Who is Nawaz Sharif fighting for?
How we recall the first few weeks after the December 16, 2014 Army Public School attack in Peshawar depends on our specific perspectives. Beyond the searing pain of that tragedy,…
Thank you Raheel Sharif?
After the government said it had given its consent to retired Gen Raheel Sharif accepting the offer to head the Saudi-led Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism, there were two…
Blame it on Raheel
The prevailing narrative – and it’s worth finding out from where it has sprung up and how it has spread like a virus – is ‘isolation’. We are alone in…
General Raheel’s retirement
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Nawaz Sharif government has decided in principle to politely but firmly decline any plea made for extending Gen Raheel Sharif’s tenure as army…
The general’s farewell service to the nation
Maulana Fazlur Rehman doesn’t realise the debt of gratitude he owes Imran Khan. If it weren’t for Khan would Nawaz Sharif bother about the Maulana and put up with his…
Return of Nawaz Sharif
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has returned from the salubrious environment of the UK to the suffocatingly humid, energy-sapping climate of the country. Not that he would feel the change. The…
Our counterinsurgency doctrine
Retired Gen Raheel Sharif’s major contribution to achieving peace and security in the country was the launch of the military operation Zarb-i-Azb in North Waziristan. Although long overdue, previous military…
Spectacular dive of the ghazi general
Our outgoing general on the basis of his record was considered a better commander than most in our water-logged history, taking decisions and risks that others were too afraid or…
Gen Sharif’s moves to Riyadh
There is more than one way to interpret the recent news that retired General Raheel Sharif has relocated to Riyadh to take charge of the so-called alliance of Islamic countries…
Space for the Sharifs
Even though the political environment is Panama-leaks laden, the Nawaz Sharif government can draw comfort from the fact that it has got one front less to fight on. Since the…
