Riaz Laghari

In the algorithmic age, discourse has gone digital—and so has domination. In Pakistan’s online sphere, the interface be…

Development in Pakistan is less about uplift and more about optics. The language surrounding megaprojects—“economic cor…

In Pakistan, national security is less a doctrine and more a discourse—a dense, recurring grammar of fear that legitimi…

Reform is the favorite word of regimes unwilling to change. In Pakistan, the language of reform is a semantic mask—poli…

Parliamentary discourse in Pakistan oscillates between theatrical grandeur and rhetorical chaos—where democratic delibe…

In Pakistan’s political history, crises are never merely events—they are discursive declarations. The vocabulary of eme…

Sovereignty is often evoked as an unassailable value—a shield against external intrusion and a badge of political auton…

In Pakistan’s volatile political ecosystem, the media does not merely report on power—it manufactures it. Beneath the d…

In Pakistan’s economic discourse, words cost less than reforms, and metaphors often replace mathematics. The state’s la…