Rizwan Ghani

All the king’s men in judiciary
- By Rizwan Ghani
- May 3, 2024
AMID allegations of all the king’s men in the judiciary in Trump’s cases, a new Supreme Court bench will take up the IHC Judges’ letters…

Biden’s letter and a shooting star
- By Rizwan Ghani
- April 3, 2024
IN response to Biden’s letter, Shehbaz replied that Pakistan is ready to work with America. People’s security, including their health, economic growth, and education, is…

Trench politics and Judiciary
- By Rizwan Ghani
- March 31, 2024
WITH an unprecedented letter from six judges, Pakistan is entering trench politics where battle lines are fixed except for PTI. The party has rejected the…

Protecting democracy in lockstep
- By Rizwan Ghani
- March 20, 2024
THE US Congress Foreign Affairs Committee is going to discuss the future of democracy in Pakistan and bilateral relations between Pakistan and America (Pakistan after…

Military protecting Pakistan’s democracy guardrails
- By Rizwan Ghani
- March 13, 2024
THE dismissal of highly deplorable election meddling allegations shows Pakistan’s military is protecting democracy and its guardrails from dictatorship. The law will take its course…

Speeches of 9 May, 6 Jan and Brexit
- By Rizwan Ghani
- March 10, 2024
DEMOCRACY is back in Pakistan with roaring parliaments and IMF ready to work with the new government. There is one common lesson in the…

PTI stole 2024 general election?
- By Rizwan Ghani
- March 7, 2024
PTI stole the elections. Pakistan must answer following questions to decide fate of democracy in the country including authoritarianism, legitimacy of using economy as booby…

Hoofbeats for democracy not populist sleaze
- By Rizwan Ghani
- March 5, 2024
Pakistan will cross the bridge of IMF when time comes. With marked improvement in good governance and international corruption indexes after PTI’s government, it is…

West’s democracy dog-whistling in Pakistan
- By Rizwan Ghani
- March 3, 2024
LIKE the West, populists in Pakistan are dog-whistling against democracy by eroding public trust in the state and its democratic institutions to worm their way…

Twitter and Molotov cocktails
- By Rizwan Ghani
- March 1, 2024
AFTER Twitter, the cases against vloggers are news in Pakistan. Vloggers are media gladiators in the town halls of modern democracies. Donkey and snake are…