Iftekhar A Khan

The former PM recently defended Farah Gogi or Farah Shazadi so passionately that by doing so he set a new record for defending someone to date. Call her Princess to save space. He declared her innocent of any wrongdoing and that she was a family friend involved in the real estate business. And if she […]

The PTI chairman thinks that his party came to power solely because of his immense popularity symbolised by the series of thumping dharnas staged before the 2018 election. After having ruled for nearly four years when the PTI lost power through a no-confidence vote, party leadership claimed it had been grievously wronged. During the recent […]

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s decision of setting up a National Economic Advisory Council on his first day in office as a premier clearly indicates his sense of priority. The economy comes first, especially for a country that’s neck-deep in loans. National borrowing during the PTI rule touched new heights. As the stats go, in 2018 […]

When an egotist inebriated with power rolls down from the top of the pyramid to its bottom, he sets an example of how the power is temporary and indeed elusive. The fall of former PM Imran Khan is a glaring case of how his dream to rule for another term of five years and more […]

Kaveh Moussavi, the CEO of Broadsheet, is no ordinary man. In his profession, which is to trace and catch plunderers of illegal wealth, he’s an artist par excellence. Someone in his profession, which is to catch big-time looters, is expected to have high cheekbones and a sunken thoughtful face. Instead, he has a plump face […]

The war of words between the government and the politicians from the opposition has gone on for the last many months. The political situation is more likened to a seesaw that children play to amuse themselves. Figuratively, on the national political scene, the same game is being played on a large scale by ambitious members […]

By scanning the headlines of English and Urdu newspapers, all one reads is how politicians of one political party level allegations against the members of the opposite parties for whatever the reasons. Taking digs at each other with a smirk is a familiar scene. Many a time, the language used by the parliamentarians is not […]

The Higher Education Commission of the country stole the spotlight when Dr Tariq Binuri returned as its chairperson on the orders of the Islamabad High Court. Dr Binuri was appointed HEC Chairman by former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in 2018. His four-year term of office according to the rules was to conclude in May 2022 […]

Sometimes, events packed with surprises occur in such quick succession that one is compelled to call them a comedy of errors. The celerity with which they take place is nerve-racking. My sister visiting from the US and a cousin visiting from Qatar were to leave on the same day, February 26 – former by Turkish […]

Whenever cricket matches are announced and Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore is the arena, a sudden spell of panic appears on the faces of the residents living in the nearby residential areas. Before the series of Pakistan Super League cricket matches were to begin, a police large carried out rehearsals in real-time. PSL matches have seriously […]