ert on September 25, 2014The dharnas (sit-ins) by the Pakistan Tehreeq-e-Insaaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) are continuing. With plenty of hype, both parties promised to bring one million followers each. This would surely have put a lot of pressure on the government but it was not meant to be. PAT’s show of strength was a little better […]
Politics of change on August 5, 2014Imran Khan used the slogan of “change” successfully and his PTI became the third largest party in Pakistan. His election success cannot be attributed to this alone; the PPP’s performance during its five-year term helped. How much change he will bring in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remains to be seen. For Imran Khan, a positive strategy would […]
Top national interest on June 29, 2014As a nation, we have never been as divided as we are today. The situation in Balochistan is not improving, a military operation in FATA has begun with the hope of bringing the area under state control and Karachi is in turmoil. There are irritants between the military and the government, and opportunists are, as […]