Losers celebrate
The forecast was correct. The Panama leaks case judgment is indeed a memorable one. Unlike final verdicts that have winners and losers, this one has produced only category: losers. A…
No antidote to Panama
But the heavens did not fall. That is, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was not disqualified. And justice, in a sense, was delayed. Yet the Supreme Court verdict in the Panama…
Dilemma of a de jure PM
Judgments are not made on the basis of fictional notions, nor should matters of law be decided either by someone’s honourable whims or under public pressure or due to an…
Chasing the ghosts of Panama
Political horses are ready to be unleashed in anticipation of the impending judgement in the Panama case. The juries sitting on various media platforms have gone berserk speculating the demise…
Tweeting politicians
The internet revolution that came to Pakistan in 1996 has, 20 years on, had massive impact on all walks of life — academic, cultural, social, and economic. The rising popularity…
When I was with Khan…
In the sublimely expectant (politically) months of late 2012, I resigned from my job and joined the PTI Campaign Office. Within three months, owing to perhaps the ease with which…
Never a dull moment
The Panama leaks trial in the apex court has kept the public galvanised. PTI chief Imran Khan and his advisers expected that the court would, after examining the 689 pages…
Wake-up call for the corrupt – I
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on November 1, 2016 took a serious notice of inaction of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) regarding disclosures in Panama Leaks, showing names of offspring of…
Lessons of the dharna
’Tis all a chequer-board of nights and days Where Destiny with men for pieces plays Hither and thither moves, and mates and slays And one by one back in the…
A dark comedy
The promised multitudes may not have turned up at the two opposition rallies in Lahore and Rawalpindi recently, yet the second instalment of Panama politics is no less exciting. Although…
