Ending political instability
With a seesaw between the PTI and the government on provincial assembly elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, President Alvi has fired a salvo by announcing the elections of the…
A state of flux
Consumers are in a state of shock over the latest jump in petrol prices. However, there are some who will be satisfied with the raise. First, the International Monetary Fund,…
For those who care
There could not have been a more inauspicious start to a government – and, that, too, just a caretaker one. Coming in amid loud protests by those who accused him…
Darkness at noon
Every week, in these tumultuous times, there is this fresh onslaught of “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” in the context of what is happening in this country. Writing a…
Inside the Red Zone: Without a clue
The road to elections, it seems, is littered with ill intentions. With the Punjab Assembly on the brink of dissolution, naivete reigns supreme inside PTI bunkers. As the leadership and…
‘I will return’
Sitting in a wheelchair and wearing a deep blue hospital gown, Imran Khan held forth from his hospital room on Friday evening as if he were on the container or…
Failure of a ‘saviour’
No, it is not the windmills of corruption that the great leader is now tilting at. The target has changed, for the time being. Now he is hunting for ‘traitors’…
Why it matters
There have been plenty of false dawns before. There have even been plenty of instances when we have welcomed judicial saviours. Is this time any different? Or are we destined…
PTI and the future
Self-accountability and on-ground mobilisation of volunteers and workers will be key to the PTI’s preparations for the next general elections. The two are intrinsically linked. Effective mobilisation will require motivated…
Disruptive and dangerous
With my absence from this space last week, I feel that I have a larger vista of Pakistan’s politics to cover. And the past two weeks do contain multitudes, in…
