Saleem A Sethi

People, who were apprehensive of some unconstitutional/undemocratic change, breathed a sigh of relief on November 29 last, when Raheel Sharif retired without actually derailing the system. It reduced the political pressure which the ruling PML-N was reeling under throughout the three-year tenure of the outgoing general. But if disappearance of the specter of a military […]

Should we repeat that Donald Trump is the most unpredictable individual entering the Capitol Hill? That nobody knows how he will run the country or behave as its president? And despite being written about probably much more than any other previous president between his election and entering the office, nobody could say with confidence where […]

Someone has said that black and white thinking doesn’t work in a grey world. The realm of politics is even grayer. A good thing done today may turn out to be the worst of all when looked in retrospect. The use of religion in the war between capitalism and communism for example; remember the crumbling […]

2016 started like any other Pakistani year, marked with an air of uncertainty. Like always, it was a mix of little hope and great despair. And as usual, it moved like that; not suggesting anything markedly different from the previous years to make it politically promising. But it was until it entered its tail end. […]

Many were shocked to hear some more truth from the Commando of yore. Yet some found it not surprising at all. Those who didn’t believe that he could tarnish the image of the executive, the judiciary and the army of the country he once ruled in such a ruthless manner, did it because of their […]

Qazi Faez Isa-led commission into August 8 Quetta massacre has charged the state with incompetence, negligence and failure on multiple counts in its fight against the menace of terrorism. It has also blamed it for utter confusion and lack of an official counter-narrative to fight this long-drawn war against terrorism. To many there is nothing […]