The charisma of President Asif Ali Zardari
President Asif Ali Zardari creates history today by making room for President Mamnoon Hussain of Pakistan Muslim League (N). His name will be written in golden letters in the history…
The health of the coalition
Trouble in paradise may not be imminent, but inevitable. At the time of its inception, the Pakistan Democratic Movement posed to be a threat to the former hybrid regime, but…
Judicialisation as politics
LAST week, pre-demolition work on Karachi’s ill-fated Nasla Tower began on the orders of the Supreme Court. The entire process stands expedited under heightened judicial scrutiny. There is, apparently, little regard for…
How the Bhutto-Zardaris win 2023
This weekend PPP leader Khurshid Shah was released from Sukkur jail after over two years of incarceration. His NAB troubles are not over, but the wrath of the system has…
Veritable arms of imperialism
The world is caught up in a monstrous flux and it appears difficult to come out of it unscathed. There are powerful countries which are trying to smother the natural…
Beyond Zardari’s clarion call
The PDM’s ‘best hour’ is over. Asif Ali Zardari’s clarion call to Nawaz Sharif is loud and clear: return home to fight the political battle you want us to fight,…
Ambassadors alive
THE ambassador is not dead; he is very much alive. Diplomatic services from which ambassadors are drawn are alive as well. The government of India twice sent envoys of foreign…
Rising crony capitalism
Usually, entrepreneurs invest their energy, ideas and money to increase the quality of the products they produce, higher knowledge-worker and thereby improve manufacturing process and increase productivity. But at some…
Zardari running with the hare and hunting with the hounds?
Is it an attempt at realignment or is it a fissure that seems to have appeared in the Joint Opposition? A realignment of forces with the objective of showing muscle…
Analysis: High turnout may invalidate Nawaz’s narrative
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz narrative appears to have been swallowed by the international electronic media hook, line and sinker with frequent reference to 'celestial beings', the ubiquitous establishment, and pre-poll…
