Mirza and Zardari soap opera has reached new heights in recent days. Fierce it may look but it is just a good guy bad guy routine.
Zardari risked losing the entire nationalist vote in Sindh by his unrelenting commitment to alliance with MQM. And he had a scare when Sindhi nationalists gathered a storm in response [...]
Current deterioration in Pak-US relations has its roots in domestic US politics. President Obama is under intense political pressure in the run up to presidential elections on issues such as economy, health care reform and will have to face the public over his failure to bring home the troops he so famously promised and end [...]
Musharraf has many distinctions, one of them is imposing Martial Law twice. But why so many dictators have abrogated the constitution of Pakistan so much so that out of our over little more than half century life, two thirds of the time dictators have been in power. Internally we have a crop of politicians, who [...]
Last week Iran and USA held direct talks on nuclear issue that is engulfing the region already unstable due to some extent. The proximity of Iran with Iraq and Afghanistan, two countries that are already under attack makes this development extremely important. Any development which destabilizes Iran will further destabilize this region in general and [...]
Judicial system works in any society to safeguard the interests of the oppressed or victims and keeps the unruly elements of society in check. In order for judiciary to carry on its duties without any interference it requires independence from executive, but unfortunately it has seldom been the case in Pakistan.
While I am not at [...]
