A year of election
The year 2023 is coming to an end as yet another rough year for Pakistan’s democracy; 2024 appears to be no better either. We finally have a ‘set in stone’…
Battle for Balochistan
Political developments in Balochistan have caught the attention of the national media. While the province is hardly mentioned in debates in the media, it takes centre stage before almost every…
Coalition of the unwilling
Over a month after the dissolution of the 15th National Assembly of Pakistan, the constitutional requirement of appointing a date for timely general election remains elusive. So much effort is spent…
Legitimacy crisis
On this 76th independence anniversary of Pakistan, the heart is sorely charged, the spirit wilting and the mind under the overwhelming shadow of the uncertainty the future holds. Anwaarul Haq…
Politics in Balochistan
A tug of war over bagging the future coalition government in Balochistan has already started between the PPP and PML-N, leading to some confusion among electables over which one of…
The other side of politics
For a politician who was brought up in the lap of the powers that be and who rode to power on their coattails, it must be excruciatingly agonizing to see…
Bloody legacy
In cafés at night, Iraqis were glued to their television screens. Their istikanat of cardamom tea cold, forgotten beneath the undulating smoke of the night’s thousandth cigarette. In living rooms,…
Unity in diversity
Every four years, the football world cup brings the world together. The euphoric bond transcends religious, ideological, political and time barriers. Messi, Mbappe, Neymar, Benzema and Mohammed Salah, artists in…
PM Shehbaz Sharif’s prime challenges
The best thing that could have happened to Shehbaz Sharif on Monday, April 11, 2022 is not that he was voted to the office of the prime minister of Pakistan…
The way the PTI fell
The ignominious end to the PTI’s three-and-a-half year rule in Pakistan and its replacement by Imran Khan’s nemesis Shahbaz Sharif as the interim prime minister is a development that no…
