Dr Saulat Nagi

The political parties of Pakistan have a special knack for inviting trouble. They need no enemy since they are endowed with an innate trait of self-immolation through their own absurdities. Provoking anti-American sentiments and enhancing religious bigotry seem to be their latest refuge, especially in times when the people have begun to assert their will […]

To some it was a rude shock, a whack that left them gobsmacked, but to others it was a moment of ecstatic delight — as their opponents were seemingly pulverised or at least bewildered — when in Lahore, Imran Khan, seizing the moment, gathered a significant number of disgruntled urban middle class at his public […]

With the debacle of the Soviet Union, as the old order of capitalism was re-imposed on the globe in the farcical garb of a new world order, a plethora of terminologies was introduced as well. It was fondly welcomed by the middle class that considers itself the enlightened intellectual base of any society. The fancy […]

Friday was yet another day that has left many blemishes on the body politic of Pakistan. Was it purely coincidental that Bugti’s death anniversary overlapped with the abduction of Shahbaz Taseer? It may well be the case but such a way of thinking is prone to carry an element of naivety. In human history, every […]

Humankind is familiar with two types of incendiaries: one afflicted by nature and the other self-inflicted. The latter has produced more catastrophic results than the former since such madness invariably beholds a method behind it. The most deliberate and dreadful of all amongst the latter kinds is attributed to Nero who, while playing his flute, […]

It was not in the distant past, though it may seem so given the quick succession in which events are unfolding, when economic turmoil gripped Greece. For the people the bells of insurmountable woes have begun to toll. The land of Spartacus, maintaining its tradition, arose to halt the meek surrender of its ruling hierarchy […]

The anarchy of capitalism is heading towards its climax, so is Obama’s position in his own country, which is turning rather precarious with each passing day. While addressing his underlings beyond the frontier of the US, his tone is becoming more assertive and aggressive. Over the last couple of weeks, the American president has travelled […]

Long before Admiral Mike Mullen spoke his mind, the month of May had already dealt a telling blow that left the people of Pakistan bewildered and dismayed. After a series of assassinations of high profile politicians, it appears the tide has now turned. The killing orgy let loose has now turned towards journalists who wish […]

All the affluent statesmen of this poverty stricken world are applauding the US for sweeping away the debris of evil for the benefit of mankind. A devil incarnate has been shown the doors of an inferno from where he will never be able to stage a comeback to tread this world again. Will there now […]

Libya is convulsed with civil war and hegemonic designs. Once again, history — which is akin to reality, exists but only as the activity of men in pursuit of their ends — is apparently in the process of being repeated as a tragedy. The clichés of the Cold War era have come to haunt humanity […]