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Published in the Friday Times on March 7, 2008 Embed from Getty Images  Sir,  Although the people rejected Musharraf and his allies in the...

Embed from Getty Images If Pakistan had been like China or Saudi Arabia, Imran Khan would have been sentenced to death and buried last yea...

Embed from Getty Images   By now Nawaz Sharif should have learnt a lot from his past mistakes. After all, he's over 70, and in three s...

There was a time when there were no money changers where you could buy all the dollars you wanted. It was a crime to buy and sell dollars. I...

Embed from Getty Images Parvez Musharraf died in Dubai yesterday after a long illness. It's ironic that he couldn't live long desp...

There are growing signs that the establishment is slowly distancing itself from its selected prime minister, who every day gives more eviden...

One of the ways used to destabilize Nawaz Sharif's government was to make the newly-created party (Teheek-e-Labbaik Pakistan) to demonst...

They tried their best to stop the united opposition parties from holding a "power show" in Gujranwalla. Event though all analysts ...

It's easy to tell whenever a government in Pakistan knows that it is no longer popular and is about to fall. The biggest sign of course ...

  I have never liked Nawaz Sharif. I know that he is anti-Karachi, that he trusts only those people around him who speak Punjabi, and that h...

Nawaz’s return Published in The News on August 30, 2020 Embed from Getty Images This refers to the news item ‘Shahbaz Sharif will b...

Published in Daily Times on November 22, 2019 So Nawaz Sharif has finally been allowed to go abroad, but the government spokespersons are do...

I suppose we should have expected something like this. Imran Khan's chief reason for putting opposition leaders in jail was to wear thei...

We have seen all the signs before. Whenever the establishment gets sick of a sitting government, it becomes very aggressive. With Nawaz Shar...

Which side are you on? Published in The News, December 1, 2018  When he was in the opposition, Imran Khan used to call Nawaz Sharif a traito...

It's been only forty five days since the caretaker government took over the reins of the country, and in this short period the rupee has...

Published in Daily Times on May 16, 2018 After the recent charade of the senate elections and the election of the chairman and deputy chair...

Published in the Express Tribune blogs on December 10, 2017 An aerial view of buildings and homes during a nationwide power blackout in Ka...

Published in the Express Tribune blogs on November 30, 2017 He thinks he can bounce back and become the prime minister of this benighted cou...

Published in the Express Tribune blogs on July 22, 2017 If they have been honest and if their assets have been obtained legally, they shou...