Qasir M Chaudhry

In post-Panama leaks era, rising chorus of demands for across the board accountability is met with rhetoric of the supremacy of the constitution, continuity of democracy and rule of law. Only the Scotland Yard could be trusted to identify and locate the lost democratic traditions and rule of law once it is done with Imran […]

As expected, the ball is back in the court of prime minister, and we arrive back at square one. The Chief Justice of Pakistan has refused to form a ‘toothless’ commission with vague terms of reference to probe an indefinite number of individuals over infinite period of time. Instead, the Chief Justice has suggested the […]

South Korea is one of the four Asian Tigers in Far East Asia and is currently headed by Park Geun-hye, the first female president of the nation. Neither is she a Muslim nor was she born in the land of the pure but she has a reputation for strict adherence to the promises she makes […]

Last Tuesday was a black day for democracy, if the ongoing theatre can be considered democratic at all. The Sharifs finally seem ready to launch a series of brutal assaults on political opponents. By unleashing state terrorism against activists of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) under the guise of an ‘anti-encroachment’ campaign, their path appears […]

A few weeks ago, I happened to speak to one of my friends, a classfellow at graduate school. Currently he is working in Islamabad, just minutes away from the residence of the latest version of the Mughal emperors. Considering his professional qualifications, intellectual level and moral principles, I think his name should be put on […]

We start with a simple question. Cyanide is known to be one of the deadliest poisons, where a small amount is enough to change a living organism into a dead body. We assume that someone deliberately puts a label on the cyanide’s bottle, which reads as honey. The first question is that if we call […]

Months have passed but still no one knows the exact coordinates of the peace talks, lost deep in the wilderness of the tribal areas along with the government’s sense of responsibility. Even the myopic can see, without any ambiguity, the writing on the wall in bold, underlined letters. It requires a multi-dimensional strategy, executed at […]

It is said that “history repeats itself”, and in Pakistan this is certainly true. It was in early 1999 when the Sharif brothers held exactly the same offices as they do today, that they tried to crush a certain media group, but failed. In 2014 an attempt is now being made to shut down the […]

Frederick Forsyth, known for his bestselling thriller novels, features famous personalities and political leaders as characters in his books. His books contain factual information, technical details and meticulous planning. Dogs of War, one of his best-selling novels, tells the story of European and African mercenary soldiers. A British industrialist hires their services to depose the […]