Is a national government the only way forward?
Democracy needs sacrifice and no scalp fits the guillotine better than the prime minister’s
More than a week into agitation politics, more than a week...
The inglorious fight
All players looking to the army
The inglorious fight with the PML-N’s government on one side and the PTI and PAT on the other is...
The ‘genius’ called Nawaz
How Sharif’s attitude resulted in a serious political crisis
Statecraft, they say, is an art known to very few and Nawaz Sharif is certainly not...
The revolution’s body language
What can’t be, yet is, said
This revolution has been a complicated affair for print media. Khan sahib’s repeated speeches and shifting demands have disturbed deadlines...
PTI, PAT vs PML-N: Sagacity in short supply
Take the third umpire’s advice seriously
A small problem that could have been resolved easily has been turned into a national crisis. It is often...
Ball in the military’s court
INTERVIEW: General (retd) Talat Masud
Army’s hold over important matters is not new
Islamabad’s political paralysis has reached a point where talk of army intervention has...
Inequality For All
Documentary Review
The vicious cycle of a widening income gap
In his revolutionary documentary ‘Inequality for All’, the economist Robert Reich explores the reasons behind a...
Azadi March updates you don’t want to miss
The hottest news straight from the PTI office
PTI’s Azadi March has thus far been a huge success with plenty of people. The idea of...
How the last ten days influenced Pakistani politicians
From resigning to being put into place, from running out of new partners to being puppets, the last ten days have reshaped the political...
Mamnoon won’t resign ‘come what may’
Islamabad
Our President Correspondent
President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain has made it clear to one and all that he would not resign...
The deluge
Beware the lurking danger and the battalion of Brutuses
Well, the scent of the impending revolution has preceded the marchers to the capital: we have...
Illegal custodians of a false democracy
On the run and where to go, what to do?
My friends and relatives were bemused that I was returning home from London with such...
Bearding the lion in its den
The PTI’s march in Punjab has hit the PML-N where it hurts the most
Before reaching Islamabad Imran Khan had already brought the arrogance ridden...
The capital hearkens…again!
The test of Nawaz Sharif’s political acumen has begun
“Al-wida Al-wida, Nawaz Sharif Al-wida” (Goodbye Nawaz Sharif) chanted a charged crowd of people gathered outside...
Of narrating dreams and killing women
Why using state machinery against Dr Qadri is counterproductive
The business of the nation state system has been a troubled one, especially in the Islamic...
White Lies
So Imran Khan’s Azadi caravan came fitted with the kind of amenities that would sustain a revolutionary march – a stage for visibility, some...
