Tag: Abbas Nasir
Up the escalation ladder? – Abbas Nasir
THE dam has burst. And how. In a matter of four weeks, shelving nearly three years of silence, Nawaz Sharif has raced up...
It’s all about politics – Abbas Nasir
ALTHOUGH described as explosive, the disclosures made by former director general of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Bashir Memon were not surprising and...
Stage set for final round? – Abbas Nasir
CONTROLLING the narrative and sowing confusion and discord in the ranks of the adversary are among the major objectives of information warfare, which, therefore,...
Can the opposition play its role? – Abbas Nasir
NOW that the opposition has lost the FATF vote in the joint session of parliament, and has called a multiparty conference (MPC) off...
Death by a thousand cuts – Abbas Nasir
WHILE the political and parliamentary opposition is dithering due to the personal agendas and dilemmas of its main leaders from Shahbaz Sharif and Maryam...
What a sordid saga – Abbas Nasir
BY declining to accept the resignation of his special assistant on information and the chairman of the CPEC Authority the prime minister has drawn...
Points to ponder, Maryam – Abbas Nasir
DID NAB revive Maryam Nawaz’s fortunes, or were those images from Lahore no more than a flash in the pan? Whatever it was, the...
Travesty unlimited – Abbas Nasir
DEATHS and disappearances, of the enforced kind in particular, in Balochistan do not seem to gain much traction in the media for reasons that,...
Memories of another Beirut – Abbas Nasir
THE devastating explosion in Beirut this week that bloodied the beautiful Lebanese capital yet again, inflicting a tragic loss of over 150 lives, injuries...
Red herring debate – Abbas Nasir
THE ongoing debate about the dual nationality or permanent resident status abroad of the prime minister’s special assistants (SAPM) has claimed two scalps, if...