How the Bhutto-Zardaris win 2023
This weekend PPP leader Khurshid Shah was released from Sukkur jail after over two years of incarceration. His NAB troubles are not over, but the wrath of the system has…
Beyond Zardari’s clarion call
The PDM’s ‘best hour’ is over. Asif Ali Zardari’s clarion call to Nawaz Sharif is loud and clear: return home to fight the political battle you want us to fight,…
Zardari running with the hare and hunting with the hounds?
Is it an attempt at realignment or is it a fissure that seems to have appeared in the Joint Opposition? A realignment of forces with the objective of showing muscle…
Zardari, Bilawal & the future of PPP
IS it the PPP’s moment of reckoning or Asif Ali Zardari’s? The answer depends on whether you believe that Zardari is part and parcel of the party or simply an…
From Bhutto to Zardari
The spectacle of Sharjeel Memon — a former provincial minister accused of siphoning billions of rupees — being presented a gold crown by his supporters on his return home, two…
Zardari’s new gimmick
Past master in wheeling and dealing Asif Ali Zardari, has ended his self-exile and is back in the country in the hope of turning the political tide. His decision to…
The return of Zardari
Behind the façade of celebrations, an atmosphere of gloom has descended upon the PPP. On December 23, Asif Ali Zardari returned to Pakistan, ending his 18-month-long self-imposed exile. This must…
Will Zardari’s gambit work?
With his back to the wall, Asif Ali Zardari has thrown down the gauntlet, not to the generals this time but to the federal government. Abandoning his long-standing policy of…
A house for Zardari
I’m currently having a problem getting my head around the concept of a house with a covered area of 82,959 square feet. I suppose this is because when I’m in…
Beyond Zardari, before Zardari
IT is the most unpopular man versus the most popular institution. Asif Ali Zardari has exploded and his party has set about ‘getting its act right’. Advice has been pouring…
