Cleaning the Augean Stable
Do we need Corruption Perceptions’ Index or Broadsheet to understand the level of corruption in Pakistan? The media’s obsession with “revealing” what we already know is not journalism, but rather the hawking of a…
Author: Ibrahim Sajid Malick
Editor, Narratives. Technologist, social entrepreneur & digital anthropologist.
Pakistan in 2021
We hope and pray that Pakistan will join the ranks of middle-income countries, with a GDP per capita of around USD 4,000 by 2030.
Setting the Tone
Led by waderas, sardars, Khans and funded by Pakistan’s enemies, the separatist voices weaken the country’s genuine progressive, patriotic and nationalist platforms
White Moon on the Rise
Trump’s electoral victory in 2016 put white supremacists back in business — and his loss changes nothing
Tough Task Ahead
Biden promises a change of course, but the Trump legacy will continue to pose a challenge.
Redefining Democracy
Donald Trump in the United States, Modi in India, Eurocentric and anti-immigrant forces in Europe — it’s the rise of the populists. Is democracy around the world under threat?
The DisUnited States of America?
Writing about the forthcoming elections in my adopted homeland, the United States of America, I am reminded of two great philosophers: Al-Ghazali and Thomas Hobbes. Al-Ghazali’s political theory’s core is derived from a holistic,…
A New Narrative
We find ourselves in a world where fake news and lies are animated at scale by troll factories, and rating-hungry media cleaves us into hermetically-sealed factions. Abetting propaganda, Pakistan’s influential media houses select incendiary content…