Nadir Hassan

The Pasha-Panetta puzzle

The Pasha-Panetta puzzle

ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha, fresh off obtaining his second one-year extension, went to Washington for a meeting ... Published 14 Apr, 2011 06:13am
In memoriam: Zulfikar Bhutto

In memoriam: Zulfikar Bhutto

Photo Courtesy: White Star There are few ways to mark or mourn a person’s death that transcend the merely symbolic.... Published 04 Apr, 2011 08:29am
From oppressed to oppressor

From oppressed to oppressor

I recently came across a news report about a simmering controversy over textbooks in the Punjab. An Islamiyat... Published 23 Mar, 2011 09:27am
How the PPP fumbles and fails

How the PPP fumbles and fails

The PPP is the Kamran Akmal of public relations. Put its representatives behind a microphone and they will flail and... Published 11 Mar, 2011 12:08pm
Hall of shame

Hall of shame

For about three days, three years ago Senator Israrullah Zehri was the most reviled person in Pakistan’s liberal... Published 01 Mar, 2011 11:17am
You say you want a revolution?

You say you want a revolution?

There are few things as drearily predictable as Pakistani hacks watching revolutions in progress in other countries... Published 31 Jan, 2011 10:03am
A slippery slope

A slippery slope

Photo courtesy: Creative Commons If a newspaper wanted to cover match-fixing, the last person they would ask to... Published 28 Jan, 2011 11:20am
Ten predictions for 2011

Ten predictions for 2011

Illustration by Faraz Aamer Khan 1. Pervez Musharraf’s decision to enter politics will be vindicated when he is... Published 10 Jan, 2011 01:17pm
The beatification of Benazir

The beatification of Benazir

The politician-as-power-crazed-megalomaniac joke rings true because we have been conditioned to accept our elected... Published 27 Dec, 2010 07:14am
A convenient alliance?

A convenient alliance?

To invert Ayub Khan’s phrasing, it is Pakistan’s lot in life to have allies who are masters, not friends. Pakistan... Published 20 Dec, 2010 12:18pm
Was it worth it?

Was it worth it?

In the spring of 2007, as a 23-year-old afflicted with congenital cowardice, I took on a journalism job in ... Published 08 Dec, 2010 12:40pm
Intolerance of the other

Intolerance of the other

Much of the commentary on the Aasia Bibi case has focused on her likely innocence. This was a women who, by all... Published 22 Nov, 2010 11:26am