PML-N OFFERS SCARCE ANSWERS TO COAS APPOINTMENT CONUNDRUM: Distressed on November 19, 2022It appears falling victim to the coronavirus (for the third time) has done little to dampen the spirits of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who is reported to have conducted exclusive meetings on Friday. Time is clearly running out as he is forced to make the toughest call of his tenure: the appointment of the next […]
Bhutto Trial 2.0 on August 18, 2022History has a knack for hanging on to strange events. Talking exclusively to Daily Times, former human rights minister and PTI stalwart Shireen Mazari on Wednesday spilt the beans over the so-called confessional statement of her party member Shehbaz Gill as a “page out of the old playbook.” Just like a fabricated, nuanced disclosure by […]
The Dance of death: Islamabad on August 16, 2022Merely days, after leading political leaders had stood by the victims, rendered shelterless by the vicious monsoon downpour across Pakistan, the country’s 75 independence anniversary, was celebrated with grand splendour by the ruling party. Hallmarking hundreds of millions for an array of entertainment programmes was slammed as downright criminal by members of treasury and opposition […]
Push them back! on August 12, 2022Reports of militants reviving from the dead to once again claim their share of the Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are nothing short of a nightmare. After seeing years of peace, the heavenly valley is all set to be terrorised as around five hundred Taliban have set up camp. As per reports, armed packets have […]
Respect the sacrifice on August 7, 2022Hailed as one of history’s greatest military commanders, Napolean Bonaparte had once famously remarked, “It is the cause, not the death. that makes the martyr.” Rightfully so, because this determined rigour to sacrifice everything for the motherland and its people speak to a greater calling, and thus, blessed are the souls who find it in […]
Many more go missing on July 31, 2022 At least 126 lives have been claimed in disaster-hit Balochistan so far as the onslaught of record-breaking monsoon season continues in full glory. Utter devastation prevails across the province as relentless downpour has caused flash flooding in many streams and canals. With spillovers in dams, disasters are being spelt in remote towns and big cities […]
Daily Times Exclusive: Mushaal Hussein Mullick ‘What is my state waiting for’? on June 15, 2022It is hard for anyone with a soul to not let out a sigh at the sight of the tear-stained face of yet another Kashmir tragedy, Mrs Mushaal Hussain Mullick. And when she agreed to talk to me over the phone for an exclusive interview with Daily Times soon after the conviction of her husband […]
What Democracy? on April 8, 2022The inswinger has been bowled and democracy is out. Sadly, in this World Cup, Pakistan’s much-revered kaptaan decided to take the stumps even before he had won the match. Plunging the country into a deep constitutional crisis, the deputy speaker shut the door on a trumpeted no-confidence motion, which was closely followed by President Arif […]
PML-N’s house of cards on October 1, 2021PML-N’s esteemed scions have once again decided to leave the fighting for another day. Picture-perfect reels of just as ambitious cousins are making rounds all over as family ties seem stronger than ever before. But no matter how sincere PML-N Vice President, Maryam Nawaz, may be in her love for “her younger brother,” Punjab Opposition […]
PML-N’s House of Cards? on October 1, 2021PML-N’s esteemed scions have once again decided to leave the fighting for another day. Picture-perfect reels of just as ambitious cousins are making rounds all over as family ties seem stronger than ever before. But no matter how sincere PML-N Vice President, Maryam Nawaz, maybe in her love for “her younger brother,” Punjab Opposition Leader, […]