The Faiz phenomenon
FORMER spymaster retired Lt-Gen Faiz Hameed’s arrest and the news that he may be facing a field general court martial for activities prejudicial to the military’s rules and regulations have understandably generated…
Malala, Salam, Faiz and Dr Khan
In Pakistan, with Malala Yousafzai winning the Nobel Peace Prize, it is proven once again that those subscribing to conservative social and political views reject new facts if they challenge…
Battlefield Islamabad
What was proclaimed by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) leaders as a peaceful march on Islamabad to demand, among other things, the release of their leader Imran Khan from jail turned out…
Explosive revelations — really?
WHAT is an explosive revelation? In Pakistan, it is when we hear straight from the horse’s mouth something almost every Pakistani knows, such as the contemptuous disregard of the Constitution…
Scapegoating the refugee
HERDED like cattle, over 1,700,000 Muslim refugees — more than twice the number of Palestinians evicted in 1948 by Zionist Israel — are presently being expelled from the Islamic Republic…
New year, ancient clichés
A NEW year begins, though in Pakistan we are already braced for old issues, older than just a few months. This was brought home by the new army chief’s statement…
Zille Shah was special indeed
YET another tragedy of our times. Political worker Ali Bilal, aka Zille Shah, a diehard Imran Khan supporter, has been killed, his broken, tormented body abandoned at the Services Hospital…
State of disarray
AS TV ratings and social media hits go, Pakistan’s unending game of thrones is second to none. The pitched battles between the authorities and PTI supporters outside Imran Khan’s residence…
Maladies not interpreted
If there were dreams to sell, what would you buy? This choice actually belongs in the realm of poetry and parables. But dreams, in the context of one’s aspirations and…
The centre barely holds
We are in a very difficult phase right now. An unrepresentative government is busy shouting conspiracies at the top of its voice, adding to the already deep national divide. While…
