A bad hair day for Imran
Islamabad—We knew it was going to be dirty. But we could never imagine that it would so dirty. Old timers in the Press Gallery agreed that this was arguably the dirtiest ever…
Not so rosy for IK as N League gears into action
Islamabad-N League finally exploded into long-awaited action on Tuesday. It was a no-holds-barred sloganeering that started minutes after PTI won the Speakership with 175 votes, which was almost an expected number. The…
What makes this Assembly different
A new National Assembly taking oath is always a mega event. But this time around it was a way bigger event. Not just because it’s for the first time that the military…
Free-for-all as PML-N fails to put its act together
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N government definitely needs to put its act together. It’s always embarrassing when a sitting government can’t maintain quorum, which means gathering a mere one-fourth members of the National Assembly.…
When the cat is away, PML-N returns to old ways
ISLAMABAD: It was back to old ways after Parliamentarians had approved changes in the Constitution besides making tall claims to wipe off religious terrorism from the country. Thursday was almost an anti-climax.…
Parliament gives ‘Yes vote’ in bitter-sweet mood
ISLAMABAD: Once again, Pakistan embarked on the experiment of invoking military courts to try civilians as the Upper and Lower Houses of Parliament gave their consent to the changes in laws and…
‘Giuliani moment’ for Nawaz or a pit of snakes?
Islamabad: It made sense for the PML-N government to postpone voting on the 21st constitutional amendment, even if it was necessitated by circumstance. We could see chink in the so-called national consensus.…
Mountains crossed as everybody giggles
ISLAMABAD: It was as quick as it could be. They came, tabled the Bill, and adjourned the National Assembly till Monday. Political parties showed a rare unanimity in tabling the 21st Amendment…
Nawaz in power seat as everything revolves around him; Oh really?
ISLAMABAD: With the fulcrum of political activity moving to the Prime Minister House, the parliamentary debate over the Peshawar aftermath seemed meaningless. Yet this did not deter backbenchers like Omer Ayub to…
Will we see our future being discussed behind closed doors?
ISLAMABAD: What a farce! PPP’s Khursheed Shah chose to speak on oil prices just when we expected his ilk to enlighten us on how they want to sort out Taliban mess in…