Caesarean section
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…
Secret judicial accountability
As the Supreme Court is presently seized of the Panama leaks’ issue, often portrayed as the ‘greatest example of corruption’ and raised to a level akin to a ‘national security…
State of the State
Away from television screens and crystal balls of analysts, there is a slow-moving change under way in Pakistan that may impact civil-military relations more than the person to be appointed…
Trading with the enemy
This is hardly the time to discuss the subject of trading with the enemy. More so when the enemy is baying for our blood; and it claims to have carried…
Viewpoint: Letting the general get away
While our latest military ruler General Pervez Musharraf has made good his 'escape' to Dubai, a storm of accusation and counter accusations has erupted among politicians. Monday's joint session of…
Contrasting experiences
Many look upon militants as irrational creatures, criminals, or a mere bunch of thugs. The story of Ali Haider Gilani, however, offers a different perspective. In his three years of…
Terms of impoverishment
With the federal budget for fiscal year 2016-17 on the table, we are wallowing this weekend in the cold statistics of the documented wealth of the nation. And because so…
How to win elections in Pakistan?
The general perception amongst Pakistani politicians is that the more spent on Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) the greater the chances of being re-elected. This presupposes being in government as…
VIEW POINT: Irksome accountability
A few days ago, Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani while presiding over a students' event in Karachi took the opportunity to defend his party facing an unkind accountability campaign in Sindh.…
Diplomatic tact
“Foreign politics demand scarcely any of those qualities which a democracy possesses; and they require, on the contrary, the perfect use of almost all those faculties in which it is…
