How TLP won 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021
“When you’re bleedin’ a guy, you don’t squeeze him dry right away. Contrarily, you let him do his bidding. Suavely. So you can bleed him next week, and the week…
Aurat March and its ‘critics’
As every year, this year too Pakistan’s women joined their sisters round the globe in rallying for their rights on March 8, International Women’s Day. For the last few years,…
A rowdy public debate
BACK in 2005, private news channels were still a new phenomenon in Pakistan and there were just a handful of them. Hence, the channels were experimenting with show formats and…
Blind eye
WE have all lost an object that is precious to us irrespective of its material value. Despite the stress, somehow, we are not despondent because deep down we know it…
Jinnah’s house is burning
Declan Walsh’s ‘The Nine Lives of Pakistan’ augments a veritable genre – books on our embattled homeland by anglophone Western journalists. A layered title, unique biographical approach, and acute observation…
The rise of the TLP
Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who recently passed away, had risen to prominence in a short period on the politico-religious landscape of Pakistan. His reputation rested on two things: the ability to…
Changing the landscape of thought
The leader of the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan, Maulana Khadim Hussain Rizvi, left just as quickly as he had arrived on the political scene. His death on Thursday left many surprised and…
Recalibrating the governance matrix
Watching the opposition protests in Gujranwala, Karachi and this weekend in Quetta has been an invigorating and refreshing experience for anyone that believes in federalism, robust political expression and the…
Surrender at Faizabad
As distressing as it is the humiliating capitulation of the State before a small religio-political party, Tehreek Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYRA), should not be so surprising. It is symptomatic…
Games some people play
Although electioneering season has not been officially or formally declared open, the political landscape increasingly resembles a period leading up to next year's scheduled general elections. Political rallies, engineered hastily…
