Category: Politics

Four imminent spoilers of Erdogan’s Caliphate ambitions

July 22, 2016

There are four possible spoilers that Erdogan is busy dealing with right now; democracy itself, professional armed forces, independent judiciary and free-thinking intelligentsia HUSSAIN SAQIB The failed coup of last Friday has not only changed the way Turkey looked a week back, it has shaken the very foundations of the country and shattered the faith of … More Four imminent spoilers of Erdogan’s Caliphate ambitions

Why Pakistanis have so much contempt for their Parliament?

November 5, 2015

HUSSAIN SAQIB It is not Salim Bukhari; it is the crooks entering the House through fake degrees, rigged polls and proceeds of crime who insult the Parliament Chairman of Pakistan’s Upper House of Parliament, Mian Raza Rabbani, is furious again; not because someone mentioned the M word but because of some loose remarks which slipped … More Why Pakistanis have so much contempt for their Parliament?

Pakistan’s SCO membership will create ripples, if not chaos, in the existing order

July 10, 2015

  HUSSAIN SAQIB Pakistan has finally been accepted as a full member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). And this has happened thanks to active support of China and Russia, its time-tested friend and a bitter-foe-turned-friend, respectively. Pakistan, with this new status, has effectively divorced itself from the bondage of its US friendship in order to … More Pakistan’s SCO membership will create ripples, if not chaos, in the existing order

Political elite of fake degree holders jumps into action against Axact

May 20, 2015

While government’s swift action to raid the offices of an IT company after it was named in a story of the New York Times is commendable, it is quite natural to expect that the government would be vigilante and would closely monitor the activities of all such companies who bring bad name to the country. … More Political elite of fake degree holders jumps into action against Axact

Senate: An assembly of saints and sages or small-time crooks?

March 5, 2015

Hussain Saqib Members of the Upper House should be “pick-of-the-society”; only those allowed becoming senators who are political equivalent of Saints and Sages. Bicameral parliament, consisting of an Upper House or Senate and the National Assembly, is the product of parliamentary system of the democratic dispensation. In this system, it is the federating units (read: … More Senate: An assembly of saints and sages or small-time crooks?

Terror sponsors rally to support beleaguered Nawaz Sharif

August 22, 2014

Hussain Saqib Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is politically and physically besieged in his official palace in Islamabad due to a massive sit-in of his political opponents, received support from forgotten allies. Pakistan’s right-wing extremist parties sympathizing with terrorists, some of which are banned by the government due to their terrorists activities, today took … More Terror sponsors rally to support beleaguered Nawaz Sharif

Musharraf in the court of media anchors….

November 21, 2013

The hottest and media-favorite topic in Pakistan these days is prosecution of former president Pervez Musharraf announced by the government to escape from charges of mis-governance on the eve of Ashura on last Friday in which score of people lost their lives in sectarian clashes. Nearly every channel, in its prime time talk shows, discusses … More Musharraf in the court of media anchors….

Young Pakistanis view their politicians with contempt, says a survey….

April 3, 2013

The five years’ period of loot and plunder by constitutional oligarchy may have bled the country to near death but the irreparable loss it has caused is to none else but democracy. The kind of kleptocracy which flourished in the last five years in the name of democracy has robbed the real democracy the respect … More Young Pakistanis view their politicians with contempt, says a survey….