For a new democracy
During the last 60 years we have seen successive democracies inter-mingled with military rules. It is a painful reality that the worst military rule in Pakistan was far better than…
Lessons of ‘long march’
Dr. Tahirul Qadri’s long march to Islamabad is over and done. It shook the political spectrum — at least for the five days that it held the nation in thrall.…
Random thoughts: Empty rhetoric
The show and the theatrics have ended. All the rhetoric by Daniyal Aziz, Talal Chaudhry, Marriyum Aurangzeb and Dr Arif Kirmani is over. The end-result is that Nawaz Sharif is…
Random thoughts: Politics and books
Our nation seems to be constantly under a curse. As one problem begins to recede, the next one crops up. We all remember the problems created by Imran Khan’s sit-ins…
Sweets, garlands and the noose
The recent attempt by army renegades to topple the elected and popular government in Turkey was crushed by the police and the public of Turkey. Many of us were shocked…
PIA, maladministration and the public
ecent events reminded me of Murphy’s Law (coined in 1949 by Edward A. Murphy, an officer in the US Air Force) which states that, if anything can go wrong, it…
Gone to the dogs
I would have liked to write something academic, but the recent riots in Lahore have made me change my mind. I would now like to draw attention to the critical…
The spirit of Zarb-e-Azb
A tersely worded press release issued by the ISPR last Sunday read: “On the directions of the government, the armed forces of Pakistan have launched a comprehensive operation against foreign…
Thick, black clouds
The recent acts of violence have reminded me of my column, ‘Mass graves’ (April 30, 2012). In that I had pointed out that mass graves were the result of either…
It is all in divine hands
Legendary Urdu poet Mir’s verse, Ulti hogaen sab tadbiren kuch na dawa ne kaam kia (All the efforts backfired and nothing helped) has become a proverb. This is the same…
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