Tough choice awaits
HAVING returned from a four-year, self-imposed exile, the path to power for PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif may appear paved but it is also true that within the next few months…
GB: the resource curse?
When we set out from Gilgit for Sost, the last town in Pakistan on the fabled Karakoram Highway – KKH – at about eight in the morning, we saw sights…
Your weekly columnist: an endangered species?
Once upon a time there was news; compact and closely orchestrated by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Fake news was unheard of; just plain vanilla dispensed by the government.…
Literature, politics, and resistance: Part – I
As the readers of this page know, whenever possible my columns try to highlight something positive happening in this country. Mostly the focus has been intellectually stimulating conferences and discussions…
Law of binding precedents – I
In view of the hierarchical character of the judicial system in Pakistan, it is of paramount importance that the law declared by courts should be certain, clear and consistent. Inconsistencies…
Trail of hidden wealth
The members of 'House of Sharifs', who are facing allegations of tax avoidance, flight of capital, money laundering and corruption in the wake of the Panama Papers, claim "we have…
City of lights that was
There is a debate about environmental concerns surrounding Lahore’s Orange Line project specially since there is a view that the line will pass perilously close to monuments such as Chauburji…
Two invaluable books
Recently our attention has been riveted on the elections and the results. All prophesies, analyses, guesswork and soothsayer’s forecasts turned out to be wrong. Now the new government has been…
Some Sharif memories
Of all political journeys Pakistan has witnessed, Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif`s must ranlc among the most remarkable. Sharif was 29 when his family-owned industrial empire, nationalised by ousted leader Z.A.…
Some Sharif memories
OF all political journeys Pakistan has witnessed, Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif`s must ranlc among the most remarkable. Sharif was 29 when his family-owned industrial empire, nationalised by ousted leader Z.A.…
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