Performance or…
On the 27th of December, 2012, Benazir Bhutto's fifth death anniversary, a major political event took place with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing those who came to pay their respects to…
Political and social matters
At the moment our country is witnessing a bloodbath, and when the rulers are questioned as to why this is happening and why they don’t do anything to stop it,…
In transit
As I write this on the terrace restaurant of a hotel in the hills in Sri Lanka, there’s a small river tumbling over huge boulders a few feet away. The…
Justice denied and delayed
ON and off, readers have written to suggest that I do a column on how the higher judiciary in Pakistan is so preoccupied with cases of a political and constitutional…
Religion and the state
Spotlight on Asia Spotlight on Asia It is not merely in Pakistan that the judiciary has adopted an uncharacteristically activist role; in other countries of South Asia too it is…
Justice for the common man
How far the judiciary has emerged not only independent but also efficient and free from bias remains to be seen. Beyond doubt, however, is the indiscipline that has come to…
State of the nation
The mobs venting their anger on Benazir Bhutto’s assassination on Dec 27, 2007, let loose an orgy of riot and mayhem. Many took to the business of violence not only…
No white heat revolutions
Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson – twice elected – famously observed in 1964 that a week was a long time in politics. True to those words, the twist came…
Beyond a game of chess
For weeks now, Pakistan has been experiencing a series of political crises. The key political institutions civilian political elite, judiciary and the military all seem to be caught up in…
Kudos all around
First to Raza Rabbani who has been the target of many barbs from me in the days that the People’s Party was making, and breaking in quick succession, promises to…
