Paradoxical though it may sound, politics in Pakistan remain both tantalizingly unpredictable and ridiculously predictable. A prime minister commanding a comfortable majority may be conveniently shown the door, leaving everyone…
Former Prime Minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif finally returned to Pakistan on Saturday after four years of self-exile in London. The PML-N organized an impressive show in Lahore. PML-N…
Even if you are totally bowled over by the endless reverberations of what had happened on May 9, you still need to have patience to bear with this rising tempo…
Hybrid regimes are defined by political scientists as ‘semi-democracies’ existing somewhere in the middle between complete democracies and dictatorships. To simplify, these are regimes that have some democratic openings with…
It all made so much sense then. The Imran Khan government had appeared so incapable of pulling the country out of economic quagmire. His control on governance was loose, his…
Did the PML-N make a rational choice by opting to vote out the then prime minister in April last year and subsequently form a coalition rather than wait for the…
With a seesaw between the PTI and the government on provincial assembly elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, President Alvi has fired a salvo by announcing the elections of the…
Back in the days when there were no 24/7 news channels around we had accomplished actors hogging popular attention. They essayed the audiences’ favourite characters over and over; and naturally…
The only good news is that one uncertainty is out of our way. For the first time in the history of the Pakistan Army a Hafiz-e-Quran will be commanding it.…
The recent climate change induced flood calamity has affected the whole country one way or the other. The resilient and rapid response exhibited by the government, the Pakistan Army and…
