Treason… what treason?
November 3, 2007, the emergency measure proclaimed on that date, was an act more of necessity than anything else. Gen Musharraf was not gathering power unto himself, the normal rationale…
`Common man` rising
SOON after the scale of the Aam Aadmi Party`s (AAP) success in the Delhi state elections became apparent, Shah Mahmood Qureshi keenly likened the Indian anti-corruption party to his own.…
Trickle down
Trickling down, amusingly, could have a variety of emotional connotations in the entertainment business; starting from tears of joy trickling down all the way to a rather gory depiction involving…
How South Sudan leaders squandered nation-building effort
At a well-attended investor conference in South Sudan's capital in early December, President Salva Kiir declared that the world's newest country was "at last safe" and open for business. It…
Dar and data
Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has blamed the caretakers and the PPPP-led coalition government for the current rise in inflation in the country during his briefing to the Cabinet and…
The robbing class
At a meeting with businessmen and industrialists on November 28, the prime minister announced with great fanfare what was billed as an economic revival package for the country. In the…
Class and state
Hamza Alavi passed away 10 years ago this week. I was privileged to be involved in a gathering held in his memory some days ago at the university where I…
Congress, Modi and the road ahead
‘I found power lying on the streets of St Petersburg; all I did was pick it up’, said Lenin. This is true modesty considering the total revolution that the Bolsheviks…
Rocking the boat
Throughout history there have been men and women who have rocked the boat. Such leaders’ ‘achievements’ may be controversial but they left a mark on their people, their lands and…
Geoffrey Douglas Langlands: Forever Pakistani
"No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple,…
