Monday, May 13, 2013
Aasim Zafar Khan
It’s been quite an election, hasn’t it, what with the people of Pakistan braving terrorist threats and coming out in record numbers to play their part in shaping the future course of their country? Yes indeed, it’s been quite an ...

Saturday, May 11, 2013
Aasim Zafar Khan
Imran Khan and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have thrown this election wide open. Ask any commentator/analyst and you’ll get a different prediction. Some say he’ll sweep the elections, while others say his humongous rallies will ...

Thursday, May 02, 2013
Aasim Zafar Khan
It’s been more than six months since the world’s most popular video sharing website YouTube was made unavailable in Pakistan. The site was blocked because of the discovery of a blasphemous film made months earlier. The Pakistan ...

Monday, April 22, 2013
Aasim Zafar Khan
I’d be lying if I told you that my faith in Pakistan is strong. Over the last decade and a half, things have progressively slipped from bad to worse. Terrorism has all but found a permanent home within our borders, and many of us ...

Saturday, April 13, 2013
Aasim Zafar Khan
They say that if you set off on the wrong path and keep going on it, sooner or later, you’ll end up somewhere wrong. But if you don’t know that the path you’re travelling on is ‘wrong’, then where you’ll end up will be ‘right’ – at ...

Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Aasim Zafar Khan
Ask any resident of Punjab what he or she wants from these elections, and the unequivocal answer will be electricity. Over the last five years, Punjab has, in its own estimation, borne the brunt of Pakistan’s electricity nightmare. ...

Monday, April 01, 2013
Aasim Zafar Khan
I’ve never voted before. The primary reason has been apathy and a close second, a lack of understanding of the dynamics of Pakistani politics. However, over the years the apathy has given way to genuine concern about the future of ...

Saturday, March 16, 2013
Aasim Zafar Khan
It all looks so good on paper doesn’t it? Two Islamic countries coming together, holding hands, and shaking their fists in defiance to all and sundry, saying ‘we’ll do it our way’. Couldn’t have been scripted any better, even if ...

Friday, March 08, 2013
Aasim Zafar Khan
The year 2013 hasn’t quite gotten off on the right foot. Three months in, and scores of people have died in terrorist attacks across Pakistan. There have been sectarian violence, target killings, suicide attacks and remotely ...

Saturday, March 02, 2013
Aasim Zafar Khan
Many an armchair analyst must be grinning widely these days. After all, the recently released and previously ‘unreleased’ 2011 video of former senator and now US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel saying that ‘India has over the years ...