Tag: Pmln
Political rat race
Never too early for campaigning
While the elections are scheduled for the beginning of 2013, what one sees happening around gives the impression of the...
Change, a mirage
With the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) resembling a private school with an ‘Admissions Open’ sign, there are many new entrants to our last hope of...
Clarity
Yes, but on all fronts
On certain issues, there can be no nuanced approach. It’s a with-or-against deal. It is heartening to know that PML(N)...
My assets, your assets
Imran Khan’s recent press conference about his assets was a needless spectacle thrown together in true showman style. Come every election, each and every...
The politics of assets
The abyss stares into you
Do always expect a PML(N) presser after one by the PTI. Because it is corruption and financial impropriety that the...
Corrupt and corrupter?
The master stroke rests with the judiciary
Let’s have two things straight. The lack of delivery of the PPP-led government, the mammoth dossier of corruption...
Declining vigilance
Bloodshed in Moharram
The killing of two young volunteers looking after a Shia camp in Karachi on the first of Moharram indicates a lack of...
Here he is
The Makhdoom makes up his mind
With Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the PTI gets its first major politician. A big fish in a small pond, as...
Imran: game-changer?
For years, the Lahore urban elite loved to dub him as “Im the dim”, contemptuously dismissing Imran Khan as a dim-witted quixotic politician. The...
Opposition sans caution
The war cries raised by the opposition and the language it is using remind one of the days after 1988 through 1990s when PML(N)...
A party aged yet immature
In case you missed the PTI rally or its coverage by the media, and couldn't even catch the re-run clips on your TVs and...
Playing hard ball
The vitriolic diatribe delivered by Punjab Chief Minister at a Lahore rally was both improper and irresponsible. The strong language that he used is...
A tale of two rallies
The two very conspicuous rallies in Lahore by the PML(N) and the Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) show that the parties have simultaneously decided to flex their...
PML(N)’s confused politics
Pakistan Muslim League (N) is the second largest political party in Pakistan in terms of votebank and in terms of seats in Assembly. In...
