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May 12 seems to me a cursed day. Last year witnessed the bloodshed of uncountable innocents. Today we are witnessing the blood of democracy being spilled. Some say that the President must be very happy. With due respect I do not think so. While democracy is indeed undergoing serious turbulence, but that doesn’t mean it [...]
Respected Sir,
The country is passing through the most taxing times. Democracy seems under tremendous pressure, lawyers have endured terrible financial losses, media again is standing on a forked path. In such a situation everyone is looking towards you for your intervention and leadership capacity. Sir, chances are that on the issue of the restoration of [...]
It seems that we the citizens and the voters of the country are more concerned with saving the country than the coalition partners. Why should we not be for they are sitting in the parliament with our votes. But before I get to the details of the issue let me reproduce here a small anecdote [...]
I have just returned from a press talk of Foreign Minister Shah Mahmud Qureshi and while the talks are still deadlocked on the issue of the judges’ restoration there is heartening signs of progress elsewhere. The Foreign Minister told us that not only has the Foreign Office sent its deliberations to the Prime Minister with [...]
When Sheila Jackson, the woman co-chairing the Pakistan caucus in the US Congress applauds the PPP’s functioning and complains about the PML-N it is something of a giveaway. Imagine what policy of the party is being applauded when there is broad consensus in Pakistani civil society circles that the party seems unsure on every policy [...]
After my dismay of the day before yesterday the incorrigible optimist in me sees things improving substantially. But I’ll not be in position to say anything important on the developments for a few hours still. However I’ll take the opportunity to do a few very important things.
First of all I don’t know what came over [...]
Let me start by confessing that when it comes to policy matters I am nobody. I am not a political, social or intellectual heavyweight. I am just an ordinary writer and voter with nothing to lose. Yet it is in the nature of the writers to continue to rethink things and believe that someone is [...]
It is very sad that a man of such a caliber has not only allowed his skills to be exploited by a bankrupt political class but is now even cheerleading for the establishment. Just a few minutes ago our dear sir not only talked to the press exploiting the differences within [...]
The meeting in Dubai is over. Nawaz Sharif is to articulate his views today in Lahore. Unfortunately the perspective of the People’s Party is not very even though it reiterates it’s principled stand according to the Murree Declaration. Nor is it clear thus far what are the major points of agreement that came out in [...]
Through out my career as a journalist and a writer I have ensured professional integrity. I have never compromised on principles and let me say it openly that I have not been the happiest person because of it. Repeatedly I had to suffer but I have hardly ever complained because there was this dream that the [...]
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