S. Akbar Zaidi

S. Akbar Zaidi is a political economist based in Karachi. He teaches at Columbia University in New York, and at the IBA in Karachi.

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A wholesale market in Karachi

A polycrisis that is depleting Pakistan’s resilience

Supporters of Pakistan’s ‘Tehreek-e-Insaf party’ at a rally in Lahore, Pakistan

In Pakistan, a state of war with much drama ahead

A motorcyclist rides past a billboard with the picture of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan outside the National Assembly in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Tampering with the Constitution in Pakistan

The Musharraf verdict was a long time coming

Maulana Fazlur Rehman

What the Maulana said in Islamabad: on anti-Imran protests

Either way, the news is bad

Still nothing to show for: on Imran Khan's performance so far as PM

FILE PHOTO: Labourers, who set up the venue, sit under a wall with a billboard displaying a photo of Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), political party, as they listen to him during a campaign rally ahead of general elections in Karachi, Pakistan July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

Populism confronts reality

Prime Minister Imran Khan

Nawaz Sharif (R), former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League, with his daughter Maryam Nawaz. File

Playing the anti-Nawaz Sharif game

Pakistani policemen stand guard at the premisses of the Supreme Court building during a hearing on the Panama Papers case in Islamabad on July 28, 2017.
Pakistan's Supreme Court was set to announce a new judgement on July 28 that could topple Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is embroiled in a long-running corruption case that has gripped the country. Around 3,000 police and paramilitary forces were deployed around the court in Islamabad ahead of the ruling, due to be announced Friday morning, a police spokesman said. / AFP PHOTO / AAMIR QURESHI

What will the caretakers take care of?

“Since his ouster last year, Nawaz Sharif has been holding very large rallies and jalsas across the country.” The former Prime Minister waves to his supporters on the outskirts of Islamabad. AP

With or without Nawaz Sharif

Circle, Buy - Single Word, Internet, Sale, Shadow

In different courts

Closing down a country: the Islamabad stand-off