Challenging the PPP in Sindh
The PTI was dealt a huge political blow when Naz Baloch left the party and joined the PPP. After Senator Saeed Ghani’s victory in the PS-114 by-polls in Karachi, the…
Making change happen in Sindh
For staunch supporters of democracy, the last eight-year period in Sindh has proven to be the most vexing of cases. It has officially become the Pakistani equivalent of “but Hitler…
The Mustafa Kamal factor
Landing back in Karachi on Mar 3, 2016 all of a sudden after going off into self-imposed exile on August 14, 2013 (what he calls symbolically his own personal Independence…
Beneath Karachi’s violence
For more than two decades JITs have been bringing Paharis, Commandos, Motas etc on to our TV screens, but analysts outside Karachi fail to understand why a party with a…
Crime and politics
Who is Uzair Jan Baloch? A pawn in the political chess game or a powerful mafia don with strong political connections? While his association with the PPP appears to be…
VIEW POINT: Mixing of crime and politics
The first thing that strikes one about Lyari crime boss Uzair Baloch's story is the strong resemblance it bears to some popular Indian film dramas where politicians patronize gangsters using…
‘Democratic’ subversion of rule of law!
Assisted by members of the Sindh Police, and firing into the air at the gate of the mills, armed men took over the Seri Sugar Mills (Hyderabad district) and the…
Democratic oligarchy
It is mind-boggling to find a leadership that so despises involvement of military bureaucracy in the affairs of democratically elected government, but at the same time is so predisposed to…
The curious case of Bilawal
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s debut in Pakistan’s turbulent politics was dramatic and accidental at the same time. As the youngest leader of a major party, Bilawal has a rare distinction of…
The PPP’s hour of reckoning
AN all-time low level of grovelling has been set as PPP leaders try to control the damage from the fallout of Asif Ali Zardari’s burst of bravado. It is quite…
