PDM, March 26 and Bangladesh on February 7, 2021The overbearing announcements of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) to resign from the assemblies seem to wither on the vine. Bypassing the Senate elections, now they, getting rap on the knuckles, have toned down the long march of March26. At present, resignations and the Senate elections are safely out of their loud bombast. Rather they seem […]
Sikh Movement and India on January 31, 2021On the eve of Indian Republic Day, the treatment meted out with Sikh farmers in India has stripped off so-called secular mask from the face of India and Modiregime. India, on one hand, claims to be a secular state, while, on the other hand, it persecutes minorities, especially Muslims and Sikhs. Even Jews were not […]
Pakistan, America and Joe Biden on January 24, 2021Whenever some US President comes to power, these things begin to echo in the country what the nature of Pak-US relations would be. Will he follow the previous line or try to break fresh ground. During the Trump period, Imran-Trump meeting took place midst great excitement. Then the US President declared Pakistani Premier, Imran khan […]
Machh tragedy and heinous face of RAW on January 11, 2021The gruesome killing of eleven miners from Machh area, near Quetta has left Pakistan shell-shocked. The assailants are yet unknown. Heirs of the martyrs conducted a sit-in to protest against the horrific slaughter, waiting for the prime minister. It goes without saying that the head of a state is the spiritual father of a nation. […]
PDM: An unnatural political alliance on January 4, 2021Unnatural alliance of PDM will notch up nothing. Rather it will go down the pan sooner than later. As I have pointed out in the previous columns that these unnatural bedfellows will fall apart very soon, because each of them it meant only to feather his nest. On one hand, they ask the establishment not […]
Quaid-e-Azam and Benazir Bhutto on December 30, 2020December is a month of consequential significance in Pakistani politics. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was born in this month while the same month saw the terrorists slaying the most popular leader of the country, Benazir Bhutto. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is the man who piloted the freedom movement, establishing a separate […]
The Senate elections and hypocrisy of the Opposition on December 26, 2020I the Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Imran khan announced the Senate elections to be held in February instead of March and through show of hand as against secret balloting. Article 226 of the Constitution provides that all elections under the Constitution other than those of prime minister and chief ministers ‘shall’ be held by secret […]
Lahore Jalsa and PDM on December 18, 2020Maryam Nawaz spent a busy week to make Lahore jalsa successful from PDM platform. In fact, she went the extra mile to make it happen. But did she carry the day? It was perhaps the first occasion in the political history of Pakistan that a political party or political alliance announced a public gathering and […]
Seething Land of the Middle East on December 7, 2020As the departure day of Donald Trump from the White House nears, Arab countries seem to be caught in a battle royal to recognize Israel. UAE was the first one to blaze a trail. Bahrain, Sudan and Oman have followed suit. Israeli Prime Minister has announced a visit to Bahrain in the coming days. After […]
Narrative of PDM rejected on November 23, 2020Gilgit Baltistan Election 2020 results leave no doubt that the people of GilgitBaltistan, giving loud and clear verdict against the opposition alliance and its two main parties, PML N and PPP through a public referendum, have rejected the opposition narrative. Two main opposition parties could hardly win five seats in the elections conducted on 23 […]