Mush says goodbye?Sir: It seems as though former president Pervez Musharraf has vacated his position as chairman of the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML). This comes as a great shock to me because I was sure that Musha...
K-Electric is ripping people offSir: Recently, my family began working to build a new home and tear down our old one. We are a middleclass family and coming to the decision of doing this was not easy for us. Everything was going wel...
Confused weatherSir: We do not know how to handle climate change, and I feel for the farmers that must have to deal with all the problems that come with this turbulence. For people in the city, it is only a matter of...
The limits of electoral engineeringIn a month’s time, Pakistanis will elect a new government. The political climate is acrimonious and the polity seems to be fractured, if not in a state of disarray. This is not unusual during the elec...
Drugs, dirty money and politicsThe successive governments in Pakistan provided tax amnesties and money laundering schemes in the name of “good economic measures” (sic) — unfortunately these were held lawful by courts, which said th...
Durrani’s Spy Chronicles copies Salman Khan’s Ek tha Tiger, alleges official statementPakistani authorities on Saturday released a statement that the Durrani-Daulat saga titled Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace is actually plagiarised and not a security threat at all....
Electioneering in PakistanA couple of days ago, a young Pakistani journalist called. He was writing a report on the forthcoming elections. Apart from seeking my views on the election result, he had two specific questions. Firs...
Pakistan — a nation taught by untrained teachersPakistan, at the time of its inception, not only inherited the government of India act but also the system of education introduced by the British along with a parallel system of Madaris like Dar-ul-Ul...
Who is Nawaz Sharif?These days I often find myself asking, “Who is Nawaz Sharif?” Is he a firebrand anti-establishment ideologue or is he the designated Zia protégé? Is he the same person who took money to rig the electi...