Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The cascading effect? “The entire country is seeing the glass as half full but for the life of me I don’t see why.” “What in the... Published 26 Nov, 2022 04:13am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: A duck, quack, quack… “How do you define lame-duck?” “A duck, quack, quack, that has become lame. And perhaps it’s all those who... Published 25 Nov, 2022 05:48am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The 24/7 television challenge “Nah nah nah poooh pooh…” “You are what? Two years old?” “All the hype and the result was as per... Published 24 Nov, 2022 04:28am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Toshakhana case “Nawaz Sharif has been avenged.” “Just because the Toshakhana case against The Khan is being heard in a court... Published 23 Nov, 2022 05:55am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Sheikh Rashid’s unsavoury comment “How would you define a man?” “I presume you mean apart from the obvious physical…” “Yep.” “Oh I... Published 22 Nov, 2022 03:23am
Opinion Economic framework yet to be finalized Setting the bar unrealistically high or looking at filling the glass up to more than capacity by any administration... Published 21 Nov, 2022 06:23am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Their political leap year “My request: will the man with real power stand forward.” “If I was Bill Clinton do you know which letter I... Published 19 Nov, 2022 06:05am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: ZB does receive some spiritual guidance “So any lessons learned?” “As a race we Pakistanis are not given to learning any lessons from our mistakes or... Published 18 Nov, 2022 05:53am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: How men talk about you “I don’t understand this hype about one looming appointment made controversial.” “Well I do, it’s an... Updated 17 Nov, 2022 09:39pm
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: A case of assets beyond means? “So now what?” “So now shut up about Dar sahib’s case of assets beyond means.” “I thought he said... Published 16 Nov, 2022 05:50am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Agri package under focus “This is really what sacrificing one’s political capital by taking economically extremely challenging conditions... Published 15 Nov, 2022 05:52am
Opinion The CPEC The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) began amidst much fanfare in 2015 subsequent to the visit of the Chinese... Updated 14 Nov, 2022 06:25am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Where stakeholders fear to tread “Power to the public!” “Indeed, where the government and powerful stakeholders feared to tread the public’s... Updated 12 Nov, 2022 06:39am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS The ‘Babar Awan Eleven’ “Thank you BAE, you made Pakistan proud.” “I don’t understand - BAE is a global defence company ... Published 11 Nov, 2022 05:54am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The role of a rating agency “I have opened a rating agency.” “Ah from a nobody to a somebody.” “Excuse me?” “Well as a rating... Published 10 Nov, 2022 06:04am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: IK’s letter to Alvi “Decadent Western capitalist.” “Excuse me?” “They never give gifts to our heads of government while the... Published 09 Nov, 2022 03:41am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Play cricket not politics “Going, going, going…gooooonnnn…back in play.” “Ha ha, that’s the way the cricket cookie crumbles for... Published 08 Nov, 2022 05:56am
Opinion The cost of political uncertainty The failed attempt on the life of former prime minister Imran Khan has raised temperatures throughout the country... Published 07 Nov, 2022 05:49am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Did we not learn anything from BB’s assassination? “I am devastated.” “Indeed, my question: did we not learn anything from Benazir Bhutto’s assassination?”... Published 05 Nov, 2022 05:53am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The credibility of a journalist’s source “What’s so funny?” “It’s what our political pundits are saying that’s so funny.” “What? That the... Published 04 Nov, 2022 05:56am