WILL TRUMP GET TRUMPED By Brig(R) Samson Simon Sharaf
It must have been an embarrassment for the Trump administration on two emotive decisions it took within hours of assuming power. While the world follows the legal battle over travel ban (more or less decided in the federal court), it is shying from condemning an ill planned US strike in Yemen killing innocent people that included women and children. This was the first overseas action by US forces...
PPP & the death of Morality By Jehangir Mirza
Morality is dead when it comes to Pakistan Peoples’ Party.Just as Asif Ali Zardari looked all set to launch the Punjab offensive, a leaked document detailing direct orders from PM Gillani to Ambassador Haqqani has rocked the PPP. The letter dated 2010 – now confirmed by the former Prime Minister as genuine albeit ifs & buts – empowered the Pakistani ambassador to issue visas to Americans...
Myth Making in Pakistani Politics By Raja Akhlaq Janjua
Yesterday, when I was talking with a friend about the Panama Papers Case and current political situation in Pakistan, my friend said “Imran Khan is a Jew Agent”. Once I made a cold shoulder cut, but then the discussion changed its direction to the conspicuous post election rigging accusations by Imran Khan and his call for the establishment of an autonomous judicial commission to enquire into...
Of Ego Trips and Terrorism By Lt. General (R) Ghulam Mustafa
13 February 2017 appears to have faded from nation’s memory as indeed all other such days which took away so many precious lives. Instead we are now riveted on PSL Finals in Lahore as if its success will be the victory we have been promised all along. In a way, yes, it will be. For whom and to what degree, is a moot point. Organizers of the event and those entrusted with its security will have a...
The IK Factor By Majid Rafiq
here has been a fundamental change brought in Pakistani politics due to one thing; the Imran Khan (IK) factor.Millions of Pakistanis now believe that Pakistan can be made into a great country because of this IK Factor.Pakistanis had given up on Pakistan and then IK brought a genuine hope of better Pakistan, a Naya Pakistan.This hope then has translated into passion and rage.Rage and passion often...
The Panama Fizzler By Brig(R) Samson Simon Sharaf
“The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed.”- Honoré de BalzacThe introduction to the Panama Bench judgment is sensational and apt. Perhaps the ruling judges allowed the dissenting judges to write this much in their honour. The quote most likely comes from Justice Khosa, known for his taste of...
