Arif Nizami

The Sharifs’ conundrum “To be or not to be?”, the opening phrase uttered by Prince Hamlet sums up PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz) president Shahbaz Sharif’s predicament.

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Islam in danger again?  The Islamic version of Don Quixote with hordes of his Sancho Panzas in tow is all set to descend upon Islamabad later this month. Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehm

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And the nuclear option Prime minister Khan in his maiden speech at UNGA (United Nations General Assembly) succulently summed up the precarious situation in IOK (Indian occupied Kashmi

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And opening many frontsIn our present political milieu, rule by fiat is fast becoming the norm rather than the exception.The democratic project is a direct function of consensus building,

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And misplaced optimism The good news is that the prime minister is somewhat aware of the bad news on the economic front. That is why every weekend he is meeting his economic team to t

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Fresh challenges ahead Khan at the beginning of the second year of his tenure seems to be a little more decisive. Taking multifarious U-turns bordering on the tentative had become the

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Victory of sorts? Recent events taking place around Pakistan have suddenly catapulted the one-year-old PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) government to centre stage, thereby putting Prime

Islamabad’s limited options Predictably, India annexing the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir has evoked a very strong reaction from Pakistan. Diplomatic ties have been downgr

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The opposition’s humiliating defeat  Instead of merely blaming the ubiquitous ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) for its failure to dislodge Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani i

Time to face stark realities Prime minister Imran Khan after a warm and effusive summitry with the US president Donald Trump was given a hero’s welcome when he landed in Islamabad e

No holds barred confrontation  A widespread perception is fast developing that space for a democratic discourse is perceptibly shrinking. Frequent gagging of the media and co

In an era of confrontation While the political landscape remains murky, economic wizards will heave a sigh of relief that Pakistan has finally entered its 13th IMF (International Mone