Islamabad diary When it rains it pours. The Nooras are finding this out for themselves. Is their proverbial luck finally running out? What is...
Islamabad diary Because of population and wealth, Punjab is the dominant element in the Pakistani state. Whoever commands Punjab rules...
Islamabad diary Oh, that moment of weakness if only it could be forgotten when Isaac called for pen and paper and in his own hand and at...
Islamabad diary It can now be seen on their faces, the concern stemming from the Panama case hearings in the Supreme Court. As the hearings...
Islamabad diary In a society as stagnant, socially retarded, lie-ridden and hypocrisy-painted as ours disruption and disorder are creative...
Islamabad diary Pakistan has tested a missile with a range of 2200 kilometres and capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads, and the usual...
Islamabad diary Since when did bricks and mortar, up and down motorways, and a few power stations thrown in, change the fate of nations? What...
Islamabad diary Beyond such things as the law and the constitution lies the power of fate…things that you may not have guessed, would...
Islamabad diary Why indeed? What’s so special about him? He sang and rose to prominence – they still call him the Indian film...
Islamabad diary Call this the revenge of the PML-N. So soon after his stepping down they have managed to make controversial their erstwhile...
Islamabad diary Our outgoing general on the basis of his record was considered a better commander than most in our water-logged history, taking...
Islamabad diary Think for a moment of the Egyptian judge who hanged himself because he was facing corruption charges. May his soul rest in...
Islamabad diary They were the founders, the progenitors, of subcontinental film music. Raichand Boral, Khemchand Prakash, Pankaj Mallick, Anil...
Islamabad diary How many persons died from drinking tainted liquor in Toba Tek Singh? Some reports say 35, others 44. Either way it’s a sad...
Islamabad diary Extremism, hate speech and sectarianism – the ills we are familiar with – are products of Pakistani moderation. The...
Islamabad diary A dictator, Gen Musharraf, gave us the regulatory bodies – bodies to act as a check, in the public interest, over various...
Islamabad diary Why indeed? If the one-man judicial commission comprising My Lord Justice Faez Isa has exposed the glaring shortcoming of various...
Islamabad diary Mediocrity has its uses if it is honest and touched by a semblance of virtue. No society would function without a goodly supply...
Islamabad diary The 1977 movement against Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a calamity and the subsequent martial law, the path to which was paved by that...
Islamabad diary Winds of change are blowing across Europe and the US. The Brexit vote in Britain was no small thing. Trump’s election as US...
