Needless delay
The government continues to drag its feet over the issue of enacting a right to information law and putting in place institutional mechanisms so that citizens are able to seek…
Owning the fight
It was only through an ISPR press release that the nation came to know that the Pakistan Army had launched Operation Raddul Fasaad across the country. The objectives, scope and…
The end of Bhuttoism
From Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s judicial murder to Yousuf Raza Gilani’s dismissal through the courts, the Pakistan People’s Party has had a tortured relationship with state institutions. Benazir Bhutto and Asif…
Rule of law – but who rules?
When we met him in Islamabad last Saturday, he looked quite sombre with a sense of disappointment about him. Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif seemed to be weighing his options either…
Accountability and democracy must go together
Like all his predecessors, except Bhutto who was judicially murdered, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif once again seems to be destined to not complete his mandated term. This time on the…
The bus comes to Multan
The third metro bus service in Punjab has just kicked off and the ‘famous’ story has just been told for the third consecutive time. It is said that a group…
Status quo
But is it moving the needle? This business of daily hearings has got the PTI in a frenzy. Every day, a new revelation. Or to hear the PTI tell it,…
Wages of freedom in a state of inquisition
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif seemed quite sanguine while launching Zarb-e-Qalam (literally ‘stroke of the pen’), meant to intellectually counter the violent extremist mindset that produces terrorism. Alas, that was not…
Keti Bandar included in CPEC
It is heartening to note that Keti Bandar and Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) have been made part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). KCR is still the most viable…
The CoAS’ chair
Attempting to justify his many self-granted extensions, General Pervez Musharraf started a needless controversy campaigning for an extension almost a year before General Raheel Sharif's three-year term as CoAS was…
