Crying need for clean slate
For Dr Awan to try and make an issue out of how the mortal remains of the Sharifs’ mother were being brought home was heartless.
Abbas Nasir
Desperately seeking Rudy
We are in for trying times and we don’t have a Rudy Giuliani to provide comic relief.
Mixed messages or signals?
While all sides may have spoken about a need for a national dialogue, there are few specifics about how the paradigm can be reset.
Is PDM imperilled?
There is great bonhomie between the young leaders of the PPP and PML-N as has been evidenced a number of times.
No more traitor labels, please
A cursory look at Pakistan’s history will tell us that the traitors of today, become the patriots of tomorrow.
A relief Ali Imran is back
Ten days is a long time and many sceptical observers see the ball having been kicked into long grass.
Up the escalation ladder?
Those of us who heard Nawaz live were dumbstruck at how direct he chose to be.
It’s all about politics
The name-calling game is stale and bereft of imagination. Yet it is played each time.
PML-N in untested waters
If large swathes of Punjab are really unhappy with the way they have been left in dire straits, they will respond to the...
Stage set for final round?
Nawaz Sharif’s address and his daughter’s public statements marked the end of the
PML-N’s appeasement policy.
Can the opposition play its role?
It appears that the options before it will be limited to words and very little action.
Death by a thousand cuts
The user can disappear and then reappear days, weeks or even months later, totally cleansed of ideology or conscience or sense of
What a sordid saga
Media anchors close to the powers that be suggest that everyone in this ‘hybrid’ regime is on the same page.
Moving beyond the outrage
Let’s not be distracted by red herrings — whether of the separate province or repeal of the 18th Amendment.
Points to ponder, Maryam
As a young leader who will not just lead her party but may also head the opposition or a possible coalition, there is something
Travesty unlimited
His father’s protestations were ignored. He was tied up, carried to the road outside, dumped on the ground and shot dead.
Memories of another Beirut
On a road trip from Pakistan to Lebanon via Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Syria, the mind of a young boy could not see the
Red herring debate
It’s unfair to suspect dual nationals’ patriotism.
Grateful for Mati
There is an army of those who toe the line with such relish that you marvel at their audacity when they insist on being called
Perils inherent in hybrids
This seemingly scripted message was designed to serve another purpose.