Military courts: a mistake
On December 27, 2014, only 11 days after the APS attack in Peshawar, I wrote my weekly entry in this column under the title, ‘Military courts: a defence’. In the…
Semi-civilian rule
In the middle of the self-imposed tension of holding the PSL final in Lahore, and the attendant consequences of deployment of resources to manage the risks that we ourselves had…
Rule by contract
Recently, an opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly strongly criticised the provincial government for the alleged transfer of parks’ management to multinational firms. He thought this task could have been…
When radicals rule
A nuclear state with a huge population and army falling to extremists has been America’s nightmare about Pakistan for long. Ironically, it becomes a reality this week, not in Pakistan…
Rapacious rulers
The ruling classes of Pakistan-militro-judicial-civil complex, businessmen-turned-politicians and absentee land owners-are responsible for pushing the country into a terrible mess. Their lust for money, control of resources and spending of…
Rulers on trial – I
n the wake of pronouncement on December 9, 2016 of five-member bench of Supreme Court (SC) that fresh proceedings before a new bench in Panama case against the Prime Minister…
Rulers unlimited
Today, in sending the less unpopular to the White House, the American voters will also be reminding us, if a reminder was needed, that when America sneezes the rest of…
Rulers unlimited
Today, in sending the less unpopular to the White House, the American voters will also be reminding us, if a reminder was needed, that when America sneezes the rest of…
Viewpoint: Payback time for the rulers?
Pretending that the Panama leaks scandal has nothing to do with him and the opposition is out to get him for no reason except power lust, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif…
Afghan rulers in the dock
Afghanistan has been a theatre of war for the last 35 years. In 1979, the then Soviet Union invaded the country. After the Soviet withdrawal in 1989, Afghanistan passed through…
