This week past: of elections and selections
This week past, reports challenging the 11 May election results as well as appointments that would have to be made by the Nawaz Sharif cabinet surfaced - all except one…
This week past, reports challenging the 11 May election results as well as appointments that would have to be made by the Nawaz Sharif cabinet surfaced - all except one…
Who would have thought Nawaz Sharif would be up to his neck in problems so soon after riding the crest of a wave which brought him unprecedented political success and…
The elections and their outcome are now behind us. Except for some complaints of rigging, the atmosphere is cooling down and everyone is looking forward to the formation of the…
The campaigning in the run-up to Saturday and the voting on election day were generally orderly but allegations of rigging were aplenty as the results poured in. To an extent,…
The people of Pakistan have made known their will through the ballot on May 11, 2013. The PML-N has emerged as the clear winner and will be able to form…
The fool in the eyes of the gods is one who does not know himself. Former president and army chief, Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf, lived in the illusory world of…
A leading characteristic of the route to exercise in mass polling next month is the focus on procedural details that has eaten up a large chunk of election time. The…
After Benazir Bhutto’s assassination over five years ago (how time flies!), the only political figure in Pakistan foreigners have heard of is Imran Khan. His fame is largely attributable to…
Never before in Fata have elections generated as much interest as this time around. The simple reason is that these are party-based elections and have given hope to the people…
The honest but insuppressible captain is at it again! His latest broadside declares for all who care to know that his targets were PMLN and PMLQ and not MQM. Altaf…