An inauspicious beginning
Whilst all the news about the Commando`s `entry` into politics should be relegated to the footnotes...
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Whilst all the news about the Commando`s `entry` into politics should be relegated to the footnotes...
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High price for democracy
RECENTLY, I saw a deeply disturbing chat show on a private Pakistani channel. Sitting as I was in Devizes,...
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RECENTLY, I saw a deeply disturbing chat show on a private Pakistani channel. Sitting as I was in Devizes,...
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Shame all around
At exactly 2312 i.e. 12 minutes past 11pm last Thursday night, my mobile telephone rang. My old friends...
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At exactly 2312 i.e. 12 minutes past 11pm last Thursday night, my mobile telephone rang. My old friends...
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The creeping coup
As I sit listening to possibly the greatest song — `Alif Allah Chambey Di Booty` by the incomparable...
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As I sit listening to possibly the greatest song — `Alif Allah Chambey Di Booty` by the incomparable...
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Looking to the future
Taking into account the general deterioration in moral standards and ethics, it could be possible that...
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Taking into account the general deterioration in moral standards and ethics, it could be possible that...
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Washington dialogue
Years of mutual mistrust cannot be overcome overnight. The ever-wavering relationship between Islamabad...
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Years of mutual mistrust cannot be overcome overnight. The ever-wavering relationship between Islamabad...
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The indispensable and the helpless
Just how much disregard does the army have for rules and civilians? Let`s rewind to a year and a half...
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Just how much disregard does the army have for rules and civilians? Let`s rewind to a year and a half...
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Where is the conspiracy?
THE whole nation must have liked the sight of the federal interior minister making a victory sign after...
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THE whole nation must have liked the sight of the federal interior minister making a victory sign after...
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Let us be grateful for small mercies
As readers will recall, I have always opposed the NRO and have very often written against it. I have...
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As readers will recall, I have always opposed the NRO and have very often written against it. I have...
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Meeting US expectations
NOT surprisingly, the US keeps shifting the goalposts. During the Musharraf era, when the general was...
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NOT surprisingly, the US keeps shifting the goalposts. During the Musharraf era, when the general was...
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Dare we sing Faiz today?
IQBAL Bano died some months ago and Faiz Ahmed Faiz passed away a number of years ago. The natural instinct...
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IQBAL Bano died some months ago and Faiz Ahmed Faiz passed away a number of years ago. The natural instinct...
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Between the lines
Memo to the Pakistan Army don`t wait for the revolution in military affairs to get a high-speed Internet...
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Memo to the Pakistan Army don`t wait for the revolution in military affairs to get a high-speed Internet...
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