Umair Javed

Jun 20, 2025

Sana Yousaf’s brutal murder is not an isolated incident, but may be part of a larger pattern of rising masculine violence in reaction to the recent gains made by women towards greater equality in Pakistan

Umair Javed

May 31, 2025

Characterized by deregulation in markets, and trade and financial liberalization, the set of prescriptions commonly dubbed as ‘neoliberalism’ were macroeconomic orthodoxy for nearly four decades. Now it seems to be dying, transforming our world in the process.

Umair Javed

Apr 29, 2025

Trump’s move to freeze humanitarian assistance has left a vacuum in the social and humanitarian sectors in Pakistan. Is this a move to be lauded or bemoaned?

Umair Javed

Mar 05, 2025

Why has the PTI emerged as the single most broadly popular political party across Pakistan today?

Umair Javed

Jan 11, 2025

Will the return of PTI solve Pakistan’s problems?

Umair Javed

Jan 09, 2025

Pakistan’s nationalist project has encountered many threats over time, and yet the largely state-led experiment of nation-building is closer to its stated objective, albeit unevenly, than it has at any point in the past eight decades

Umair Javed

Jan 06, 2025

The 2024 election results mark the end of a political cycle that began in the early 2000s. At first glance, this may not seem apparent from the outcome

Umair Javed

Jan 04, 2025

A reflection on Pakistan’s tryst with democracy and the mammoth challenges along the way