Playing by the rules
PAKISTAN’S largest province and political heartland continues to be in the throes of a crisis with the coalition government at the centre and the PTI-backed chief minister locked in fierce…
Stepping down
BORIS Johnson has, by his gross misconduct and his untruths, done enormous harm to his country. In all parliamentary democracies, especially those of the Commonwealth, British practice and conventions were…
Balochistan in hot water
BALOCHISTAN is fast emerging as Pakistan’s climate hotspot. In recent years, it has become a favourite destination for the monsoon rains. Owing to widespread flooding, all ground links of the…
UK Tories’ tales of shame
THERE is no Utopia no matter where you are in the world and one can be sure that those who believe that ‘Western’ democracy is squeaky clean are one of…
A work in progress
DURING the past 50 years, the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan has been amended 23 times — an amendment every two years on average. This is no surprise as the constitution…
The fifth attempt
PRIME MINISTER Shehbaz Sharif has attained nirvana. Within the same fortnight, he has met President Vladimir Putin at the SCO summit at Samarkand, attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II…
Pressing on
DON’T you get tired writing about the same thing, asked my friend ST, after she read through several of my old columns — her idea, not mine; we were reconnecting…
Diluting electoral credibility
IT is distressing to see the federal government legislating by presidential decree to the total exclusion of any consultative process both within and outside parliament. The number of ordinances promulgated…
Failing our minorities
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD Zarviya left her home in Rawalpindi with a couple known to her family, who said they would take her to buy a Mother’s Day gift for her mother. She…
Life of the Constitution?
AN effort to rush through a constitutional amendment was barely kept at bay, but statements from the ruling regime indicate that another attempt is likely within the next few weeks. As of…
