Where to from here? Election Outlook-XV
That the post-May 11 Pakistan finds itself in a situation in which the political players at each other's throats can't, or won't, move forward to end this dangerous, complex and…
Ideology of Pakistan
There have been several articles dealing either directly or indirectly with the Ideology of Pakistan. I was surprised to read an editorial in Business Recorder stating that; "General Sher Ali…
Cricket and politics
Cricket commands creed-like devotion in Pakistan and cricketers frequent the list of national heroes, though they can be turned into villains in no time in case they don’t measure up…
Nawaz has a lot to learn
With the polling date less than two weeks away, the election campaign has now reached its peak. The selective targeting of the ANP by the TTP and the continuing violence…
Matter of principle?
For the most part of our history ordinary folk have been suspicious of lawyers and complained about our lack of ethics. No landlord wants a lawyer as a tenant for…
A shameless extreme
Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is a blunt man who does not believe in sugar-coating what he has to say in coloured phrases of shallow rhetoric. In his Martyrs’…
A game without rules
We will soon have entered the post-election phase. Endless speculation about the permutations that work best for a stable coalition – assuming the tsunami does not occur – will be…
Glamorising experience, misunderstanding history
“I see that you haven’t changed a bit in these last four years and more, captain,” said Nikolay Vsevolodovich... “It seems in fact as though the second half of a…
The ballot and the bayonet
In most countries, if a criminal gang had issued a death threat against high-profile national organisations five months earlier than their killing spree, two things would happen: Firstly, the state…
Is it really our war?
Pakistan is passing through a phase of democratic transition. Wary of the status quo, a majority of people are looking forward to voting for a positive change in the coming…
