Benazir-leader of two worlds! on June 21, 2019It was the longest day of the year 1953 when a leader of two worlds-Benazir Bhutto–was born in Pakistan carving for herself a unique niche unparalleled in the annals of humankind, casting a spell of glory on her people and the world at large by her leadership. Had she been alive she would have been […]
Nation of psychopaths on June 18, 2019In the present times when pirs, pirnees and macho men as leaders are having a swing and a sway in the country, it is difficult to correctly analyse the mental state of those who matter. According to unverifiable statistics, at least 60 per cent of population in Islamabad suffers from mental stress; it means that […]
Quo Vadis Pakistan? on June 12, 2019Given the increasing ominous signs and keeping into consideration fast forward developments, it seems that an overall situation is about to be kicked start into a multifaceted institutional confrontation. Opposition was already tightening up its girdles when it received a bigger boast with the arrest of former president Asif Ali Zardari. If until a few […]
Towards legal implosion on June 4, 2019It is apprehended by sceptics as things are moving fast in that direction, that before the judgement in Faizabad Dharna Review filed by the government is announced by the Supreme Court, fate of one of the highly reputed, independent and forthright judges- Justice Qazi Faez Isa would be decided under the cover of shoddily moved […]
Something is rotten in the state…… on May 28, 2019Shakespeare describes a particular situation like Pakistan’s in his famous quote in Hamlet that there ‘something is rotten in the state of Denmark’. Indeed, if one looks at Pakistan’s prevailing condition full of problems of various magnitudes and beyond the capacity of both the elected and non-elected leaders, it qualifies to be nothing but ‘rotten’, […]
Pakistan and IMF dispenser boys – Part 2 on May 25, 2019In continuation of my previous article ‘Pakistan and IMF’s dispenser boys’ (Daily Times May 22) I had reviewed the post IMF signing of the deal. Eminent economist Prof. Syed Akbar Zaidi believes that it is important to emphasise that it is not the IMF which is to blame for Pakistan’s pathetic economic condition – not […]
Pakistan and IMF dispenser boys! on May 22, 2019Meer Taqi Meer was one of the founders of rich and versatile Urdu poetry. Full of appropriate metaphors and smilies for all occasions, he need not write in million words to seize gravity of a situation like Pakistan’s economic problems metaphorically. He would have simply put it in his most quoted verse- ‘Meer kiya saadaa […]
Learning lessons in polls on May 14, 2019Surgically separated Siamese twins have a tendency to keep kicking at each other. It is said that similar are relations between India and Pakistan. Apparently they cannot live separately, they pin prick each other to remain in good humour. I would not like to draw any more similarities as it would amount to stirring the […]
PRESS FREEDOM DAY on May 1, 2019In the much promised aura of tabdeli following the last elections in July 2018 the nation had multi-faceted hopes for change for the good of the country. Unfortunately I was one of the sceptics who thought that those promises were too good to be true. Indeed, the peaceful transition from one elected government to another […]
ZAB’S REINCARNATION on April 24, 2019Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto made it big on Monday in the Parliament when he spoke scathingly at length about the conduct of the Prime Minister, his Ministers and his government’s total failure in running the affairs of the state and of ruining the economy in particular. Vintage journalist like me, sitting many thousand miles away […]