Trending political talk
WATCHING political talk shows during the short, short Eid break, it struck me that our political analyses are also like fashion fads. Everyone sticks to the same themes and the…
PDM’s future
THE political see-saw has again tilted in the PTI’s favour after the failure of the PDM’s latest huddle. Yet one can’t write off the PDM as the factors fuelling its…
Beyond Zardari’s clarion call
The PDM’s ‘best hour’ is over. Asif Ali Zardari’s clarion call to Nawaz Sharif is loud and clear: return home to fight the political battle you want us to fight,…
Winners and losers
It may be an oxymoron but the defeat of Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh at the hands of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has come as an ‘anticipated upset’. It…
Season of political challenges
PRIME MINISTER Imran Khan was compelled to seek a vote of confidence from the National Assembly following the defeat of his finance minister in the Senate election. He has now secured this…
The beginning of the end
After the thrilling episode of the Senate elections, the political temperature in Pakistan is quite high. The game-changing victory of Yousuf Raza Gilani has turned the tables and brought the…
Cornered tiger or lame duck?
THE ‘cornered tiger’, Prime Minister Imran Khan, has won the vote of a majority of the house for a resolution reposing confidence in him, capping a tumultuous week, but the…
A twist to behold
FOR weeks now, we have built up Hitchcockian suspense over the Senate elections, especially in Islamabad. Candidates and party leaders travel back and forth to canvass votes and woo parliamentarians,…
The political chessboard
POLITICS is a war of nerves and political battles can result in terrible mistakes. What happened in the NA-75 by-election last week shows how one incident can unravel politics in…
Politics in the age of TV
THE angry politician is back on television. Last week, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was released from jail after the Islamabad High Court allowed him bail. Since his release, he has been giving television…
