Time for a new beginning
FORMER prime minister Imran Khan may have his own reasons to lash out at the ‘establishment’, but the fact is that the subject of civil-military relations has been around for…
Connecting the dots
POLITICAL punditry is becoming increasingly hazardous as it is virtually impossible to keep track of developments, let alone the undercurrents and the players driving them. The best that is possible…
The distance travelled
IT seems to be a case of much ado about nothing. The FIA, after five years of investigations, has recommended that the Asghar Khan case be put to bed. According…
Reinventing the wheel?
Just how far India’s relations with Pakistan have deteriorated under the atavistic watch of Modi & Co, is evident from the ripples caused by the publication of a book co-authored…
Tail wagging the dog
In the wake of the North Waziristan operation, the army chief’s ‘successful’ US visit and the military’s insistence that ‘all forms’ of terrorism will be taken on, reputed analysts have…
Need to carve new pathways
Among deafening chants of resurgence, Pakistan seems to be getting increasingly embroiled in suicidal entanglements that it would be better to stay away from. Among several others, there are two…
Another constitutional farce?
If those who claim direct access to the powers that be are to be believed, the country is set for another bout of ‘wise men’ deciding that the constitution of…
Rule of fear and symbols of hope
Events of the past few weeks have once again demonstrated the anxiety and fear etched in the unconscious of our state. Whether it is the arrest of organizers of the…
Collective amnesia to controlled minds
The country will soon be 73 years old. That's the age you enter a room looking for something and forget what you had come looking for. Your memory becomes more…
The corrupt, tax cheats, ‘secrecy’ & RTI — I
2020 has started and apparently everyone has forgotten what the Supreme Court desired in Suo Muto Case No. 2 of 2018, started on February 1, 2018, and what happened thereafter.…
