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Crisis Rumbles On

Crisis rumbles on

THE crisis is over. No, it isn’t. The crisis is winding down. No, it’s heating up. Imran and Qadri are going home empty-handed. No, they’re going home with Nawaz or…

A New Kayani Moment?

A new Kayani moment?

STOP the press. It’s official. The PML-N is committing political suicide. Nawaz and co are back — the original, unreconstructed Nawaz and co — and they’re dying to get kicked…

Nisar’s Problem

Nisar’s problem

His foremost problem is himself. He cannot abide competition and has an itch to be seen as controlling everything. This worked fine when he was leader of the opposition in…

Aberration Is The Norm

Aberration is the norm

THE twists in the case of Farzana who was bludgeoned to death outside the Lahore High Court increasingly feel like film noir. Her husband killed his first wife and was…

Media And Its Maladies

Media and its maladies

A tangled web it is. We have this uneasy feeling of being in a deep crisis that we cannot easily decipher. One would expect the media to untangle it for…