ISLAMABAD: Nisar’s ballistic speech and the invisible conspiracy curve
By Mohammad Malick It is bad enough being a reporter for it turns you into a cynic and an incorrigible snoop who tries finding the hidden curve even in a straight drawn line. It gets even worse when...
View ArticleMilitarisation of the Punjabi mind
Muhammad Ahsan Yatu I create an embarrassing situation for myself before the start of almost every wedding ceremony that I attend. I reach the venue on time, the time mentioned on the invitation card....
View ArticlePAKISTAN’S POLITICAL INSENSITIVITY – By T.H Shah
Renowned Lebanese poet Khali Jibran in one of his revolutionary poem Pity the Nation, says, Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion. Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not...
View ArticleMusharraf to launch his own political party
By Mazhar Tufail ISLAMABAD: Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf is finalising plans to launch his own political party in March, a source close to the former military ruler told The News here on Wednesday. “The...
View ArticleCan Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf win upcoming elections?
The first gathering of Tehreek-i-Insaf at Minar-i-Pakistan Lahore had turned the table of Pakistani Politics but since then, a lot of events have taken place resulting in negative impact on Imran...
View ArticlePakistan’s struggle: three men and the 2007 spirit
Nasim Zehra If being part of the world system, the soaring oil prices and the global food shortage is eroding the Pakistani people’s purchasing power, the unstable domestic power scene too is...
View ArticleWhen the crisis will end?بحران کب ختم ہو گا!(نجم سیٹھی کا کالم
پچھلے ہفتے رونماء ہونے والے دو بڑے واقعات قابل ذکر ہیں ۔ ایک یہ کہ ملک میں اچانک یہ افواہیں گردش کرنے لگیں کہ صدر پرویز مشرف کی روانگی اب ہفتوں کی نہیں دنوں کی بات ہے۔ دوسرا یہ کہ پیپلز پارٹی نے ججوں...
View ArticleZardari’s googlies
Dr Muzaffar Iqbal Just five months ago, Asif Ali Zardari was a nobody in Pakistani politics, albeit in the public arena, although he was fully operational behind the scenes. The exact nature of his...
View ArticleISLAMABAD: Of Raza’s elusive committees and Sherry’s Sherman on Leghari
By Mohammad Malick I have good news and bad news, so let’s begin with the good. The good news is that leader of the Upper House Raza Rabbani assured his Senate peers that the government was committed...
View ArticleOf lazy MNAs, lucky forex kings and lousy legislation-By Mohammad Malick
Maybe legislation is too serious a business for our legislators and maybe its time we lowered our expectations, or even better, dropped them altogether. How else do you rationalise the behaviour of our...
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