Death in a cage
Egypt’s deposed president Mohamed Morsi lost his battle with life in the Egyptian courtroom where had been brought in a soundproof cage for the hearing of cases against him. Morsi…
Who’s afraid of satire?
THOUGH hardly the first time Pemra has sought to define what constitutes acceptable humour on our airwaves, many have read the tea leaves in its latest advisory as more sinister…
Negative numbers
IN the 67 years since the founding of the modern republic of Egypt, that country of over 99 million souls has seen one democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, who ruled…
Flux and uncertainty
The polity is still in the grip of flux and uncertainty despite almost a year since the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) government took office. First and foremost of course is its…
Istanbul outrage
STATEMENTS issued by Turkish officials during the past week point to a breathtakingly audacious crime. Sadly, there is every reason to suspect that the allegations are not unfounded, notwithstanding Saudi…
Bigotry as policy
When General Sisi ousted Morsi’s regime in Egypt, members from Ikhwan al Muslimeen (Muslim Brotherhood) thronged to the capital for sit-ins in August 2013. Morsi, the first democratically elected president…
No sign of spring in Egypt
Presidential elections are currently being held in Egypt (between March 26 and March 28). However, Egyptian nationals who live abroad have already voted (between March 16 and March 18). As…
Power and corruption
Machiavelli’s dictum, ‘Power corrupts; and absolute power corrupts absolutely’, has been validated by history and current events. Corrupt entities collapse eventually. Great empires have been destroyed by corruption. Corrupt leaders…
Syria, the West and Pakistan
Part - II Random thoughts The population of the Muslim world is about 1.6 billion. If the present trend of population growth continues, there will be about 2.5 billion Muslims…
Banning the Brotherhood
That the administration of US President Donald Trump has been busy issuing a host of executive orders in his first few weeks as president is well known. The orders issued…
