The handshake that saves Saarc from Modiaarc
The 18th Saarc Summit was saved from being declared as an utter failure by one small gesture—a handshake between Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi. The entire hall stood up in…
Guessing game over Nawaz-Modi meeting
KATMANDU: Let’s face it: the regional cooperation envisioned in SAARC charter cannot materialise meaningfully without Pakistan and India resolving their major differences. This is reminded, once again, by the state of…
Man from Chakri brings Parliament to deadlock–once again
Islamabad—Chaudhary Nisar faces an unenviable situation for any politician. Anybody with weaker nerves would have given up politics and long gone home. But not our man from Chakri! He stood his ground…
Marvi’s expertise as media expert is impeccable from Mush to Sharif
Islamabad—The PPP did exactly what it was expected to do—walkout from the National Assembly to show solidarity with the jailed workers of Oil and Gas Development Authority. This happened after PPP’s Shazia…
Test of nerves as PTI resignations loom
ISLAMABAD: Why doesn’t the PML-N get it? We all know that the PTI wants the National Assembly dissolved as it believes that it’s fake, redundant and what not. The PML-N seems…
The stalemate lingers on
Islamabad: The good thing about Pakistani politics is that nothing changes in a matter of weeks. You return to Parliament after a long vacation and find the political stalemate lingering on, except…
PM’s UN visit could’ve been made better
UNITED NATIONS: When it comes to the annual session of the General Assembly you can’t escape the Pakistan-India rivalry. While the world is more focused on the escalating war over the…
Parliament leaves Dharnas to die their own death
Islamabad: So Parliament’s longest ever joint session ended with just a cosmetic admonition to dharna-wallas to behave and then go home. And if they didn’t they would still not be thrown out.…
Nawaz Sharif’s dilemma: to lie low or fight it out?
Imran Khan can take credit for creating history by necessitating the longest joint session of Parliament’s history. While the Presidential addresses to joint houses are usually over in hours, the important Constitutional…
Roller coaster for Imran Khan–as PM or otherwise
View from the Gallery Amir Mateen Islamabad— Political winds seem to be turning fast against PTI/PAT sit-ins. With Imran Khan issuing daily strictures against everything and everyone that moves on two legs,…
