Memogate II in an unenviable environment
The timing of Dawn-story-gate, more aptly Memogate II, could not have been worse for a vulnerable democratic setup. India is on a diplomatic offensive to castigate Pakistan as the “mothership…
Memogate and the media
I wonder sometimes when the great and the good of Islamabad find the time to do their normal work, considering they are appearing before — or preparing briefs for —…
Memogate and history
Husain Haqqani will not be enjoying Christmas festivities in Washington DC. The former journalist and spin-doctor was simply outmanoeuvred by his opponents in the field he thought he had mastery…
Memogate versus scepticism
To keep your marriage brimming, they say, with love in the loving cup, when you’re wrong, admit it; when you’re right, shut up. Opinion writing is, perhaps, driven by the…
Mirza’s memoirs: Part – I
Confronting historical negationism through historical revisionism was the Herculean task that lay ahead when I embarked on bringing out Iskander Mirza’s memoirs. To challenge established, brittle narratives of fifty-plus years…
In memory of Latif Lala
With the passing away of Advocate Latif Afridi, progressives and democrats have lost an important leader and one of the finest human beings we had. I have lost a great…
Soviet memories (Part – V)
In early 1988, when I was back in Moscow from Odessa, Ukraine, Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo visited the Soviet capital. Ajmal Khattak was already there. Both were curious to know…
Soviet memories (Part – IV)
After spending two years in Moscow I moved to Baku, Azerbaijan in 1986, and lived there for a year. From there, I could observe more closely the events taking shape…
In memory
Professor Malik Hussain Mubbashar, 1947-2020. Death is often such a personal loss. We’re unsure what to say to a bereaved. What do you say to someone who has lost a…
Sri Lankan presidential hopeful sparks bad memories for journalists
No memorial marks where Sri Lankan newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunge was murdered in 2009, one of dozens of victims of “death squads” allegedly linked to a frontrunner in Saturday’s presidential…
