Interesting and dangerous times on October 4, 2017Politics in Pakistan has never been smooth but lately it has been presenting the picture of a thorny pathway rendering serious wounds to all the people treading on it. The entire political scenario has become very interesting, but also very dangerous at the same time. Interests of the contending power players have always been at […]
The PML-N should be thankful to the PTI on September 3, 2015When I wrote in my last article about the PML-N’s decision to contest the by-elections and the likelihood of it winning the same easily, I received a call from one of my professors who said the “PML-N should be thankful to the PTI”. I was startled as many readers must also have been to see […]
The spy pigeon on June 11, 2015Disclaimer: The following article is a work of satire A few days ago, the Indian police arrested a pigeon, which it alleges is a Pakistani spy. Since then many investigative stories have appeared in the Indian media according to which the pigeon is a hardened terrorist with links with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lashkar-e-Tayyaba […]
A very pious media story on May 22, 2015A pious, famous and impartial reporter, who had ceased to be pious, famous and impartial in 2013, for which he was expelled from Pakistan, became pious, famous and impartial again on May 18, 2015 when he published a report about a company run by a bunch of very patriotic and pious individuals about to launch […]
A letter to Shoaib Akhtar on February 26, 2015Dear Sir,For the last couple of years, what invariably follows a match involving the Pakistan cricket team is the sight of you ranting and pontificating on some televisoon show. Your ‘expert’ opinions have never been anything more than a ludicrous mix of contradictory and pompous statements. The offensive spiel you delivered following Pakistan’s recent loss […]
Military courts and our politicians on February 12, 2015Outraged at the acquittal of terrorists, the military establishment has decided it has had enough. It will now expand its role and assume judicial functions also to prevent terrorists from walking away from courts scot-free. To legitimise its new role, it has talked politicians into amending nothing less than the Constitution, its basic features actually. […]
Should we welcome Muhammad Amir back? on November 23, 2014Just over four years ago, Mohammad Amir, the hottest pace prospect in the world at the time (whom Imran Khan said was “miles ahead of Wasim Akram when he was 18”, a sentiment that Wasim Akram also agreed with), was found to have been involved in what is arguably the single most shameful moment in […]
Edhi exposed! on October 13, 2014The news of the Nobel Peace Prize for Malala has caused a huge uproar in Pakistan as people have felt she did not at all deserve the accolade. Pakistanis have demanded that the prize be awarded to Abdul Sattar Edhi instead. Realising its mistake, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee withdrew its decision and awarded the […]
The dirty game of allegations on July 14, 2014The latest addition to the ever amplifying political cacophony in Pakistan is Dr Arsalan Iftikhar’s cry. He is the (in)famous son of the former Chief Justice (CJ) of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. The doctor-turned-bureaucrat-turned-businessman has picked a vendetta against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) supremo, Imran Khan, who has lately been very critical of his father […]
Beyond Zarb-e-Azb on June 24, 2014Operation Zarb-e-Azb, aimed at “eliminating terrorists regardless of hue and colour”, in the Inter-Services Public Relation’s (ISPR’s) words, is finally underway in North Waziristan Agency. Apparently, the army’s avowal that “in coordination with other state institutions and law enforcement agencies, these enemies of the state will be denied space anywhere across the country” was also […]