Thank you Raheel Sharif?
After the government said it had given its consent to retired Gen Raheel Sharif accepting the offer to head the Saudi-led Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism, there were two…
The new Raheel Sharif
The soldier’s soldier does not deserve it. The news that General (r) Raheel Sharif has accepted (later modified as: he may accept) the command of the 34-member Saudi-led military alliance…
The ‘Not-Raheel’ Sharif
Since Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif went into stealth mode, which experts now seem to agree happened around May 13, 2013 upon learning that he was going to be prime minister…
Who is Nawaz Sharif fighting for?
How we recall the first few weeks after the December 16, 2014 Army Public School attack in Peshawar depends on our specific perspectives. Beyond the searing pain of that tragedy,…
Blame it on Raheel
The prevailing narrative – and it’s worth finding out from where it has sprung up and how it has spread like a virus – is ‘isolation’. We are alone in…
General Raheel’s retirement
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Nawaz Sharif government has decided in principle to politely but firmly decline any plea made for extending Gen Raheel Sharif’s tenure as army…
Return of Nawaz Sharif
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has returned from the salubrious environment of the UK to the suffocatingly humid, energy-sapping climate of the country. Not that he would feel the change. The…
Gen Sharif’s moves to Riyadh
There is more than one way to interpret the recent news that retired General Raheel Sharif has relocated to Riyadh to take charge of the so-called alliance of Islamic countries…
Space for the Sharifs
Even though the political environment is Panama-leaks laden, the Nawaz Sharif government can draw comfort from the fact that it has got one front less to fight on. Since the…
Gen Sharif’s moves to Riyadh
There is more than one way to interpret the recent news that retired General Raheel Sharif has relocated to Riyadh to take charge of the so-called alliance of Islamic countries…
