PML-N’s uphill task in Punjab
WHETHER countrywide elections are held within three months to coincide with the elections to the Punjab Assembly, after its dissolution, or separately on the completion of the term of the…
Nawaz Sharif’s return
DO stories of martyrdom and suffering still resonate? The question came to mind as the daylong transmission of the Lahore jalsa proceeded; especially as the state was seen to be playing a supporting role…
PTI-PML-N: same or different?
A SIZEABLE splinter within the military-led establishment is demanding that Imran Khan, as its former creation, deserves a second stint in power. Fractures have cascaded downwards and split the superior…
The Nawaz model
IT is one of the big mysteries of Pakistan’s politics. How has Nawaz Sharif managed to endure as a political force at the top levels of Pakistan’s politics for so…
Nawaz Sharif’s comeback
THE one thing demonstrated by Nawaz Sharif’s return from self-exile is that political leaders can never be written off in Pakistan’s roller-coaster politics. The country’s political history is punctuated by…
Hobson’s choice for PML-N
NOW that it is all quiet on the you-know-what front, attention is focused on the political chessboard. Imran Khan is in no mood to relent and is now trying to…
Should the PM have gone to Moscow?
IT was a tough choice. But Prime Minister Imran Khan made the right one by going to Russia. Here’s why: 1- The visit to Moscow and meeting with President Vladimir Putin was finalised…
PML-N’s challenge begins
IMRAN Khan is down but not out. This, it seems, is the emerging consensus since he vacated Prime Minister House only to inhabit the jalsa gah. Political conversations in Islamabad…
Fact-check on PML-N claim
The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, labelled delays in the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) disbursements under agreed loans as “sabotage”. “I was in the last government for…
How heavy lies Nawaz’s crown?
Former prime minister and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif has once again been elected as party president unopposed. Nawaz has returned to the party’s coveted position six years after he lost…
