The Zulfiqar Mirza saga
Old allies turning foe is not a rare phenomenon in our political culture. Politics and vendetta go together. But the spectacle of masked police commandos in civvies beating up the…
Landslide victory
As expected, the PPP has dominated the Sindh local government elections in 13 out of 16 districts. It has won the elections in the district councils and union committees (UCs)…
Khan vs Tareen
IMRAN Khan and Jahangir Tareen’s story is not a new one in Pakistan’s politics. Ayub and Yahya, Bhutto and Khar, Zia and Chishti, Musharraf and Shaukat Aziz. Even former president…
Uzair ‘the smoking gun’?
Lyari mobster, crime boss and political worker Uzair Jan Baloch, the former chief of the militant group formed by the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), the Peoples' Aman Committee (PAC), was…
A deadly nexus
It is a known fact that in Karachi, violent means were used to achieve political goals, safeguard personal interests and maintain political dominance for decades. The nexus of politics and…
Medical education
There is no doubt at all that medical education in our country needs to be modernised and set up along lines that conform to standards in other countries. It is…
The Pyrrhic victory of Dr Faustus: Part – II
The first part of this article elicited unusual response. The emails received oscillated between two extremes; some called the article balanced and well-placed, others condemned this writer to hell for…
The dam controversy
We need to have a rational discourse on the management and distribution of water resources in the country. It appears that some outside the Sindh view the province’s point of…
The PPP–Sindh bond
Why did the PPP return to power in Sindh with a resounding victory? What do the election results tell us of the changing political map, trends and patterns? The PPP’s…
Whither MQM?
Following the death of literary giant, Dr Samuel Johnson, his critics went on an over-drive, to berate the man and to degrade his achievements. Dr Boswell, his longtime friend, apprentice…
