Arif Nizami

Arif Nizami

The writer is Editor, Pakistan Today. He can be contacted at [email protected].

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Interview: Asif Ali Zardari

We did it for democracy!Zardari sb reveals the secret behind his successPakistan Today’s editor, Arif Nizami, interviewed former President Asif Ali Zardari on a private TV channel recently

Sep 27, 2014
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Losing the plot

The present political imbroglio has a sense of déjà vu about it     Is the ruling PML-N government losing the plot, thanks to its abysmal performance on the political front? Only<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/07/19/losing-the-plot/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jul 19, 2014
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Imran in the dock

But who’ll judge the judges? Mamnoon in the process of being elected president has inflicted a lot of collateral damage. The PTI chief Imran Khan is in the dock for committing contempt<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/08/03/imran-in-the-dock/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Aug 3, 2013
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Controlling the deep state

An elusive goal? A lot of furore has been created about the leaked Abbottabad Commission Report on the raid by US Special Forces killing Osama bin Laden more than two years ago.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/07/13/controlling-the-deep-state/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jul 13, 2013
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Terms of endearment

Will the current Indo-Pak goodwill last? Back in 1984, when Indian troops shocked the Pakistani nation by wresting control of the Siachen glacier, the president and COAS General Zia-ul-Haq expressed his utter<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/04/20/terms-of-endearment/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Apr 20, 2012
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From Memogate to Mehrangate

Hardboiled players script potboiled drama Younis Habib, the quintessential crook, has little credibility. The ailing ex-convict and chief executive of the defunct Mehran Bank was the central figure who disbursed as much<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/03/09/from-memogate-to-mehrangate/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Mar 9, 2012
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On the trilateral summit

Three’s not a crowdThe trilateral summit between Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran has helped in bringing the three Islamic neighbours and stakeholders in the region closer on how to end the Afghan

Feb 17, 2012
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Before the polls

Many a slip between the lip and the cupThe PPP core committee jointly chaired by the president and the prime minister has ostensibly struck a defiant note on the legal front. It has decided not to

Jan 6, 2012
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Take-no-dictation moment?

Now, eyeball to eyeballPrime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani – usually soft spoken and compromise-seeking – thunderously declaring “there can be no state within a state” has raised alarm bells

Dec 23, 2011
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The endgame is nigh

In the backdrop of a consistent downward slide in US-Pakistan relations, US President Barack Obama’s plain talking while announcing the withdrawal of 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by next summer is not at<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/24/the-endgame-is-nigh/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jun 24, 2011
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