KARACHI: Increased landholdings by influential landlords and ignoring the need to abolish the feudal system are two major causes of the equality imbalance in the country, agreed experts. They were ...

Why is Thailand’s path toward democracy hitting a brick wall? The country’s economy — despite its recent setback — has created a huge middle class and a more open society that seemed to be heading ...

Some of us have pledged our allegiance to Google: We have Gmail accounts, we use Google Calendar and Google Docs, and we have Android phones. Others have pledged allegiance to Apple: We have Macintosh ...

Sir: Pakistan is a developing country with a very low literacy rate, which is a big hurdle in its progress, whereas a high illiteracy rate in the rural areas ruled by the feudal lords further blocks ...

History never repeats itself, but from time to time, consciously or not, some influential men attempt to force us into the monstrosity of their imaginary time machines to try to reverse decades, and ...

1. Opposition in the North There was support in the north of England for Edgar the Atheling to become king. This was a huge threat to William. Rebellions in the North could threaten his rule and ...

Sindh has long been synonymous with feudal culture. The argument for it has always been that landlords provide livelihoods, housing and food to the men and women they employ. Conversely, there are ...

There are still people who refer to Korean history in terms of “feudalism.” The evidence is quite to the contrary ― there was no real feudalistic stage in Korean history. The problem is two-fold: (1) ...

When I learned that we were entering a new period called neo-feudalism, my first reaction was to wonder if that was any worse than what we have now. After all, the serf might have suffered from a lack ...

1. Opposition in the North There was support in the north of England for Edgar the Atheling to become king. This was a huge threat to William. Rebellions in the North could threaten his rule and ...