by sqshareef | Jan 9, 2022 | News International Pakistan
In the last nine elections for the president of the United States stretching across 30+ years, the Republican Party candidate has only twice been able to get a majority of the votes cast – yet the candidate for the Republican Party has won four of these nine elections...
by sqshareef | Dec 18, 2021 | News International Pakistan
International IDEA, a European think tank which tracks progress of democracies across the world, has in its recently released report assessed the US as a ‘backsliding democracy.’ This assessment was based on a study of 28 indicators of democracy during 2020-21....
by sqshareef | Nov 24, 2021 | News International Pakistan
The US political scene continues to be rife with acrimony, and negativity. Discussion in the political press these days is mostly focused on how much Joe Biden’s approval ratings have dropped in recent months. While this discussion started with the ill-conceived...
by sqshareef | Nov 24, 2021 | News International Pakistan
In early November a handful of states, among them Virginia and New Jersey, conducted elections for governor and other key positions. Both these states had been reliably in the hands of the Democratic Party for the past several election cycles. However, in these...
by sqshareef | Nov 24, 2021 | News International Pakistan
On October 18, retired American general Colin Powell passed away due to complications from Covid. He was 84 years old and had been treated for blood cancer which had compromised his immune system. Powell was one of the most respected figures from recent American...
by sqshareef | Oct 23, 2021 | News International Pakistan
Last week, after much back and forth, the US Congress passed a resolution to increase the government’s borrowing limit so it could continue to operate. Republicans in the Senate had been blocking the effort, threatening a shutdown of the government and potential...
