Why on earth should Nisar resign?
Why indeed? If the one-man judicial commission comprising My Lord Justice Faez Isa has exposed the glaring shortcoming of various agencies and the total incompetence of the man supposed to…
The missing link…street power
Our mandated leaders, embattled and besieged, could have done without this latest addition to their troubles: the impending arrival of Pakistan’s stormiest and most mercurial cleric, the Reverend Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri.…
The PM can’t escape scrutiny
Hit and hurt by the exposure of his family’s offshore companies, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif seems clueless and is trying to hide his head under the sand to avoid a…
Why nothing will happen
One always wishes to be wrong while making projections on the basis that we have completed our journey to becoming a predatory state and predatory society feeding off each other.…
Comparing media
Mir Hasil Bazinjo, Javed Jabbar, Asad Qaiser, Mian Mehmood-ur Rasheed, Rana Afzal, Gen (r) Abdul Qayum, Senator Saud Majeed, Munzza Hassan, Mehtab Rahidi, Senator Nauman Wazir, Shehryar Afridi, Dr Shoaib…
It is the civil service, stupid
Pakistan must be the world's top ranked country in setting up commissions. Some time bound (Hamoodur Rehman, Abbottabad), whose reports are never released, just leaked; some in perpetuity (flood, relief,…
A road to nowhere
The PML-N and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) have finally agreed to form a judicial commission to probe the 2013 elections and determine three things: were they conducted impartially, fairly and…
The original sin of Yakub Memon
The more things change in the great republic of ours the more they remain the same. Many had suspected it when Afzal Guru from Kashmir was quietly hanged and buried…
A different view
It is a cliché that Pakistani society is being torn apart by ethnic, linguistic, religious and sectarian conflicts. From highbrow politicians to street vendors, the level of concern for the…
Solving murder mysteries
Enough is enough. With more than 40 years of experience in law enforcement, I refuse to believe that determined and professional state agencies and departments cannot solve the mystery murders…
