Election predictionsIt is the job of the media to monitor the trends during an electoral process to keep its readers and viewers abreast on which party or individual is likely to achieve what position on D-Day. The job d...
A hung parliament would be disastrousThe uncertainty regarding the post-election scenario is gradually replacing the uncertainty of whether elections are even going to be held on time or not. Despite the appointment of the caretaker gove...
Dirty politicsSir: Less than a month remains until the general elections are upon us, and all the major political parties are running their campaigns with full vigor. Possible outcomes of the elections and various...
Dynastic politicsSir: Barring a few prominent exceptions, like Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and former Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan, almost every politician of repute or ill-repute, has eventually ushered in t...
Rs 110bn DHA Valley scamSir: After putting it off for nine years, it was heartening to see that the NAB had finally initiated an investigation against the administration of DHA Islamabad, Bahria Town and the CDA, to probe in...
Chabahar PortSir: Iran’s Indian-back port of Chabahar, inaugurated months before the United States re-imposed sanctions on the Islamic republic, is where Asia and the Middle East’s multiple political conflicts and...
The upcoming elections may bring a tainted dawnFour weeks from now, one of the many projected scenarios about the electoral outcome in Pakistan will unfolded. Whether it’s the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) or Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) w...
Longing for shade, our cities collapseThe Punjab government has recently lowered the categories of nearly one hundred reserved forests in the province, designating them category-B forests from category-A. These forests are now fair game f...
Setting the world on fire, one country at a timeIn 1648, the Treaty of Westphalia ended the Hundred Years War in Europe creating the system of state-centric politics that has defined international relations since. While a combination of the failed...