Fuel crisis: Can government be absolved from the blame? on June 15, 2020Wheat crisis, sugar crisis and now, fuel crisis. One thing common in all is PTI government’s handling of the crises. It all begins with the government’s inaction as a crisis develops; followed by labelling a certain group as mafia and a half-hearted investigation that meets no conclusion. The crisis remains an issue until it is […]
Remembering the lifeline of PPP, Benazir Bhutto on 64th birthday on June 21, 2017In a society that was stuck in the morass of misogyny, where women were surrounded by strangling mediocrities, a young woman emerged as the strongest and the most powerful: Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto. Muslim World’s first female Prime Minister, who broke all the barriers refuting the anti-woman narrative and paved way for all the female achievers, […]
The knee-jerk reaction on December 28, 2015On Wednesday, there were elections in Lodhran where the PTI trounced the PML-N. As a matter of course, the media was expected to be all over it even though it was just a by-election but, considering what was at stake for a populist party and how it went with the NA-154 election, the media frenzy […]
Democracy and Lord of the Flies on September 14, 2014The results of the May 2013 elections were widely celebrated for being the first ever democratic transition of power rather than the clean sweep of a particular political party that currently holds the biggest public office. It was believed we were finally on the journey towards mature politics and strengthened democracy was to commence. However, […]