Not so holy anymore
ALTHOUGH most commentators and analysts agree that what is being witnessed today is chaos and a slide into anarchy, optimists may still argue some good will come out of it,…
Challenging election scenario
WITH general elections scheduled for Feb 8, the coming weeks will see political parties swing into electioneering mode to rally support for the contest ahead. The announcement of an election date…
Politics and the establishment
WITH just weeks left for him to doff his uniform, COAS Gen Qamar Bajwa has assured the nation that the armed forces have distanced themselves from politics and want it to stay…
Breakdown of democracy
PAKISTAN is experiencing a complete breakdown of democracy with a powerless civilian set-up at the centre, caretaker governments in Punjab and KP serving beyond their constitutional mandate, a divided judiciary…
Elections or selection?
‘THE more the things change, the more they stay the same.’ That truism can be applied to Pakistan’s power politics. The same old game that we have witnessed many times…
The worst of times
IT must be the worst of times, with a natural calamity striking millions, forcing them out of their modest mud homes, ruining their crops, exacting a toll on their loved…
PTI winning the narratives war
AMONG the political parties, the PTI is way ahead of its rivals in social media presence, beaming targeted messages and building, and sustaining, narratives, a fact that is now being…
Hanging by a thread
THE recent contentious exchanges witnessed in influential political and military circles call for serious introspection. Has there been a breach in the blatantly enforced code of silence? The events of…
Worsening poll uncertainty
IT seems that the ruling coalition has still not made up its mind about the election date, even though only four weeks are left for the current term of the…
Parliament’s tumultuous year
EVEN by Pakistani standards, where there is never a dull moment in politics and parliament, 2022 was an extraordinarily tumultuous year. Our 15 National Assemblies have experienced a lot of…
