A flawed anti-terrorism law
Pakistan has faced multiple active terrorism threats over the past 15 years, which now constitute an existential threat to the state. In order to deal with this, Pakistan enacted an…
A crimson birthday
This 14th of August will be a crimson birthday for our country. Crimson, from the colour of the blood of all those — guilty and innocent alike — who have…
Unity of effort
Capital suggestion Pakistan is at war. Pak Army is at war. We are at war for the soul of Pakistan. Pak Army officers and jawans have been and continue to…
No shape or substance, just hollowness
The Friday Column Throughout my living years, I imagined that I had a fair stock of words I could choose from to express my thoughts exactly the way I needed…
PTI’s future?
The conflict between the two sides of the political elite, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the military, the ruling Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and parliament on the one hand and the…
Rotting from the bottom too
There is this thought that I have recycled in my columns a few times. And I remember expounding on it a bit in an article in the now defunct news…
The 20th and 21st amendments
The 20th Amendment was the last major achievement of the PPP government which constantly found itself on the receiving end of an irate CJP’s anger. Parliament passed the 20th Amendment…
Economic impasse is a ticking bomb waiting to go off
Nothing is going right in the country. The sovereign default is inevitable without an IMF (International Monetary Fund) deal which is being delayed at the behest of political leadership. Meanwhile,…
Long haul from The Mall
Often it is impossible to escape Lahore, even if you happen to physically exist at a distance from the beloved city. With the ‘jail bharo’ movement having kicked off in…
Charisma and its discontents
In this election year, when the crisis of Pakistan is deepening by the day, the PML-N is trying to reimagine itself. Or so it seems – with the torch, in…
