Zardari in the Presidency on March 12, 2024Mr Zardari’s deal with the PMLN for a coalition government in the federation paved the way for his second entry into the Presidency. He is the first civilian leader to have been elected to this august position for the second time. The PPP would have some other constitutional positions besides the provincial administrations of Sindh […]
Voiceless Nation on March 6, 2024As a nation, we are facing a perennial threat to our existence. Our economy is on the cusp of collapse and the politics are in disarray. The state institutions are at loggerheads functioning for cross purposes. The Constitution is losing its sanctity. The populace is in misery overwhelmed by poverty, disillusionment and hopelessness. There is […]
Back to PDM-2 on February 24, 2024As the Election Commission of Pakistan is winding up the process of elections, the protests by PTI, GDA, JUI, Jamaat Islami and Balochistan nationalists against rigging are getting louder. It is gratifying that the two mainstream political parties, Pakistan Muslim League and Pakistan People’s Party, have evolved a midnight consensus for power sharing in a […]
Post-election Situation on February 17, 2024The credibility of general elections has been seriously damaged. The voting trend until late at night showed a clear victory for PTI. However, the outcome of polls in the morning resulted in a hung parliament necessitating a coalition government with the participation of the partners of the erstwhile PDM regime with MQM’s elevated parliamentary strength. […]
Abraham Accords: A Foreign Policy Challenge to Pakistan – II on January 22, 2024The pledge made in the Abraham Accords for the resolution of the Israel-Palestinian conflict pales into eyewash when contrasted with the more forceful and compelling references to the issue in the earlier Accords which remain unimplemented. Would Israel feel any compulsion to implement its pledge this time around after achieving its purpose of securing recognition […]
The Abraham Accords: A Foreign Policy Challenge to Pakistan – I on January 20, 2024The founding father of the nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah extended his categorical support to the cause of the Palestine people even before the creation of the Jewish State recognizing their right to their land where they have been living for millennia. By his statement, the Quaid had determined the contours of the country’s foreign policy […]
An Exercise in Futility on January 18, 2024We are only three weeks away from the general elections to be held on February 8. The elections were due to be held within the constitutionally mandated 90 days after the end of the tenure of the previous parliament. However, the PDM regime managed to have the approval of the Council of Common Interests for […]
Rise and Eclipse of Benazir Bhutto on December 27, 2023It was on 27 December 2007, that we lost the national leader and iconic daughter of Sindh, Benazir Bhutto. This sad day brings back the historical events of her relentless battle to save the life of her illustrious father, to keep the PPP intact and to have democracy restored in the country in the face […]
Allotment of Sindh’s Lands for Corporate Farming on December 12, 2023The Government of Sindh has set in motion a process of unconstitutional allotment of Sindh’s agricultural lands to a federal institution for corporate farming. This has created a new controversy in the federation, which is already confronted with deepening political and economic crises. The logic behind such a divisive decision at a time when the […]
Mantra of Strong Centre on November 25, 2023We have a penchant to toy with settled matters, tease sleeping monsters and resurrect old controversies. The question of provincial autonomy confronted the country since inception. It was the main cause for the alienation of former East Pakistan, and the persistent and constant protests of the smaller provinces in this part of Pakistan for over […]