PML-N versus PTI
I, unlike public figures - be they politicians or in the entertainment media - do not claim to speak for the general public; nonetheless I feel compelled to share my…
Four Es of PML-N
Manifestoes of the political parties are statements of intents and action plans for promoting socio-economic development and dealing with challenges confronting the country that they present before the masses at…
Viewpoint: Towards a PML-N minus N?
Years ago, Shobha De, a well-known Indian novelist and columnist, wrote an interesting piece about a party she had attended in Lahore, her point of interest being Tehmina Durrani, then…
Four Es of PML-N
Manifestoes of the political parties are statements of intents and action plans for promoting socio-economic development and dealing with challenges confronting the country that they present before the masses at…
Can PML-N or PTI win this zero-sum game?
If you step back from the daily news cycle, you’ll notice a startling consistency across certain kinds of story lines. It starts with deep dissatisfaction about something –…
PML-N: pro- or anti-business?
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is widely regarded as a business-friendly party however this assessment was recently challenged by two international perception surveys: (i) World Bank's ease of doing business rated…
PML-N forever?
The excitable lot has told us it’s the Clash of the Titans. Today will change everything. The sceptical lot has told us it doesn’t matter. Today will change nothing. So…
PML-N’s bad-maza (tasteless) government
Islamabad diary Sindh’s strongman, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, and the army chief, Gen Raheel Sharif, have one thing in common. Every other day the Sindh CM has to be in…
Petulant PML-N
HERE are several variations to it. Forgive and forget. That’s usually impossible. Forgive, but never forget. That takes assuredness. And then there’s the PML-N: don’t forgive, but pretend to forget.…
Pulling a PML-N
What, exactly, is the problem they’re trying to solve here? This whole business with the Senate elections and this sudden crisis. What’s up? You’d think the country is about to…
