Soap opera on February 13, 2019“NRO (National Reconciliation Ordinance) will be equivalent to treason” – PM Imran Khan. Before perusing Khan’s statement, we should look at the NRO and its scheme. NRO was the ‘aha’ moment of Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf back in 2007. The American and Britain establishment arbitrated to let the political players return. The pact was between […]
Perceptions of the PTI on February 4, 2019The upsurge of Khan was chronicled as messiah for the nation. Eventually, the Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) grappled the power centre after the July 25 General Elections. The young and the old alike were thrilled to finally be free of the orthodox political parties. The very political parties that looted the exchequers wealth […]
Opposition faces impediments on January 24, 2019Al Azizia reference and Flagship reference verdict are out. PML-N’s supreme leader has been tossed in jail for 7 years in the Al Azizia reference. Meanwhile, NAB has failed to evince ties to Nawaz in Flagship reference, it has filed an appeal against the Flagship reference. Now that Nawaz has returned to Adiala jail. The […]
Kartarpur Corridor may just be an ice breaker between the divide on December 21, 2018The plea for Kartarpur Corridor from New Delhi has been in limbo since 70 years. Kartarpur Corridor is nestled around Narowal, Punjab. Its groundbreaking ceremony was seen all over the world on November 28. Prime Minister Imran Khan along with COAS Gen Bajwa patronized the ceremony. Pakistan FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi invited Indian FM Sushma […]
U-turn on November 30, 2018Khan has been docketed with variety of names such as ‘Mr U-turn’, ‘Taliban Khan’, so on and so forth. In the earlier days, Imran Khan while talking to the media shielded his u-turns saying, ‘both Adolf Hitler and Napoleon Bonaparte faced defeat as they didn’t change their strategies according to the situation. Leaders should always […]
Democracy in Pakistan: a political chessboard on November 9, 2018Why do we hold elections? A question over which I’ve been pondering after recent GE election held on 25th July. It was Pakistan’s 13th general election including one indirect election and two non party based elections. Elections are mandatory in democratically governed states. Its purpose is to have the ‘government of the people, by the […]
The ball is in Khan’s court on October 23, 2018Forasmuch as Khan is PM and his 100 days in power is just round the corner. All I hear from drawing rooms to dhabas (tea café) is the censure on Khan’s discharge. Obviously, it’s because Khan formed nation’s expectations to high pedestal. The way PTI manoeuvred to lash out the opponents was unfair and antagonistic […]
Hunch of mid-term elections on October 7, 2018The Sharif family has gone through a few difficult few years after the Panama Papers surfaced on international media. It was the reason that Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and his son-in-law were put behind bars. Apart from that, the Panama Papers case also took him away from his ailing wife who was combating cancer in […]
Khan’s conflicting politics on September 9, 2018Though it is unfair and premature to give any sweeping verdicts on PTI’s performance, Imran Khan’s own actions in the past, and his idealistic predisposition throughout his political career, has led his critics to attack him from the very beginning. The recent controversy regarding Imran Khan’s use of a helicopter to travel between the Prime […]
Inorganic alliances on August 16, 2018The ECP has notified the candidates who won in the General Elections 2018, and statistics show that Pakistan-Tehreek-Insaf (PTI) has managed to cross the 172 and 186required number in the National and Punjab Assembly, respectively to form his government. The opposition in both the assemblies is neck to neck, with just a narrow margin of […]