From Kargil to cricket
Musharraf’s legacy? Just when one thought events inside Dubai International Stadium couldn’t get any worse with India pounding the national cricket side, one saw Pervez Musharraf in the VIP box enjoying the…
Case against impeachment?
How close will this one get? Veteran journalist Bob Woodward’s latest book Fear: Trump in the White House is the latest – and arguably the most high-profile – in a series of…
Pakistan, India clash anything but a dead rubber
LAHORE: Technically Wednesday’s Asia Cup clash between Pakistan and India is a dead rubber. For, there would be no impact on the final standings no matter which side wins the match. This…
Diplomatic dilemmas
Khan might go with what Pakistani leaders have normally gone with Almost a month into the new government taking oath there already are quite a few talking points. While many of these…
‘Secular’ PPP’s Ahmadiphobia
This is where PPP cochairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has been in a particular fix Pakistan People’s Party leader Shehla Raza’s rants against a ‘Qadiani’ (derogatory term for Ahmadis) being appointed to Prime…
Despite recent successes, Asia Cup will be a unique challenge for Pakistan
After a hard-earned break of around two months, Pakistan will begin a continuum of high-value clashes with the Asia Cup in mid-September. Pakistan’s last challenge was the tour to Zimbabwe, where the…
PM Imran Khan missed a trick by replacing Najam Sethi as PCB chairman
LAHORE: Despite the rise of Pakistan cricket under former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Najam Sethi, his exit was always a foregone conclusion once the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government came to power.…
Original phir nahi ani
The releases lined up on Eid-ul-Azha were significantly better on paper as compared to what was on offer at Eid-ul-Fitr. However, given the string of disasters that Lollywood served two months ago,…
The saffron surf
Vajpayee and the BJP Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s ashes would be ritualistically immersed in the Mandovi and Zuari rivers of Goa on Thursday, eight days after he passed away…
Crude weaponry
‘Oil is always the answer’ Not that oil is ever not smack at the centre of global politics, but three recent developments serve as a crude reminder of the underground puppeteer’s clout.…
Saudi power play
A little insight On Sunday, Saudi Arabia called back its ambassador in Canada, giving his counterpart in Riyadh 24 hours to pack up his bags, following Canadian foreign ministry’s statement on Friday…
Eying the Chinese wallet
How the Middle Kingdom reaches out in the modern day In his formal victory address prime minister in waiting Imran Khan underlined a progressive foreign policy that is being lauded in many…
Lollywood in trouble
Teefa In Trouble is hands down the entertainer of the year. In fact, one could go a few months further back and that claim would still remain valid. That, in a nutshell,…
How hung will the parliament be?
About the immediate future… If the result of today’s polling is anything but a hung parliament, it will be one of the greatest electoral shocks in the history of Pakistani politics. Perhaps…
Freedom to commodify Kashmir
It’s been over a month since Eid-ul-Fitr, but the four films that jointly hit – in the most literal of senses – cinemas across the country still have quite a few ripples…
Monetary mess
Not much to write home about While everyone would be out to pin them on someone else, but the fact of the matter is that the next government is going to inherit…
Jackpot? Jack-sh*t!
One look at the ensemble cast Jackpot and you begin to convince yourself that there might be a few laughs in there to be had. For, almost every name in the lineup…