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OFTEN described as an accidental leader, Asif Ali Zardari is undoubtedly one of the shrewdest political figures in the country. Past master in the art...
https://arab.news/zb4vk Pakistan has formally requested to join the BRICS group, an important grouping of developing countries. Apparently the...
‘THE more the things change, the more they stay the same.’ That truism can be applied to Pakistan’s power politics. The same old game that we...
THERE had never been many expectations from the Arab countries to stand up in support of the Palestinian people living under occupation. After all,...
https://arab.news/vxmfw The relations between Islamabad and the Taliban regime in Kabul have hit a new low following Pakistan’s decision to expel...
THE arbitrariness of our policymaking process has been very evident in our latest decision to expel hundreds of thousands of Afghan migrants. For...
WITH the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, public opinion around the world is turning against the Israeli invasion. While...
https://arab.news/r3n74 Last month Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, the former federal home minister was taken away by men in plain clothes from his residence....
In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt offered Americans the New Deal, a series of programmes, public work projects and financial reforms to pull...
CALL it a game of chess, or musical chairs. It has long been played on the country’s political stage. The pawn is interchangeable, and so is the...
THE brazen one-sided account of the conflict justifying Israeli aggression against Palestinians living in the occupied Gaza Strip has exposed the...
https://arab.news/b38ga Israel’s declaration of war on Gaza will have far-reaching implications for the Middle East and beyond. There is no sign...
“Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. LIVING...
THE bloodbath in Mastung last week was yet another grim reminder of the relentless rise of militant violence that is threatening national security....
https://arab.news/gwqmj The dire warning by the World Bank that Pakistan is on the edge of a precipice with the country facing its worst and longest...
HE is an interim prime minister with a difference. Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar’s actions have appeared to go beyond his limited role as a non-partisan...
CHIEF JUSTICE Qazi Faez Isa has made his mark on his very first day in office by ordering the live-streaming of the full court hearing petitions...
https://arab.news/jzent Many had written off Nawaz Sharif after he was unceremoniously removed from the office by the country’s highest court some...
IT was the most audacious cross-border incursion by the TTP. Reportedly, hundreds of heavily armed militants stormed Pakistani security posts in...
WE are living in a world of illusions. While the country is fast hurtling towards an economic meltdown, we are told that our bad days are over, with...
https://arab.news/bk957 The outburst of nationwide protests over excessive electricity bill amounts have brought to the surface the anguish of the...
INFLATED electricity bills in the country have triggered an eruption of public indignation that had been simmering for long. Discontent over the...
CURIOUSLY, it was through X (formerly Twitter) that President Arif Alvi chose to deny that he had assented to the bills amending the Official Secrets...
https://arab.news/8vswx What happened in Punjab’s Jaranwala district last week was a grim reminder of rising extremism tearing apart Pakistani...
THE long suspense over the appointment of the interim prime minister finally ended with the nomination of a dark horse. The choice took even members...
IT is yet another episode of ‘from power to prison’, a tragicomedy long played on Pakistan’s political stage. The plot is predictable: yet...
https://arab.news/rk8vh The arrest of Imran Khan has deepened Pakistan’s political crisis, lengthening the shadow of doubt over the credibility of...
WHAT the former FBR chief revealed in a TV interview last week only reinforces the perception of a failing oligarchic state. It provides an insight...
WITH less than three weeks left for the expiry of the current National Assembly’s term, the debate over the upcoming caretaker administration is...
https://arab.news/ybgev The shadow of uncertainty over elections in Pakistan is finally withering. The prime minister has made it clear that his...
LAST week’s coordinated assault on an army garrison in Zhob was yet another grim reminder of the growing terrorist threat emanating from...
IT seems that the ruling coalition has still not made up its mind about the election date, even though only four weeks are left for the current term...
https://arab.news/yfhbv The virtual summit meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) hosted by India last week ended on a bitter note with...
THE meeting between the chiefs and scions of the two most powerful political dynasties in Dubai last week, where a consensus was reportedly reached on...
THE writing on the wall has been there for some time and the military spokesman just spelled it out the other day. The noose is tightening around...
https://arab.news/58jqs In a last-ditch attempt to revive the IMF deal, the finance minister has made drastic changes in the budget. The adjustment...
THEY have been strange bedfellows from the outset. It was a marriage of convenience that brought the PML-N and PPP together. They joined hands against...
WHILE boasting that the country has not defaulted, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar revealed that the government was negotiating the restructuring of...
https://arab.news/9wkuq The slide seems unstoppable. The finance minister’s balancing act in the budget has failed to end anxiety in the country...
JUST about nine weeks are left for the current term of the National Assembly to end. The Lower House of parliament will stand dissolved on Aug 13,...
THEY all appeared to be reading from the same script as they renounced their affiliation with the PTI. They left in droves; many of them had occupied...
THEY all appeared to be reading from the same script as they renounced their affiliation with the PTI. They left in droves; many of them had occupied...
https://arab.news/5t36w The limits of populism are very much evident by the crumbling of the party led by former prime minister Imran Khan in the...
WHAT is happening now is not unfamiliar to Pakistan’s treacherous power politics. The signs of rupture are evident in its ranks as the PTI faces a...