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Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Politics

Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s politics

What else could my old prison-mate, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, have wanted by his political Dharna-4 juggernaut? He is at the centre of real politik – left, right and centre, and…

Maulana on board

IN the wake of the 26th Amendment, it seems a weakened and tamed judiciary is now an accepted reality as the focus shifts to the legislation for madressahs, which Maulana Fazlur Rehman had negotiated in…

The Maulana matrix

Whether one accepts it or not, Maulana Fazlur Rehman stands as an uncrowned king, an unparalleled political force in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Both the government and the opposition…

Maulana vs Mevlana

WITHOUT going into the debate of who the honorific can be bestowed upon, let us focus on the etymology of the root word ‘maula’. In Arabic, it means ‘master’; with…

Maulana’s ‘assurance’

Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of the Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), is a frustrated man. Two rounds of a sit-in in Islamabad and highly ambitious attempted blockage of highways throughout the country last…

Handling The Maulana

Handling the maulana

Who would have thought that the PTI's winter of discontent would arrive so soon – and that too at the hands of Maulana Fazlur Rehman, whom the ruling party considered…

Maulana Of New Pakistan

Maulana of new Pakistan

Quite a few seculars, liberals and democrats must be simmering over the shrinking of what used to be only their space for expressing themselves in contradistinction to the religious right…

The Kaptaan And The Maulana

The Kaptaan and the Maulana

For more than a decade, Imran Khan was the angriest person in Pakistan. In the new division of labour, the burden of anger has shifted to his sworn enemies. The…

Fata And The Maulana

Fata and the Maulana

If you do not admire the Maulana, you know nothing about Pakistan’s politics. Full of mojo and gusto, the Maulana is one of those personalities who can beat any of…

Taming the judiciary

WHAT happened inside and outside parliament last weekend was nothing less than a tragicomedy. Rarely has Pakistani politics stooped so low. Some 400 members of both Houses remained virtually captive for days…