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What Do They Want?
by Farrukh Saleem
They wanted foreign policy. Zardari gave it to them. They wanted extensions. Zardari gave them extensions. They wanted Haqqani’s scalp. Zardari presented that in a platter. What more do the generals want?
This month’s circus has three major players – the PPP, the GHQ and the Supreme Court (SC). Whenever I don’t fully understand what the players are doing I fal ... |
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Posted on: January 16, 2012 |
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The Whispering Coup
by Wajahat S. Khan
I am the new Pakistani coup. Both wanted and unwanted, I inspire tears and fears, but also oohs and aahs. In this divided nation, I am the divisive coup. The fractional coup. The binary coup. I am imagined to be a proportionate response, and some call me the 50/50 coup, or even the silent majority’s coup. But remember, I am the coup that has a fool proof guarantee of deliv ... |
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Posted on: January 17, 2012 |
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Accidental Defaulter of Justice
by Mohammad Malick
Credit must be given to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for appearing before the Supreme Court in a dignified manner, sans the rowdy crowds that accompanied Nawaz Sharif when he was summoned as a sitting prime minister. Unlike Nawaz’s defiant mannerism, Gilani’s address to the court was dripping with deference and the nattily dressed CEO of the desperately poor nation di ... |
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Posted on: January 20, 2012 |
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Whose Line Is It Anyway?
by Adeel Shirazi
Headline news gets you nauseous? This might explain why;
“Forgot my Blackberry in the States; can’t remember the pin code either.”(My dog ate my homework?) Hussain Haqqani takes a profound stance in courtroom number 1.
“Why aren’t they wearing short-sleeved shirts? The answer is clear. They are bending their elbows.” (You wear sunglasses, y ... |
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Posted on: January 21, 2012 |
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Feudalism and Agriculture
by Saleem Shaikh
Agriculture, land reforms and development experts have termed feudalism, absence of land reforms, denial of peasants’ rights and corporate farming as serious threats to the sustainability of agriculture in Pakistan. They also warn that agriculture will continue to underperform unless viable land reforms are introduced and feudalism and corporate farming are checked once fo ... |
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Posted on: March 2, 2012 |
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Search Are We Safe With Khuda?
by Ghazi Salahuddin
In some ways, saying farewell may reveal your religious and cultural
affiliations. I have persisted with ‘Khuda Hafiz’, following in the
footsteps of my elders. But I find that an increasing number of people
have converted to ‘Allah Hafiz’. And what bothers me is that this
shift in our cultural norms is born of an attempt to ‘Arabise’ our
society and somewha ... |
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Posted on: March 6, 2012 |
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by Mohammed Bilal Khan
