A protest not named PML-N
SOME reputations are impossible to shrug off. Even though Shahbaz Sharif and Mian Nawaz Sharif have since swapped places, and the elder brother — the more capable and more worthy…
Will the PML-N survive?
Political pundits have painted a doomsday scenario for the PML-N. With their zeal to demonstrate their mastery in sycophancy, political commentators who worship the rising sun have even started calling…
The PML-N’s economy
Taking a break from the Economic reforms series, let’s evaluate the PML-N government’s performance in managing the economy. When the government assumed office in June 2013, the economy was in…
The PML-N’s economy: Part II
The remarkable performance achieved in the first three years of the PML-N government’s tenure was squandered in the last two years. Economic management just slipped out of their hands. The…
The PML-N narrative
As the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) comes to the end of its five-year term in another three days it continues to project two distinct economic narratives. One is led by…
The two faces of the PML-N
Setting aside the advice of his party men that discretion is the better part of valour, Nawaz Sharif continues to protest his disqualification – while also taking a dig at…
PML-N: a conspiracy against itself
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is not going to go gently into the good night. We know this because he and his proxies have said it. We know it because he…
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…
