The path to peace in Fata
The residents of Bara in Khyber Agency have faced an extremely difficult situation ever since Pakistan joined the war on terror and deployed the army in the tribal areas. A…
No change on the horizon
After keeping the country on tenterhooks for almost a month, one of the most farcical melodramas of Pakistani politics ended a week ago in Islamabad having been taken to the…
Revolution: Islamabad style
Islamabad’s peace was shattered only once during the long march led by Dr Tahirul Qadri. The interior minister, who had authorised the march to move toward D-Chowk, did not comply…
This is history’: Inaugural crowd celebrates Obama
This is how Americans celebrate their president: Braving ear-freezing cold and long security lines, hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the nation's Capitol to send off Barack Obama into…
The long betrayal
Now that the dust on the caravan of Dr Tahirul Qadri’s long march has settled, it is time to focus on the lessons learnt. Without exaggeration, it was one of…
Spotlight: Rediscovering Allama Qadri!
Now that the first and perhaps the most exciting phase of Allama Tahirul Qadri's campaign ("the 4-million March") is over, what have the people learnt from it? Well for one,…
Save the system
We must save the system. So agree Nawaz Sharif and Maulana Fazalur Rehman, Asif Zardari and Munawar Hassan, the Skipper, the Chaudhrys of Gujrat and the Khans of Charsadda. The…
March madness in January
Considered the usual month for political madness in Pakistan, March came early this year, the turmoil complicated by election-year factors. The obstacles of the federal and Punjab governments notwithstanding, the…
End of a dream
So it was not to be. Not because the people of the city were cruel – shehr ke log zaalim na thay – but because they were just indifferent. They…
Spotlight: Police chasing criminals in ‘handicap’ race!: Will TQ abort the march with a face-saving bargain?
With each passing day the Allama appears to be getting more belligerent in his statements, assertions and demands. The latest example of this is his statement Wednesday last that "people…
