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…
Time for a new mandate?
IT is yet another emphatic electoral victory for the PTI. The latest series of by-elections marked the rout of the ruling coalition across the country. It could not have been more humiliating.…
By-election blues
SUNDAY brought around another series of by-elections, but despite the excitement-filled headlines in the media, the results simply followed the trend set by the July by-elections — the PTI is on…
The little prince
FINALLY, there is a twist in the tale and we have some new political stuff to discuss. And for this, one has to thank Asif Ali Zardari (AAZ), whose candidness…
Pemra’s censorship
A REGULATOR that is supposed to be independent continues to play its biased role of censoring political voices that fall out of favour with the establishment. Whereas the role of…
A blind eye
THE film A Time to Kill (1996), derived from John Grisham’s best-selling novel, was set in the fictional town of Clanton in the southern state of Mississippi in the US.…
Disaster ahead
WE are heading towards a shipwreck. But there seems to be no realisation of the impending calamity, with the warring political forces refusing to pull back from the precipice. While…
Zille Shah was special indeed
YET another tragedy of our times. Political worker Ali Bilal, aka Zille Shah, a diehard Imran Khan supporter, has been killed, his broken, tormented body abandoned at the Services Hospital…
State of disarray
AS TV ratings and social media hits go, Pakistan’s unending game of thrones is second to none. The pitched battles between the authorities and PTI supporters outside Imran Khan’s residence…
The Younger Games
WHAT do Madonna and Iffat Omar have in common, other than the obvious gender? They were both victims of one of the last taboos that rears its ugly head every…
