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Well, he’s back. After much speculation that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is going to take a back seat for sister Asifa, who was looking more...
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Their man in London
Well, here’s a bit of irony. The man who will be our high commissioner to the UK has had a bit...
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Dr Ghulaam Mujtaba, that Karachi dude who has his face plastered over billboards all over Karachi and, for that matter, the internet, had quite...
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Bad news for junketeers this government. The prime minister isn’t accompanied by the usual posse in his entourage anymore. The previous government, on the...
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Known gourmand. Eccentric dresser. Meticulous host. Scion of one of Pakistan’s press royalty families. And, oh, also our former representative to the United Nations.
Abdullah...
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The now former president chose to spend his last hours as the head of state with members of the journalist community.
It was a lavish...
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OK, so the prime minister likes his food. Is that a crime? So does everybody; what’s the big deal?
He’s just an average Joe, who...
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The departing president threw a farewell dinner, an alwidayya, as it is known around these parts. Well, the presidency, not known generally to be...
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Well, talk of Pakistan’s crumbling state owned enterprises and derelict infrastructure appears bullet points in PowerPoint presentations. But at the recent pow-wows between the...
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A fan of the finer things in life, the prime minister likes his fancy cars. He is a frequent attendee of a prestigious annual...
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The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Well-worn maternal advice to daughters of a particular age? Well, yes, but there’s a...
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Governments may come and go but the lobbyists and wheeler-dealers stay put. Seen at the oath-taking ceremony of the PM, sitting near the Punjab...
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The last caretaker interior minister, a former military man who later served in the police, had been angling to get an advisory position in...
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Speaking of things that have remained the same, consider the performance of the national assembly. All those holding their breath for some spirited, passionate...
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It’s Groundhog Day here as far as the federal government is concerned. The similarities between this government and the last are uncanny.
This government entered...
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President Asif Ali Zardari has a lot of time on his hands now that the government isn’t his. So he has started his bit...
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It’s the first meeting of the cabinet. The scene is tense. The kitty, we are led to believe, is empty. The power crisis hits...
