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Revolution in times of non-revolution
Islamabad: As Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri continue their D-Chowk sit-in, Parliament is beginning to flex its muscles to, in the words of ANP’s Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, “get over with it.” …
Nisar-Aitzaz spat adds to PM’s anguish
Islamabad: Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri are wrong on many counts but they do have a point when they say that Parliament has lost its way and does not address the basic…
Miles to go before Nawaz Sharif sleeps
Islamabad—Just when we thought that Parliament was overly focused on the PTI/PAT hordes, Senator Raza Rabbani came to our rescue to put the ongoing political discourse in the right perspective. Come on,…
Will DJ continue playing music if politics turns dirty
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 Parliament…
Has the tide turned?
ISLAMABAD: It was obvious from the word go: the tide had turned against those who wanted to have Nawaz Sharif forcibly resign from the Premiership if the National Assembly’s dissolution or martial…
The theatre of the absurd continues — only in Pakistan
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 for its…
Let us see who blinks first
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 the government could…
Lessons to be drawn by Nawaz and Imran
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 Parliament equalises the…
Imran needs to get rid of bull-in-China-shop image
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 some dubious inexplicable…
A win-win situation for Imran Khan and everybody else
Islamabad: It was perhaps the darkest chapter in our parliamentary history. Military dictators may have packed it off several times but they never desecrated the Parliament while it was in session. …
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