Moving towards credible elections on January 27, 2020The son of Bhera, Sikandar Sultan Raja, has been tasked to ensure the next credible election in the land of the pure. In the chequered political history of Pakistan, only the 1970 electoral contest remains indisputable. Only Jamaat-e-Islami complained after a poor showing; winning only four seats in both the Eastern and Western wings of […]
It is about sharing and caring on January 23, 2020Common purpose, destiny, legacy, good have all become uncommon in the 21st century, Greed dominates, sharing and caring has diminished it is not just a unipolar world it has became uniperson. Everyone is for himself, civil society is in serious decline. Even environment has not been spared. While forests have been denuded, no one seems […]
Weak Democracy, Weak State: elections alone cannot deliver democracy on January 17, 2020“No government is the best government,” these were the words of former US President Ronald Reagan. As a student in the eighties, such statements were music to the ears. For the first time after the Second World War, two elected leaders of the free word (Reagan and Thatcher) had conspired to weaken the state. Most […]
Battle for economy: China vs the West on January 11, 2020Own the nation, the rest will fall into place. Chairman Mao Tse Tung was arguably one of the most outstanding leaders of the 20th century. He said, “Revolution comes through the barrel of the gun.” While the state in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) takes care of every citizen, at the same time, it […]
Democracy in regression? on January 4, 2020On June 12, 1987, as leader of the free world, President Ronald Reagan stood in front of the Berlin Wall saying, “Tear Down this wall”. Within a span of about two years the wall came down on November 09, 1989. Freedom was in the air, East Germany was liberated from the fascist Soviet Block to […]
Clean up before the next elections on December 30, 2019The combined opposition parties are demanding fresh elections. Unless the ground rules are worked out it may prove to be an exercise in futility. In the checkered political history of Pakistan, only free, fair and indisputable electoral exercise speaks for itself. By most counts, the ballot in 1970 was free and fair, but it resulted […]
Moving from London to Medina on December 29, 2019Till 1858, Governor Generals (GG) of India were appointed by the board of East India Company, which was called Company Raj. It was then converted to British Raj when the monarch took control of India. All colonised nations reported to London–the capital of United Kingdom. It was said that “Sun never sets on the British […]
Conspiracies in London on December 21, 2019The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) stalwarts were in London to meet the party leadership that was declared as ‘godfathers of the Sicilian mafia’. London has been the seat of conspiracies of the Pakistani mafia. The city has been the seat of conspiracies for a long time. The Charter of Democracy (COD), which later proved to […]
Transition to Naya Pakistan on December 18, 2019Transitions are always painful and difficult leaving behind the old and accepting the new order is never easy. Cleansing requires rapid and brutal action for which both planning and will plays a significant role. The elections in 2018 were contested under a manifesto of change to build Naya Pakistan. Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has […]
Transition to Naya Pakistan on December 15, 2019Transitions are always painful and difficult leaving behind the old and accepting the new order is never easy. Cleansing requires rapid and brutal action for which both planning and will plays a significant role. The elections in 2018 were contested under a manifesto of change to build Naya Pakistan. Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has […]