Numbness after NawazAfter the Senate upset, Pakistan’s TV astrologers are unwilling to predict victory for Nawaz Sharif in the June general election — even if the stars point to his victory. It is almost certain in every...
Can parliament discuss electoral delimitation?The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has reportedly attempted to stop the National Assembly’s Special Committee on Delimitation from looking at delimitation, terming it an interference in the Com...
Why not reboot the system in time?In today’s technology-driven world, the first solution that is offered, if something stops working, is to reboot: the computer, laptop, the phone, tablet or the operating system. Why not try it with o...
The looming holocaustLets first get the facts right: Pakistan is a country of almost 210 million people (including people of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan who we don’t count as citizens yet!), where only about 5 perce...
‘Population bomb’Sir: Like terrorism, corruption and extremism, rising population is also a big problem for Pakistan. According to new census’ provisional result, there is almost 207million population that is heavy bu...
PSL: Zalmi and lessonsSir: No doubt the Peshawar Zalmi’s success against Quetta Gladiators and Karachi kings has been éclat in PSL Season three. The reason of Zalmi’s success in fact has not been due to marvelous performan...
HH, the bogeyman?Sir: I want to draw your kind attention towards persisting vilification crusade against Pakistani former ambassador. It has been witnessed that Pakistani former diplomat Hussain Haqqani name has been...
Bureaucracy gone astraySir: Pakistan has consistently been at bottom of list of countries vis-à-vis public welfare and human resource index. A state cannot exist and function nor possess fiscal capacity to fulfill its const...