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WHAT is the big deal about a ‘possible’ deal? The PTI can’t stop talking about it, but refuses to provide any details about who is asking for it...
THE Faizabad dharna judgement has been given and generally lauded. There was a view here or there that wasn’t too complimentary but these were lost...
IT was a short sentence at the tail end of a story about yet another ‘festival’ in one of Pakistan’s cities. In yet another talk on Pakistan’s...
THE recent tragedy in Sahiwal has brought police reforms back to the forefront. A new committee has been formed and the prime minister promises 100...
IT takes an outsider to point out the anger within us. Last week, a former US ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter, spoke at an event, arguing that...
IT is time to bemoan the failure of our legal system yet again. Not because of the change at the Supreme Court but because the first extension given...
IT has been a short five months from hope to scathing criticism. The PTI’s fall from grace came rather quickly and unexpectedly if drawing room...
IT seems to be a case of much ado about nothing. The FIA, after five years of investigations, has recommended that the Asghar Khan case be put to bed....
IS it the PPP’s moment of reckoning or Asif Ali Zardari’s? The answer depends on whether you believe that Zardari is part and parcel of the party...
IS it the PPP’s moment of reckoning or Asif Ali Zardari’s? The answer depends on whether you believe that Zardari is part and parcel of the party...
THE corruption drive just doesn’t stop picking up steam. After Shahbaz Sharif, it was the turn of Saad Rafique to be arrested, which hardly came as...
THE civil-military saga continues to be the biggest story coming out of Pakistan in the aftermath of the Kartarpur opening. Many of the guests invited...
WITH the opening of the Kartarpur corridor, Prime Minister Imran Khan has been handed a diplomatic victory in his first 100 days, which beats his...
PARLIAMENT these days is mostly about ugly noises. The government cannot get enough of calling those on the opposition benches ‘chor’ and...
WORDS matter. The message may be important but so is its packaging. And yet Prime Minister Imran Khan and his party are defending indefensible...
THE conversation between Jehangir Tareen, Pervez Elahi and others leaked over the weekend was more a storm in a teacup than real news. Who doesn’t...
WE are reeling from another ‘surrender’ of the state. The hyperbole surrounding the ‘surrender’ was as extreme as was the praise that followed...
THE #MeToo movement is resonating across the world and has even taken over next door. But in Pakistan, the silence in comparison is intriguing. A...
THERE appears to be no let up in the pressure on the press (which has transformed into the media industry in the times that be). While new channels...
THE grand opposition alliance seemed true — momentarily — but only till the verbal condemnation of the government was on the menu. The moment the...
THE aggressive drive to nail the corrupt in Punjab has finally reached Shahbaz Sharif, three-time chief minister of the province. Unsurprisingly, he...
THERE is no end to the bad news a government in Pakistan gets, and PTI is proving to be no different. Last week, its share of woes included the...
LAST week brought some good news for the Sharifs in the shape of the Islamabad High Court bail order. The earlier respite of parole, perhaps, was far...
SURELY, the clichés should also be new in ‘naya Pakistan’. The civil and the military being on the same page is so ‘purana Pakistan’. So...