Brinkmanship
Asif Zardari’s statement that he “was asked to offer assistance and share some formula, but he told them that first this government should be sent packing and then talks could…
The mean machine
The fact that a video or some other controversial material would be released and agitated prior to whenever a hearing is scheduled in cases concerning Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Safdar…
Covering the flanks
It had been on the anvil for long. One knew it was coming. People talked of it with conflicting feelings. Some were lost in pain while others took it as…
Game of thrones
“When you play the game of thrones; you win or you die.” — George R.R. Martin IF you run a political party on the basis of myths and memories rather…
Beyond redemption
There is much noise emanating from certain quarters regarding the need for a dialogue to find a way out of the existing political quagmire. The question is: if such a…
The day that was not to be
Much had been trumpeted about the pivotal importance of December 8, the day a meeting of the heads of the parties forming the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was to be…
Partly Facetious: He didn’t go at taxpayers’ expense
"Democracy is here at last!" "If you are referring to the London meeting of three men - the true leader, the heir apparent in the event that the true leader…
Public power is sacred trust
All public power is a sacred trust, which is to be exercised fairly, justly, honestly and in accordance with law-Supreme Court in Workers' Party Pakistan & Others v Federation of…
Writing on the wall
Even a cursory analysis of the three Nawaz Sharif sackings as PM reveals one constant sordid fact: his incurring penchant to listen to a bunch of "unelectable advisors" who constantly…
Comey’s book and Pakistan’s leaders
James Brien Comey Jr. served as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for four years till fired by President Donald Trump on May 9, 2017. Trump initially claimed…
