The PML-N’s manifesto
As a matter of principle, election manifestos outline the priorities and goals set by a political party based on a best case scenario. That’s the reason the manifestos abound in…
Internal security challenges
The Supreme Court is disillusioned and disappointed at the failure of the federal government as well as the provincial governments of Sindh and Balochistan to maintain law and order by…
The TTP and jirgas
If empty talks and statements could solve problems, Pakistan would have been a model of development. Disregarding the half-baked solutions given by half-baked intellectuals, the need for effective policies regarding…
Time for patience
There has been much relief and joy at the government’s recent completion of a full five-year term and the announcement of an election date. The transfer of power from one…
Tough tasks ahead
When the present parliament ends its term tonight, the tenure of the government will also be over and the focus will shift to the elections and then the challenges facing…
The frenzy
Talk now is firmly focused on the election, which is less than two months away. So far, the PPP and the PML-N remain the two most potent forces in the…
‘Security’ via appeasement
Pakistan is at war with itself on many fronts. It is not only a battle for its soul but also for its very existence. But the battle is already half…
Vehicles, weapons and violence
On March 2, 2013, a botched-up kidnapping attempt took place at an upscale shopping mall in Karachi. The crime was committed by the son of an influential person with a…
The PPP’s trump card
What’s the PPP’s trump card as it goes into the upcoming elections? The Sindh card? Not really. The PPP government’s performance during the last five years? Not in the slightest.…
Moving a bullock-cart of a nation
Unity, faith, discipline...forget the first two: call this a disciplined nation? Put food on the table, say at a marriage feast, and we can’t get that right, scarcely satisfied unless…
