Wajid Shamsul Hasan

It is now 41 years to the Martyrdom of Pakistan’s first elected prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s judicial murder by General Ziaul Haq. Despite lapse of four our decades there is no lessening of fervour or massive following. He continues to hold sway over the body and soul of the poor. And as manifested in […]

One of the last remaining Socialist icons Tariq Ali in his latest interview has predicted that the traditional Left is on the decline. ‘It will die a natural death’ says he conclusively in his interview to News international. Commenting on the present state of affairs as to why is the role of the Left becoming […]

Shakespeare’s Ides of March seems to be finally visiting us-nay the world-with its multifaceted devastations in death and human misery. By the time and whenever Coronovirus catastrophic spell would be over, its death toll would run into thousands all over the world. As we are about to leave the month behind apprehensions regarding the future, […]

I wrote my first article (Feb 5, Daily Times) on the impending threats of a pandemic building up in China and its apprehensive fall out effects on Pakistan and other neighbours in the region.I expressed my great concern as regards miserable paucity in proper healthcare facilities in the country that could hardly meet the challenge […]

I remember that it was March 1988 when multi/faceted process was initiated to reversing events of far-reaching consequences that finally culminated in Doha accord of February 29, 2020 to bring to an end one of the most useless wars in human history. Obviously its first casualty was Prime Minister Mohammad Khan Junejo who had with […]

I am always dreaded of any eventually that could get us caught unaware and unprepared. It was this fear that prompted me to write an eye opening article calling upon the people in power to learn lessons from Coronovirus tragedy that has been causing havoc in human toll and unmitigated sufferings to the huge Chinese […]

Pakistan’s history after General Ziaul Haq’s advent into power can singly be defined as a catalogue of running with the hareand hunting with the hounds. In this context, hare signify the Mulla community as manifested in Taliban and dozens of proxy mercenariestaking up arms for puppet masters. As opposed to the runningwith the hare is […]

It is regretfully noted that despite having crossed 70 Pakistan has yet to have a proper and effective infra-structure for meeting human challenges from the fall-out of natural or un-natural disasters. Not only that, to meet consequences of such eventualities like floods and earthquakes, there are hardly any preparations. Remember last earthquake in Pakistan that […]

Once upon a time data made public by Transparency International about corruption in Pakistan provided the lethal ammunition to malign its opponents. Since TI was a vehicle put on wheels by the Jamaatis, its main targets were secular parties and others who opposed JI. And when PTI Chief Imran Khan made his political debut in […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan and his cabinet of buffoons have outlived their utility. While the Great Khan having studied in Oxford for his graduation, his history is like Baghdadi Qaeda that one was used to when initiated in learning of the language. When he talks of Riyasat-e-Madina he does not know what he meant. Similarly […]