Pakistan: No Country For Rebellion

Following the tumultuous events in Bangladesh and the dramatic ouster of Sheikh Hasina, Pakistani analysts have been debating if such a regime change was likely in their…

Nawaz Sharif Will Return To Imran Khan’s Pakistan

The electorate blames the PML-N for the inflation that’s making their lives difficult, and Imran Khan owns the anti-establishment narrative despite being locked up.…

Imran Khan Vs Military Establishment: The Final Showdown Begins?

The ugly scenes of excessive shelling, PTI workers pelting stones at the police force and the eventual incapacity of the government to arrest former prime minister Imran…

To Leave Or Not To Leave? 3 Critical Questions Surrounding Nawaz Sharif’s ‘Deal’

1 – Will Nawaz Sharif, at some point, agree to leave the country, accepting the government’s alleged ‘offer’? Nawaz Sharif has been reluctant to…

Like It Or Not, Maryam Nawaz Has Arrived

Maryam Nawaz, the uncrowned leader of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), is marching on with her avid supporters. The ‘Free Nawaz Sharif’ rallies are aimed…

Is Maryam Nawaz The Next Benazir Bhutto Of Pakistan?

Murtaza Solangi tells Nawaz Sharif and establishment reached no deal

There are rumours of a deal between Nawaz Sharif and the establishment and not only senior members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) federal and Punjab…

اوپوزیشن کہ رہی ہے کہ ہم ایک ہی ڈائریکشن میں چلیں گے لیکن پی ٹی آئ کہ رہی ہے کہ ہمیں اوپوزیشن کام نہیں کرنے دے رہی ۔۔ ؟

اوپوزیشن کہ رہی ہے کہ ہم ایک ہی ڈائریکشن میں چلیں گے لیکن پی ٹی آئ کہ رہی ہے کہ ہمیں اوپوزیشن کام نہیں…

Imran Khan is Pakistan’s new captain. Will he deliver?

Pakistanis on July 25 elected Imran Khan as their new prime minister. Even though the complete results have not been declared, he made a…

Kya Nawaz Sharif Hero ban chuke hain Sana Bucha Ka Raza Rumi se Sawal Public News

My analysis on Nawaz Sharif’s ouster…

Nawaz’s sixer?

Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif’s recent statement on the clear succession plan has killed many birds with the same stone. Amid uncertainty…

The Fall of Nawaz Sharif

04 August 2017: The Fall of Nawaz Sharif, Open Magazine.  The story of Nawaz Sharif’s rise and fall is the story of contemporary Pakistan. For him,…

Govt is digging own grave by muzzling online freedoms

The ongoing campaign against digital media is an extension of the established patterns of how the state – including elected government – can muzzle…

Go Nawaz go . . . for an early election

The third term of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been far from smooth. Beset by challenges of governance and a strong opposition, he has…

An elusive victory

Third time elected PM has once again survived in office. Two Supreme Court judges in their dissenting judgment found Sharif guilty of the charges…

Nawaz Sharif shift to the centre

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chequered political career may have entered a new phase. His third term is beset by the same old challenges usually…

Democracy in recession?

On the surface, things could not appear to be better for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. With a majority in parliament, electoral rigging charges thrown…

TALAASH WITH RAZA RUMI

Raza Rumi’s analysis on the political unstability in Pakistan in the wake of 2014 dharna and protests. Rumi says that the incumbent government has…

Challenges for the PML-N

In early June, the PML-N completed one year in office and presented its second budget before the Parliament. Both these events were overshadowed by…

History repeats itself?

It is time for Nawaz Sharif to revisit his earlier stints in power for obvious reasons TS Eliot had termed April as the cruellest…