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Technocratic Turncoats

Technocratic turncoats

Turncoat or ‘lota’ is a familiar word for the people of Pakistan. It is a pejorative commonly used for our politicians who change parties frequently at the altar of ‘national…

Who’s Not A Turncoat?

Who’s not a turncoat?

The other day former federal law minister Babar Awan called upon opposition leader Nawaz Sharif to get rid of the turncoats supporting his party’s government in Punjab. The ex-minister was…

Limits of power

AS the dust settles and the politicians assume office, it is time to take a dispassionate look at the emerging dispensation, with a particular focus on the four principal players:…

October status quo shake-up?

OCTOBER, it seems, will see decisive moves in both the Middle East conflict and in Pakistani politics, and the next 25 days may well determine the shape of things to…

Balochistan politics

BALOCHISTAN has again captured the spotlight, courtesy of Nawaz Sharif’s strategic foray into the province to court electables from BAP and other parties in a bid to solidify PML-N’s position…

The problem with Shahrukh Khan

MOVIE actor Nasiruddin Shah was promoting his book at a function in Delhi when his brother in the front row rattled him with a simple question. Why was it that…

Au revoir, Noah

THE Biblical scriptures tell us that Noah loaded his Ark with a pair of every species, especially rodents. He calculated that if his Ark was ever in danger of sinking,…

Lessons from Gaza

A lesson is where there is a learning over a structured period of time; and learning a lesson is to understand something because of an unpleasant experience, where the underlying…