Stories by Irfan Waheed

Why we need to save hockey, Pakistan’s dying national sport

If things stay this way, the coming generation will wonder why hockey is our national sport. Updated 06 Dec, 2016 06:40pm

Can the PSL format revive Pakistan hockey?

If the administrative and marketing efforts of PSL could be replicated in hockey, our fortunes can be reversed. Updated 20 Jul, 2016 12:52pm

Rigging is real

Are the democratic credentials that Pakistan has not been shy to trumpet, erected on voting irregularities? Published 05 Nov, 2013 01:16pm

You taught us how to fight, now teach us how to lose

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - PTI will have to make the KPK government a model for the rest of Pakistan. Updated 18 May, 2013 07:12pm

Beating around the bush

Soon after President Pervez Musharraf was forced out of office in August 2008, he went into self-imposed exile. ... Published 13 Jan, 2012 05:02pm

Calling all cynics

Cynicism is the last refuge of the disillusioned idealist. Jilted by unmet expectations and jaded by dashed hopes;... Published 13 Dec, 2011 06:52am

A plausible path to power

In the modern age of the 24-7 news cycle, one-liner facebook statuses and 140 character tweets, news stories have a... Published 05 Dec, 2011 10:27am

For the love of the chair

In most civilised countries, heads of state take on a dignified role once they leave office. They start humanitarian... Published 30 Nov, 2011 07:03am

Jumping the gun

On March 9, 2007 President Pervez Musharraf suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. As the Supreme Judicial... Published 23 Nov, 2011 10:37am

Generation Y to the Rescue

Photo courtesy Creative Commons In popular parlance, the term “Generation Y” is loosely used to refer to the... Published 15 Nov, 2011 04:09am

Zardari’s zen politics

The objective of this article is not to criticise the government, for that has been done ad nauseum by all and... Published 08 Nov, 2011 05:13pm

How Shahbaz Sharif lost his mojo

In October 2008 at an event marking General Musharraf’s 1999 coup, Shahbaz Sharif was addressing a gathering of his... Published 01 Nov, 2011 04:12pm