DR GHAYUR AYUB
The other evening, whilst sitting in front of the television, feeling tired, I closed my eyes and the political uncertainty in Pakistan started going through my mind. I must have dosed off to sleep at one point as I dreamt sitting in a big chair surrounded by familiar but yet unknown faces. I was someone in authority because everyone looked at me attentively with profound respect. Continue reading »
Can anyone name a Pakistani soul who has more votes in our presidential electoral college than does Mr Asif Ali Zardari? To be certain, presidential-hopeful Zardari is a product of a process – a process called elections. He is also a product of a system of governance – a system called democracy. Continue reading »
Masood Hasan
Columnists or hacks as I prefer to call this band of pen pushers and keyboard punchers are no great sages who can miraculously transcend the confusion and chaos of daily life and pronounce awe inspiring judgments and conclusions that makes everyone else suddenly see the light – an unfortunate turn of phrase seeing that we have none most of the time. They are buffeted about just as everyone else is, unable to predict where the next disaster is coming from and ill equipped to warn everyone to take evasive action. Continue reading »
It was September 26. I recall it because I was catching the flight back from Dallas and long hauls I find dreadful. At that point I had no idea I was walking beside and chatting with the next President of Pakistan. I don’t think he had any idea either Continue reading »
There are countless nuts on the loose on the Internet and the best way of keeping one’s sanity intact is to delete unread any messages they send
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Zardari was not focused on just two items, i.e. removal of Musharraf and restoration of the judges. Being the leader of the ruling party, he received input from various domestic and external sources, which influenced his decisions Continue reading »