The rise of Maryam Nawaz
Whether one likes her or hates her, one cannot ignore the phenomenal rise of Maryam Nawaz on the political stage in Pakistan. For her supporters, Maryam represents the hopes and…
Partly Facetious: ‘Maulvi’ Nawaz Sharif!
"The juxtaposition of Mian Nawaz Sharif and the maulvis leads to chaos." "Juxtaposition? Really!" "Well, it means combination and if your English language proficiency..." "It's a tad difficult word and…
Sharifs still have a future
This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed "Whither is the Nawaz League bound?" carried by the newspaper yesterday. The writer, Saida Fazal, has argued that "meanwhile, the question agitating the minds of his party…
The return of Nawaz Sharif
Hand it to Maryam Nawaz for helping her father into standing to adversity, and in bringing him back to keep his, hers and his party’s politics relevant. Left to him,…
Whither is the Nawaz League bound?
Senior PML-N leaders who had gone to London to convince ousted prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif to make a strategic retreat seem to have failed in their effort. Considering the…
The Sharifs and the religious right
Political alarm bells have begun to ring after the recent secondary dissection of the rightist vote bank into sectarian divisions after a period of 40 long years. It was in…
Will Sharif win the political battle?
As the start of the GT Road rally, Nawaz Sharif seemed cautious probably because of a perceived lower turnout, but as he moved towards Lahore and the number of participants…
Nawaz’s bitter harvest
Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif may like to believe that he is shining on like some crazy political diamond, but as things stand today, he is more like a mirror on…
Sharif’s fate and democratic transition
As the fate of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif hangs in balance before the Supreme Court bench in the Panama case, serious apprehensions are being expressed about the fragile democratic transition…
Sharifs’ legal games
“Pity the nation that launches a movement for rule of law but cries foul when the law is applied against its bigwig….” — Justice Asif Saeed Khosa There are two…
