Lahore becomes VeniceSir: Every time the election comes around, multiple time Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif promises to turn one country or another into ‘Paris’. However, the recent rains seem to have turned h...
Sore losersSir: Ever since Pakistan was founded, there has not been a single election which was not tainted by allegations of pre-poll or post-poll rigging. While the election winners create a big hullaballoo ab...
FATF and domestic policiesSir: If we observe history, we learn that Pakistan has faced setbacks in the international arena due to its short-term priorities in domestic politics. The regimes of Zia and Musharraf gravely endange...
The devil is in the detailsTomorrow is expected to be an eventful day. But the agony is not going to end with the anticipated guilty verdict. There are two more stages — appeals to the High Court (HC) and then to the Supreme Co...
The rot starts at the topThere is an old adage for prioritisation that states “task-2 will never be as important as task-1”. Essentially, the bottom will never be as important as the top of the to-do list. The National Action...
A costly democratic façadeThe general elections in Pakistan on July 25 will be very costly for its citizens, and not just in financial terms. Though even if the financial cost is considered, the polls this July will cost more...
Let history not repeat itselfJuly 5, 1977 was one of the darkest nights in Pakistan’s history. On that date, 41 years ago, the country was under the grip of its worst military dictatorship ever, headed by the ruthless General Zia...
Ludicrous myths about the Pakistan MovementOne of the persistent myths repeated by Barelvi Ulema in Pakistan is that they helped the Muslim League win the 1945-1946 elections in Punjab. This lie has been repeated so many times that it has come...
Nawaz is his own worst enemyNational Assembly candidates contesting the 2018 election, which is only three weeks away, have an uphill task to reach out to an average of around 389,000 voters — which is a 23 percent increase in t...