Beware: landgrabbers at work in Sindh on January 8, 2019In the early 90’s, after Benazir Bhutto’s first government was toppled by Ghulam Ishaque Khan and Nawaz Sharif was anointed as the new kingpin by the powers, my friend Sardar Shah, who had recently got his degree in engineering and had been hunting for a job, found himself in the National Assembly building in Islamabad […]
A Lego government waiting to crumble on June 25, 2018A politician friend, who is one of the up and coming political leaders of relatively good reputation in Sindh, recently invited me to join him in his crusade against the political dark forces. The proposition was very tempting given the way the chessboard is being laid out in the country these days. I am part […]
We don’t need a Yogi Adityanath of our own on October 19, 2017Pakistan would undoubtedly have been rather less colourful had Divine Providence not bestowed upon us such characters as Captain (rtd) Muhammad Safdar Awan. And not to be left out, India was graced with Yogi Adityanath. The good captain — like that other Kaptaan — is a man most at ease when shooting from the hip. […]
Panama Verdict: Justice Prevailed on August 2, 2017History of justice prevailing in the country is not a new phenomenon. The nation has seen its frequent reruns during the past 70 years. In our beloved country, however, justice prevails only when it is allowed to prevail. By the Almighty, obviously. Monsieur Nawaz Sharif, the most corrupt of the corrupt leaders of Pakistan has […]
Rohri is in Arizona on July 21, 2017If you go to bed in Rohri one night and are transported in your sleep to the barren expanse of western Texas by some auto magical way, upon waking up, I assure you, you will not for a moment feel that you are not in Sindh. The few miles stretch on the National Highway, which […]
This too shall pass on March 7, 2017Former Director of CIA, former commander of NATO forces, and one time hopeful for the position of Secretary of State under Donald Trump, General David Petraeus, came visiting our workplace about a couple of months ago, before the inauguration of Mr. Trump. When asked on word making rounds that he was being considered for the […]
And thus spake the people on November 17, 2016November 10, 2016, was my political savvy younger son Uzair’s 11th birthday. On the evening of November 8, the election day, as soon as I had returned from work, he asked me if I remembered his birthday was only two days away. I said I did. “Baba, as a birthday gift can you allow me […]
So long, Detroit! on September 12, 2016Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Detroit area have a special meaning for me. This is where I spent the best days of my youth. This is where I finished my studies, and this is where I got my first US job. Returning to Detroit was like homecoming. So after many years when I landed at the […]
Troubled waters ahead for Pakistan on June 27, 2016Back in 2012 when Barak Hussain Obama was running for his second term against Mitt Romney, my younger son, Uzair, who was in first grade in the elementary school, became a big Obama fan. Every day when he returned from his school, he would be loaded with new reasons why we should vote for Obama. […]
Leave our landmarks alone on May 8, 2016Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan Mian Nawaz Sharif was in Sukkur the other day on his first visit to what is commonly known by non-Sindhis as interior Sindh — Sindhis hate the term, by the way. To them Sindh is Sindh, from Karachi to Kamoo Shaheed, the last town of Sindh at the Sindh-Punjab border. […]