The last time Mian Nawaz Sharif set forth towards Pakistan, his younger brother started going in circles at a safe distance from Lahore’s Allama...
Cleaning the political stables for posterity is the buzzword that has echoed through the history of this country, every regime here quickly finding...
Heath Streak was a fine Zimbabwean cricketer who died young recently after completing 50 years in this transitory world. In a macabre reflection of...
The past few days have been spent by repeatedly going over three questions that may appear to be not linked to each other. The first of them came...
Through successive periods of extreme frustration in recent decades, Pakistanis were told that it was alright for them to experience depression –...
There is no bigger fear than the fear of being led by your contemporaries. Perhaps this feeling is peculiar to your upbringing in Pakistan. Perhaps...
To the credit of the very congenial-looking Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari , he is trying to overcome the emptiness of the present by building the most...
The refrain about a supposedly impending parting of ways between the PML-N and the PPP has been a part of the recent Pakistani political discourse...
Pakistan needs to fast start throwing up signs to convince everyone around that a general election in the country is imminent. Right now, things are...
PML-N's sympathizers spent all of Thursday – July 13 – on social media reminding us about a most significant event in the party’s...
The intense manoeuvring that goes into the selection of the person in charge at Gaddafi Stadium always makes for some most intriguing viewing. And...
The PPP is not quite the party it used to be and today there are more people in the vicinity who wince at the mere mention of it than perhaps at any...
Some of the politicians on the winning side of the current divide in Pakistan are behaving in a manner reminiscent of victorious soldiers in...
If all the talk on the topic is something to go by, a Zardari home in Model Town in Lahore has long been deemed essential for the revival of the...
The Punjab law enforcers’ long-drawn expedition on Zahoor Elahi Road in Lahore appears to have finally yielded them the treasure they were direly...
‘Ghareeb kay bachay’ versus ‘ameeron kay bachay’. The intriguing refrain does the rounds as Pakistanis cannot help but group people in Imran...
The bunch of Pakistanis who went on an unprecedented rampage in the posh and hitherto protected Lahore Cantonment have left us ceaselessly...
The average age of the six soldiers killed in this case came to 28. The eldest of them was only 37 and the youngest was 22. Three of them were in...
Mr Asif Ali Zardari has expressed the very legitimate desire of seeing his son as the prime minister of Pakistan. With a lineage including such...
Pakistanis have been confronted with too many crises in recent years to be left harbouring any thoughts of leading what would be called a usual,...
Among those who were stunned by a bit of unexpected news travelling from Bahawalpur on the afternoon of Aug 17 in 1988, some might recall the...
The pattern of commentary on Pakistani politics has fed an argumentative style where a lot of importance is given to what follows a ‘however’ in...
It all really depends on which Pakistan you are face to face with at a particular moment. You may find yourself in a land that is brutally enslaved...
It all made so much sense then. The Imran Khan government had appeared so incapable of pulling the country out of economic quagmire. His control on...
Imran Khan’s reputation as some sort of a guerrilla leader far preceded his recognition as the most determined and most popular political leader...
We cannot but compare the current state of affairs in the country to the ugly 1980s and 1990s – or to 1977, for that matter. Then, the pundits...
The media told them they were playing with fire by delaying a resort to the people for settling their dispute with a very popular political rival....
Often it is impossible to escape Lahore, even if you happen to physically exist at a distance from the beloved city. With the ‘jail bharo’...
It is good to have friends in high places one can occasionally send complaints to. Imran Khan has one such friend in Arif Alvi sitting in the...
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has been compelled by circumstances to send a message to the International Monetary Fund just when the mighty and omnipotent...
Is it about one uncle or a host of troublesome uncles that need to be sorted out here? The question is of vital importance as, exactly as predicted,...
There could not have been a more inauspicious start to a government – and, that, too, just a caretaker one. Coming in amid loud protests by those...
Back in the days when there were no 24/7 news channels around we had accomplished actors hogging popular attention. They essayed the audiences’...
PML-N workers must greet the news about Ms Maryam Nawaz’s appointment as the senior vice president of the party with excitement. The move is to...
