Riaz Laghari

Part I: In the Dust and the Silence They build towers from taxes paid by the hungry. They drape their feasts in flags, …

In the Name of the Forgotten:  A Lament, a Call, and a Covenant They build towers from taxes paid by the hungry. They …

Pakistan was not merely carved out of colonial India—it was imagined into being. It was born of dreams, debates, and th…

Pakistan today stands at a moral, political, and developmental crossroads. For over seven decades, its immense potentia…

Reclaiming Constitutionalism in Pakistan: A Path to Democratic Renewal Constitutionalism entails the supremacy of a wri…

Civil Liberties in Pakistan: A Struggle for Constitutional Freedom Civil liberties form the cornerstone of any democrat…

Pakistan Needs a New Social Contract: Rebuilding the State-Citizen Relationship The foundational relationship between a…

In the contemporary discourse on development, the concept of human security has emerged as a vital complement to tradit…

The State Is for the People, Not the People for the State In a democratic society, the state is a servant, not a master…

Essay: Democracy Has Failed to Deliver in Pakistan Introduction “The cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy,”…

Unlocking Pakistan’s Youth Potential through Digital Empowerment As the world celebrates World Youth Skills Day on Jul…

At a moment when Pakistan’s democratic future teeters between reform and regression, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)—the…

Language, Meaning, and Misinterpretation: A Linguistic Reading of the Allahabad HC Verdict on Social Media Expression T…

The linguistic betrayal of the Saraiki people does not merely unfold in bureaucratic documents or census categories—it …