DEBATING FOR PAKISTAN
Just when you think that you can’t be surprised any more, celestial forces drop something in your lap which make you cock your head and re-read the words on your screen. In this instance, this columnist has read a Press Release from the Ministry of Information six times and remains in a state of amazement....
WHY I WONT BE BUYING “THE BOOK”
Our warrior-writer President, General Pervaiz Musharraf, has a lot to be pleased about; unfortunately, very little of it has to do with Pakistan or the state of affairs within the country which he presides over. His three-week trip to the United States went off swimmingly on the personal front, but from the Pakistani perspective it...
MAY THE CAMEL OF GOOD GOVERNANCE SMILE ON US IN 2006
Since for the last twenty years or so our leaders have been trying to convince us that we’re Arabs and not South Asians, I thought I would start off the New Year by invoking the Holy Camel. While most pundits, columnists, and talk show host present predictions, and analysis of the year gone by, I...
YES PRIME MINISTER
This weekend the citizens of Karachi were in luck yet again when we were treated to yet another bout of VVIP movement which rendered the city immobile and all public services were dedicated to Mr. Shaukat Aziz’s “free and safe” movement. According to Press reports, most of the city’s police forces were assigned to either...
