Remembering Fasih Bokhari
If they still made men like that, one would certainly want to see more like the later Admiral (r) Fasih Bokhari. The former naval chief lost his battle against cancer…
Has Admiral Fasih now changed?
It was back in the days when the lawyers' movement for the rule of law was at its zenith. On the 9th of March, 2007, a word of 'No' uttered…
The fog of law
The proceedings in the Panama case have thankfully concluded and the Supreme Court has reserved judgement. The Sharifs have not exactly come out rosy: a first family that cannot afford…
The 28 May tests
In my last two columns I reproduced a letter written by Ghulam Ishaq Khan, who was in charge of our nuclear programme for almost 17 years. He was an honest,…
A historic day
In the previous three parts of this column I reproduced the farewell speech delivered by Gen Musharraf and the letter written by Ghulam Ishaq Khan to Zahid Malik. After the…
The next man
The rumours, assertions, denials and general gupshup regarding the appointment of the new chief of army staff – a most important decision to be made by the prime minister –…
What are the caretakers up to?
The caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso received briefings from different ministries/departments and took more than a week to identify fifteen individuals as his cabinet members. One of the…
Education via corruption
The overall literacy rate in Pakistan tumbled down from 60 percent in 2012-13 to 58 percent in 2013-14 according to the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLM) carried…
Irrelevant democracy
Senate elections once again blessed us the un-VIP rabble with the soothing sight of our healthy wealthy democrats of nearly all ilk advancing the cause of democracy in impressive unison.…
