Asma — a beacon for the nation on February 13, 2019Now more than ever before, life is considered short, nasty and brutish in Pakistan. The populace finding itself helpless in the stranglehold of a barbaric police force and other Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA). Obviously a nation remembers its saviours the most when it finds itself afflicted by an incurable disease. Unfortunately, Pakistan has not had […]
Kashmir after Simla on February 6, 2019Reading former director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence General Asad Durrani’s book, ‘Pakistan Adrift’, my optimism regarding a possible solution of Kashmir issue got reaffirmed, notwithstanding, the hyper activity associated with the Kashmir Solidarity Day, coinciding with Indian Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the occupied state. I have repeatedly said that blowing of hot air […]
Afghanistan – what next? on January 30, 2019Leaders who make unpopular decisions at the right time are better than those who make hasty decisions only to end up taking U-turns because of immense damage to the country they lead. It is too early to predict what tidings the year 2019 would bring to us as a nation irrespective of the fact that […]
Ladlaism in politics must end on January 23, 2019The nation is deeply hurt over the Sahiwal tragedy. If it had its way, it would have joined the aggrieved family’s protest out in the streets and would have torched everyone in uniform taking him to be villain in the situation. The tragic irony is when the CTD personnel involved in the mayhem failed to […]
Where there’s smoke there is fire! on January 16, 2019Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry perhaps knows the art of pre-emption. Like a visionary he sees ominous things before they happen. He knows when a politician will be arrested, when he or she will be in jail, what would possibly be the court verdict without it being made public. He also has a strong nose […]
The man with midas touch! on January 9, 2019We are living in Khan’s world. It is exciting, it is full of hopes, it promises prosperity. People wait anxiously on their empty stomachs for the opening of floodgates of rivers of milk. Load-shedding insists to be the order of the day; terrorism has been eliminated and not yet eliminated, terrorists strike at will and […]
A tribute to Bhutto on January 5, 2019Napoleon Bonaparte rightly believed that “it is the cause, and not the death, that makes the martyr.” In this historic perspective those leaders become immortal who live and die for causes dear to them. There could not be a better example of a father and daughter who died for the causes they had struggled for […]
Jinnah -A Victim of Tabdeeli? on January 2, 2019I wish my readers a very Happy New Year. Let us renew our commitment to make Pakistan a better place to live, let us work together to help bring peace, stability, freedom, and dignity to human kind. Let us bury rancour, vindictiveness, sectarianism and religious intolerance. We must not repeat the mistakes of the past. […]
Had Bibi-the visionary being alive? on December 28, 2018Martyred Benazir Bhutto was perhaps the most outstanding leader of her time-nay all chimes. Like of her is not likely to be born again. She carved for herself a unique niche in the history of Pakistan not on the basis of her dynastic roots in glory but her long struggle against military dictatorship and forces […]
Bhutto’s 56 hours in Dhaka on December 26, 2018I remember going to Dhaka as member of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s entourage in June 1974 on his first official visit after recognition of Bangladesh. It was an unprecedented experience clouded by confusion and unpredictable apprehensions. When we landed at Dhaka airport the atmosphere was eerie. We were rushed into separate cars in a […]