an election.

Journal observations

A (fictional) excerpt from the diary of the Chief Election Commissioner.

Nuclear explosions and elections

Why is no electoral candidate talking about relations with India?

Django Unchained

There is no subtext at all to this film. It has a thin, simple and debatably silly plot.

Tradition of the tile

For anyone interested in the architectural heritage of the Indus Valley, this book will definitely be indispensable.

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