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Test of nerves as PTI resignations loom over View from the Gallery
Amir Mateen 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…
Parliament leaves dharnas to die their own death Is the flood disaster man-made?
Amir Mateen 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…
Nawaz Sharif’s dilemma: to lie low or fight it out View from the Gallery
Amir Mateen ISLAMABAD: 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,…
Imagine life if Imran is PM – or if he is not 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, the counter attack at…
Will DJ continue playing music if politics turns dirty View from the gallery
Amir Mateen ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan’s PTI is definitely in trouble. Most of its elected members do not want to resign — whatever it takes. But it’s an awkward situation to return to…
The theatre of the absurd continues – only in Pakistan View from the gallery
Amir Mateen Islamabad: Only in Pakistan can this circus of the absurd unfold like this. Everybody knew that the elephant in the room was the so-called ‘Umpire’. The government called it in…
Lessons to be drawn by Nawaz and Imran View from the gallery
Amir Mateen ISLAMABAD: The best way for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to counter his political rivals is to come to Parliament and then speak. A five-minute speech by the prime minister in…
Let us see who blinks first View from the gallery
Amir Mateen ISLAMABAD: The PML (N) government was back to its trademark style of staying away from Parliament. Why keep the National Assembly in session when none of the leading lights from…
Imran seems to have done away with parliamentary politics View from the gallery
Amir Mateen ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan seems to have given up on parliamentary politics. Perhaps he thinks he does not have a chance in waiting for his term or he is working on…
A firm Nawaz makes things harder for antagonists View from the Gallery
Amir Mateen Islamabad: Political brinkmanship seems to be lingering on. Just when we thought the PML(N)-PTI impasse was close to getting resolved the negotiations went two steps backward. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif…
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