Tag: Punjab
Punjab & the Mockery of Democracy
‘Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with Chaos’. Will Durant.How do you manufacture a suicide bomber? A question I have often...
He came, He saw, He Conquered
I’m not an old experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have a learned that the hardest thing about any...
PTI’s landslide victory
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s landslide victory in the Punjab by-elections has validated what critics have been trying to warn since Imran Khan’s ouster in April—PTI has...
The Big Battle
The Punjab by-polls expected to take place on Sunday are going to be historic with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz pitched against each...
Punjab embroils into another crisis
After much debate and drama, things had only gotten back on track with Hamza Shehbaz being sworn-in as the chief minister of Punjab only...
Punjab crisis
In an unexpected move Governor Punjab Omar Sarfaraz Cheema rejected Usman Buzdar’s resignation hours before Hamza Shehbaz was to be sworn-in as Punjab chief...
LHC directs governor to complete oath-taking of Punjab CM by Thursday
The Lahore High Court gave a day’s deadline to the provincial governor to ensure that chief minister elect Hamza Shehbaz was sworn-in by Thursday.Announcing...
Dynastic Democracy!
Pakistani democracy, in its essence, remains anti-people, corrupt to the core and inefficient
PTI’s Achilles’ Heel
Buzdar’s inexplicable entrenchment as Punjab’s chief whip is one indicator that the PTI government may not be steering the ship
