Hail the heroes
The much-maligned elected civilian politicians may have a lot to answer for but it is equally true that they were never
Abbas Nasir
Parties must pause, think
It is of course for the parties to decide such issues within, rather than these being anybody else’s call.
A battle for crumbs
For now, they will be content with ‘sharing’ power in the larger ‘national interest’.
2020: a make-or-break year
Its first 18 months in power have seen the government limping from one crisis to another.
It’s Sairbeen’s final goodbye after 51 years
Through years of dictatorship and censorship in Pakistan, Sairbeen provided a lifeline to the audience.
Para 66 kerfuffle
Once the detailed verdict was out, one paragraph seemed to have acquired a life greater than the entire judgement.
One big hospital ward
Not too many have focused on the abject, miserable failure that is the Punjab government.
In the cross hairs again
Only the very pretentious among the members of the Fourth Estate will believe they cause governments to fall.
The extension imbroglio
Even mainstream ‘opposition’ parties have not felt embarrassed about dancing to the establishment’s tune.
Cracking under pressure
That has to change if longevity in office is a goal.
No method to PTI madness
This was a low-cost solution to removing a painful thorn in the side.
Wishing Mian Sahib well
Any observer would have said that the party in power and its key functionaries were heartless and bereft of humanity.
READ: Azadi March conundrum
By Abbas Nasir.
Azadi March conundrum
Anyone who wrote off the JUI-F chief as a politician and thought his career was over will now be discarding that script.
Will Nawaz be Punjab’s Bhutto?
A man who tried to assert civilian supremacy is fighting an uphill battle for his life.
Image often mirrors reality
Going by the arrogance of our rulers, one seriously doubts that they would be open to any counsel, but try one must.
Same page, same difference
Winning the 2013 election, Nawaz appeared to be different to the compliant politician who’d been nurtured by Zia.
A personal loss
It is incumbent on journalists to also acknowledge that the role of professionals like Niloufer is not celebrated enough
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Opening up our own societies and moving them in the direction of tolerance for diverse opinions would go a long way.
Is the PTI getting nervous?
What is the govt fearing that it feels it must acquire the capacity to take cases against media to special tribunals?