Thursday, May 16, 2013
Ahmed Quraishi
Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif probably have been too consumed by their personal rivalry to notice a major shift in Pakistani politics. Together, they and their parties – the PML-N and the PTI – have decimated the ‘NRO coalition’ that ...

Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Ahmed Quraishi
The assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in December 2007 was a seminal moment in Pakistani politics. The entire province of Sindh was in a state of flux. The whole country was threatened by instability. Terrorists, ...

Thursday, April 25, 2013
Ahmed Quraishi
Since the 1980s, British democracy produced nine prime ministers, two of them – Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair – elected for three consecutive terms each based on their popularity. All of them served their terms and left to make ...

Friday, April 19, 2013
Ahmed Quraishi
The concept of pre-selection of candidates running for public office in Pakistan is a welcome development. It’s a small step forward in a failed democratic system where corrupt and inefficient candidates often succeed in holding ...

Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Ahmed Quraishi
Pakistan has just sworn in its first non-criminal, non-corrupt, and non-elected prime minister in five years. Draw two lines under ‘non-elected’ because our failed version of democracy only throws up professional con artists. It ...

Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Ahmed Quraishi
We, in Pakistan, are about to create a weak and unstable foundation for democracy. The democratic system that will emerge from the coming election will hurt the chances of a stable democracy and a stable country over the short and ...

Thursday, March 07, 2013
Ahmed Quraishi
Pakistanis are deeply disturbed and confused after three major sectarian terror attacks in Quetta, Lahore and Karachi. But no one is more confused than this incompetent government, which is adding to the confusion and the rumour mill ...

Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Ahmed Quraishi
The recent developments in Kashmir and India offer Pakistan a fresh opportunity to redesign policy. We put Kashmir on the backburner for a decade, with very little return. The Indian army’s aggressive posture at the Line of ...

Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Ahmed Quraishi
Pakistan can be turned into a stable and prosperous nation with a functioning democratic system in a relatively short time. But you will not know this if you listen to Pakistani politicians who are responsible for the deep confusion ...

Thursday, January 17, 2013
Ahmed Quraishi
The National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) and this corrupt and inept government were the gifts of Pakistan’s judiciary and military. Both of them will have to play a historic role to roll back the damage. The 2006-07 NRO and the ...