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Will it live to see another year? 2011 came to an end leaving behind the crisis that may continue to haunt the nation in the...

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday that he was in the court of justice in the memogate scandal case in...

Far from ideal Stable civil-military relations are a pre-requisite for political stability and democratic continuity in Pakistan because the military has over the years acquired...

On the president’s dash to Dubai Dear Doctor Dubai: You are a very busy man, Doc, as anyone who commands the sole confidence of the...

It’s not what he said, it’s why he did… Critics blame Prime Minister Gilani for opening a new front unnecessarily and subject him to scathing...

It’s all interconnected While some see no link between the Mohmand incident and the Memogate affair, it would be unwise to think so. This line...

Haqqani wants record of Pasha’s meeting with Mansoor: Former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani on Thursday denied authoring or authorising the controversial memo...

The curse of interesting times The prime minister is a mild-mannered man. Even his worst detractors – and there are many – admit to the...

Hell hath no fury like the establishment scorned The battle lines have been drawn. All the usual suspects of the ultra right are in the...

It still might Some political leaders and parties have been trying to dislodge the federal government from its earliest days. Many deadlines were given by...

A set of challenges The best gig in town, being a news pundit. A turn of phrase here, an amusing anecdote there and off you...

Tony Montana paid the price for having morals, however deranged. El Jefe Zardari will also pay for his good deeds It is the year 2008....

Just as the Peoples Party had completed a stunning transformation from its long-running anti-establishment persona to the one seen as a defender of the...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday started hearing the memogate scandal case which has created waves in Pakistan’s politics. During the course of hearing,...

Pakistan People's Party leader and former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association Aitzaz Ahsan on Sunday said that President Asif Ali Zardari seemed...

Time to back down While the common man in Pakistan is harassed by ever increasing economic woes, lawlessness and uncertainty about the country’s security after...

Why make a bad situation worse? Either he kept contradicting himself or his claims were being constantly refuted. Mansoor Ijaz must have been happy to...