Imran Khan has a new promise, and it’s one that is likely to please the masses. If elected, Imran Khan promises to solve the energy crisis within five years. Now, I know what you are thinking. How is Imran Khan going to do what no other government till date has been able to accomplish, and [...]
Is it that time of year already? You know, the time of year when someone decides that the solution to all the nation’s problems lies in censoring the internet? As you may have seen, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) for companies to provide national URL filtering and blocking [...]
PTI has never managed to do well in the polls. In the 15 years since Imran Khan began his one man political show, the only seat his party has ever managed to win was Imran’s. In 2008, PTI didn’t even bother to compete in elections. But the past few months have seen the rise of [...]
The discussion about the situation in Balochistan shows no signs of letting up, and we should seize the opportunity to apologise for past mistakes and correct our course so that all Pakistani citizens are afforded their rights. As I have written already this month, a sustainable solution can only come as the result of the [...]
American Congressman Dana Rohrabacher sent sparks flying when he touched the live wire of Balochistan by tabling a bill in the US Congress supporting Baloch separatism. The entire government displayed a showing of unity by responding strongly to the tabling of a bill in the US Congress supporting Balochistan separatists. PM Gilani slammed the bill, Foreign [...]
The Supreme Court’s decision to formally indict the Prime Minister on charges of contempt on Monday revolves around the question of presidential immunity outlined in Article 248 of the constitution, and yet this important fact seems to have been all but ignored in the discussion of charges against the PM as the court and the [...]
The following is a transcript of the speech made by Ambassador Sherry Rehman at her first public event at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, DC on 15th February 2012. Dick Solomon, Tara Sonenshine, Steven Hadley, the Board at USIP, Moeed Yusuf, and the Pakistan Program Team at USIP Good morning and thank you for [...]
The first piece of news I came across Monday morning was an article in Express Tribune about the Difa-e-Pakistan rally in Karachi. What stood out to be was the fact that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) senior vice-president Ejaz Chaudhry was also present at the rally. I will admit, it came as no surprise to me, and [...]
Salim Saifullah recently told reporters that he thought Pakistan was mistaken in supporting the Syrian people’s demand for democracy. Instead, he said we should have supported a dictator who is murdering his own people in order to gain favour with China, who vetoed a UNSC resolution drafted by the Arab League and supported by the [...]
An article in The News caught my attention yesterday when I read that the head of the Judicial Commission probing the memogate scandal is frustrated with inaction on the part of the government. According to the article, Justice Qazi Faiz Esa on Thursday expressed anger at the Foreign Office’s inability to pursue the matter of [...]