Tag: Abbas Nasir
Party far from over? – Abbas Nasir
THE rot runs deep in the republic and insiders are crawling out of the woodwork to cause embarrassment to the current dispensation and its...
Tragically silenced – Abbas Nasir
THREE men of excellence in their fields have been told by the educational institutions they were teaching at that their ‘contracts will not be...
Justice for Justice Isa? – Abbas Nasir
THE judicial history of our blighted land is replete with verdicts in favour of usurpers and against elected civilian leaders, including several prime ministers...
Some focus now, please – Abbas Nasir
ON a number of occasions over the course of his political life, Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed his admiration for US-style presidency where...
PTI’s Jo Moore moment? – Abbas Nasir
IT was just before three in the afternoon in London on Sept 11, 2001. The Twin Towers had been in hit in New York,...
Happy IMF news but only just – Abbas Nasir
THIS week’s ‘staff level’ agreement announced by the International Monetary Fund with the government of Pakistan may have surprised many economic experts as it...
Inhuman terrorists’ rights – Abbas Nasir
AGAINST the backdrop of official silence, unnamed sources are leaking like a sieve and, with each emerging detail, it is becoming clearer that the...
Petty, pointless moves – Abbas Nasir
EACH political party that wins an election in democracies is entitled to usher in its manifesto pledges and bring in technocrats who can supervise...
Hail the heroes – Abbas Nasir
IT took an astute social media observer to point out that the amendment legalising the extension given to the army chief — in theory...
A battle for crumbs – Abbas Nasir
SOME political workers and opinion makers are expressing disappointment at what they see as indecent haste with which the main opposition political parties agreed...