Just a week ago most of us had gone out to vote because we felt we could no longer be observers on the sidelines if we wanted things to change. It was a good feeling. There were no hiccups in the ...
As I write this, just after returning from casting my vote, hopes and expectations run high. The last week has been such a roller coaster. As though everything was being propelled at breakneck speed ...
We are about to go into the throes of labour and the Election Commission of Pakistan is all geared up to midwife the general elections of 2013 and will succeed, hopefully, in delivering a healthy ...
It saddens one to realise that from among all the parties contesting the upcoming elections, there are at least three that are definitely being targeted by the extremists, who are, unabashedly, ...
Who would have thought that Ahmad Raza Kasuri would bask in so much media spotlight. While it is a dream come true for him, it has become a nightmare, of the worst kind for ex-President Pervez ...
In the recent years, any fatwa announced by an individual religious scholar or a body of scholars in the Islamic world has been held up by the other side as proof of how incompatible the Islamic ...
There is only a month left to the general elections and things are not just moving forward, they are hurtling forward at breakneck speed. As many institutions stay open day and night to weed out ...
One may or may not be a fan of the news analysis that Najam Sethi (NS) has done for many years in both the print and electronic media, but seeing him in the position of the Punjab Caretaker Chief ...
I write this on the day that we celebrate the Pakistan Day. Seventy-three years ago, it was on this day that the movement for Pakistan became a goal for the Muslims of India led by Mohammad Ali ...
As I write this on the sixteenth day of March, the exact last day of the present set-up, there is no clear picture of who is going to be minding our store, while we get into gear for electing a new ...
No this is not about jams or juices even though the caption sounds like an advert for them. The weeks that are unfolding keep bringing news that is worrisome and things, on the surface, seem to be ...
It is the month of March and absolutely glorious weather – you know, the mornings with the clear blue sky, chirping birds and the perfect sun with just a hint of breeze. These are the sort of ...
Among other things it had on its agenda, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had also given a 15-day notice to 249 MPs to get their submitted degrees verified, something they should have done a ...
This is the 13th year of the new century and a lot of superstition is attached to this number, with there being actual incidences of not having this number in hotels for either floors or rooms. It is ...
As the din and clutter of a noisy election begins to unfold in Pakistan and both the population and the parties get into election mould, it is important to take a look at some issues that the next ...
So much has been happening on a daily basis that every new day’s developments simply elbow out the previous day’s news, with almost a rude shove, for top media attention. All of us have ...
We in Islamabad are still reeling from all that we have witnessed in the last five days. It will, surely, take us a few days to regain our equilibrium and return to the mundane normalcy of our ...
Just when one has about forgotten or overlooked his previous comical foibles ala “pardey mai rehney do” etc, Altaf Bhai springs another one on us. The latest shocker is about how it is OK ...
As I have said many a time before that, for whatever strange reasons, we in Pakistan are not able to plan or look too far ahead. We can only see up to wherever our noses are, even when it’s ...
This is that time of the year when going from anywhere to anywhere in some areas of Punjab becomes a nightmare in early morning or late evening, as the fog makes it a zero visibility affair. Travel ...
If you are reading this while enjoying a lovely, sunny winter morning, it can be safely assumed that the world predicted to end on December 21, 2012, has not done so. A long-circulating myth ...
The debate on whether we should have dubbed Turkish soap operas on our channels shown at prime time is getting more and more heated. Now soap operas like The Bold and the Beautiful and The Days of ...
There are so many good things that are disappearing from Pakistan or, at the very least, becoming too few and far between if they haven’t turned into distant, fading memories yet. They include ...
While the rest of the world slides in to the Christmas and New Year season at this time of the year when planning for merriment and family time begins in earnest, we in Pakistan get to hear the ...
Every day one wakes up to a beautiful winter morning. The air is crisp, with a nip, which is so conducive for invigorating early morning walks. It really is one of the loveliest times of the year. It ...
A current soap opera dubbed in Urdu under the title Ishq-e-Mamnoon (Forbidden Love) has really caught the interest and imagination of a whole lot of Pakistani viewers. It suits the story that is the ...
Currently, there is much talk and exchange of opinions on how so many two, three and four star Generals of the Pakistan Army are being asked to explain some of their actions while in office. It is an ...
For months and months now we have been reading about how the beautiful province of Balochistan is being mishandled and how it is about to blow up in our faces any minute. Analyst after analyst has ...
We have gotten so used to being singled out for negative news that we do not really expect any good thing to happen to us. However, the judgment in the Asghar Khan case took us by surprise, to say ...
It has hit us where it hurts the most. I did not quite realise that the one act of wilful targeting of Malala and her friends, with intent to kill, will bring out so much emotion. Even though ...
Wednesday, 22 May, 2013
May 18, 2013PML-N warns PM Khoso crossing limits
May 15, 2013, 6:10 pmUK police to take action on Altaf's speech: Thomson
May 16, 2013PTI-led KPK coalition govt worked out
May 20, 2013, 12:14 pmPTI will hold protest demo in Karachi on Monday: Imran
May 19, 2013, 7:37 pmAltaf Hussain slams PTI leader's murder
May 16, 2013Altaf’s speech on Scotland Yard’s radar
May 17, 2013Recount strips Ch Nisar of PP-7 victory
