Senate and the Gilani card
Once again, the political temperature seems set to rise in Pakistan as the Senate elections loom nearer and nearer. But this time things have become more complex, with allegations of…
Shooting a prime minister
In colonial Burma, an elephant underwent a short bout of madness, what we call mast in South Asia – it is the same word we find in Nusrat Fateh Ali…
Primer for the prime minister
If not now, when - the right man for the right job? One wrong step by Nawaz Sharif will then be downhill all the way. Names for some posts have…
Thus spake Gilani
The prime minister has spoken. Finally, he scratched himself free of the veneer he chose to put on himself when it came to dealing with the security establishment of the…
Gilani on Asian unity
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s plea for Asian unity, which he made at the annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia in China on April 2, has gone almost…
Gilani’s two distinctions
As if having a president with a tainted reputation wasn’t enough, we now have a convicted prime minister. Pakistan is on course to establishing new records of dubious distinction. Pakistan…
Thus spake Gilani
The prime minister has spoken. Finally, he scratched himself free of the veneer he chose to put on himself when it came to dealing with the security establishment of the…
After Gilani’s ‘historic’ court appearance
Defying the law is such a common practice in Pakistan that obeying it is considered praiseworthy. And it is celebrated if someone like the country‟s prime minister answers the court‟s…
Two wrongs don’t make a right
“Nothing happens in a vacuum” as the saying goes. Much ink has been spilled discussing the Constitution (Twenty-Sixth Amendment) Act, 2024. Per its critics, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment has delivered a…
Can Nawaz survive the fourth-year itch?
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s rule experienced the fourth-year itch in 2017 – much like the year 2012 was to Zardari’s rule. The patience of political stakeholders is running out before…
