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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
According to Transparency International (TI), Pakistan lost more than Rs 8.5 trillion (US $94 billion) in corruption, tax evasion and bad governance when the PPP-led coalition was in power from…
I don't often say ‘I told you so’, but in the matter of Panamagate, I really did. Last April, details about offshore companies in Panama became public, triggering a feeding…