Despite the apprehensions of terrorism and insurgency, military takeovers, political upheavals and uncertainties during the last five years, democracy has survived in our country. Yesterday, May 11, ...
The election fever is on. Corner meetings are being held. Banners are being hoisted. The leaders of major political parties are most visible on television screens with their paid broadcasts. Some ...
Mario Puzo, in his bestseller novel, entitled “Godfather”, writes: “Behind every great fortune lies a crime.” Most early fortunes in the US were made by methods that could be ...
Democracy in Pakistan is like changing of socks. People keep choosing the same leaders. The leaders keep changing parties and positions for their own benefits, while the system remains unchanged. And ...
It has been quite a while since our country had an element of tranquillity. However, since the caretaker Prime Minister and Chief Ministers have been appointed, there is hope all around. A process of ...
The timing of the Joseph Colony incident in the Badami Bagh area of Lahore on March 9 could not have been worse for the PML-N. As the party was basking in the glory of the latest popularity polls, ...
Like most other things, our leaders have not been able to determine the kind of economic system that can optimise the potential of our people, raise the standard of their living and promote even ...
Democracy has been portrayed by our politicians as the cure for all evils. Nothing could be more fallacious than this. Democracy is just a system of governance of which parliamentary democracy is one ...
The status quo and conciliation policies, spearheaded by the PPP co-chair and our President, have been astonishingly successful in stretching the coalition rule to the full five-year term. The shrewd ...
To say that the last few weeks have been eventful will be an understatement. Explosive may be a more appropriate adjective to describe the turbulence that a series of unexpected turn of events has ...
The spectacular return of Dr Tahirul Qadri to the national stage has added another dimension in the already polarized spectrum of Pakistani politics. The realignment of political forces seems to be ...
Pakistan has been a victim of political instability that has thrown the country into darkness (literal and metaphorical), severe recession, receding productivity, extreme polarisation and poor ...
President Asif Zardari and his spokespersons have unwaveringly been assuring that the Assemblies will complete their five-year terms and the elections will be held on time. Yet, unending speculations ...
There are times once in a while when one is at a loss for words to describe the chaos that has engulfed all sections of our society. Not a day goes by when we are not confronted with some kind of ...
The other day, I read a brilliant article about the glass of water being half empty or half full. The same day, I came across a cartoon that read: “Dear optimist, pessimist and realist - while ...
Independence Day and the two Eids are the few happy occasions in the otherwise non-descript lives of our common folk. We set aside all our woes, exchange mubarakbads and pleasantries, renew lost ...
Only the worst makes news in our country. Gruesome stories of domestic violence and sanctioned murders, natural calamities rendering countless people homeless, criminals, suicide bombers or ...
The pride of the present government is passing legislations and the pride of our President is the political skill with which he has kept his coalition partners together and under his thumb. Neither ...
Pakistan has been a victim of political instability that has thrown the country into darkness (literal and metaphorical), severe recession, receding productivity, extreme polarisation and poor ...
We have a new Prime Minister elected with a tally of 211 votes as against 89 for the PML-N candidate. The transition is from someone who became tainted during his term of office to someone who is ...
Not a day goes by when some scandal or the other does not appear in the national news that shocks the average citizen of our wonderland. Many of them are of such a magnitude, for which governments ...
Politics is hardly ever free from shades of grey. In Pakistan, it is downright dirty. The verbal assaults, character assassinations, mutual disrespect, loot and plunder and violence have come to be ...
We have been a virtual satellite of the Americans since 1950, when Liaquat Ali Khan, our first Prime Minister, exercised his choice to align with the United States of America that was leading the ...
1947 was a turbulent year that witnessed mass exodus of millions of people, who left generations of loved ones and their worldly material possessions behind to re-establish homes in a land they had ...
The spring of content has set in. The Senate elections sailed through like a breeze by the courtesy of a friendly ‘reconciliation’ policy, commonly known as muc muca - the happiest ...
Whatever good or evil may have transpired during the last four years, there should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that democracy has survived in our country, though in a battered and bruised ...
The former PML-N and current PTI leader, Javed Hashmi, once pronounced that a PhD is required to understand the political intricacies of our erstwhile President Asif Ali Zardari. His deep insight ...
All hell broke loose for the cardiac patients, who consumed medicines supplied free of cost at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), in Lahore, and started to die of complications. The hospital ...
The bubble of the scare of a possible Gilani disqualification by the Supreme Court in a contempt case on January 19 and the consequent political turmoil has burst. The so-called threat to democracy ...
The January 10 Supreme Court five-bench judgment on the implementation of NRO has provided yet another window of opportunity for television talk shows to add spice for its addicts and attract more ...
Sunday, 19 May, 2013
May 12, 2013, 12:48 pmNawaz Sharif will not disappoint people: Maryam Nawaz
May 14, 2013, 3:44 pmECP announces results of 254 National Assembly seats
May 18, 2013PML-N warns PM Khoso crossing limits
