Asif’s moment of truth
Speaking at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad, Khawaja Asif didn’t hesitate in calling the US an untrustworthy ally. Asif had two choices. One, he could have talked tongue-in-cheek,…
Assets not liabilities
A few days ago, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif stated in a nationally televised programme that Pakistanis should not be allowed to have dual nationalities. The minister opined that the…
Political merry-go-round
THERE has been far too much discussion on May 9 in the past week, making the issue as repetitive as our talk show discussions. But then, I do claim to write on…
Question of age
SHEHBAZ Sharif is the new prime minister of Pakistan and the first one to sit in this chair for consecutive terms; he is also the second to get here after having served…
Institutions as battleground
THE ongoing political confrontation between the government and opposition has assumed a new, more dangerous nature. It is now pitting state institutions against each other, bringing some into disrepute while…
A lesson from the Taliban
JUST a week before the third anniversary of the Doha Agreement, a high-profile delegation from Pakistan led by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif visited Kabul on Feb 22. It was not…
Family at high noon
FREE of the burden of defending and explaining government policies and actions, Khawaja Asif spoke candidly about his own party. In a recent interview, he agreed the senior leadership of the…
Schrödinger’s justice
THE last thing we expose a child to is injustice. It is taught even after satire. It is after all the irony is comprehended that we begin to teach our…
Destination unknown
THE PTI juggernaut may have been brought to a stop but politics in Punjab hasn’t. It goes on at full throttle, with Asif Ali Zardari busy meeting electables in the…
To elect or not
THERE have been rapid developments in the past couple of weeks. First came the new IMF stand-by programme, after months of back and forth. And then just as rapidly, came the announcement from…
