Tag: Dawn News Column
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...
Who’s in charge? – Irfan Hussain
IF democracy depends on the consent of the losers, then Pakistan cannot claim to be a democratic country. Oh sure, we have our elections,...
Vawda’s unfunny joke – Khurram Husain
IT is easy to forget that water scarcity presents Pakistan with one of its most serious existential challenges when the country’s own water minister...
A new federal administration – I.A. Rehman
MUCH credit is due to Dr Ishrat Husain, head of the task forces for the federal administration’s restructuring and reform of the civil services,...
ThinkFest thoughts – F.S. Aijazuddin
NOBEL Laureates are advised to bring their own multimedia equipment when lecturing in Pakistan. At the two-day ThinkFest 2020, held in Lahore recently, the...
Wag the dog – Irfan Hussain
IN the 1997 movie Wag the Dog, the US president gets embroiled in a sexual scandal while fighting for re-election. A spin doctor is...
Today, I am proudly Iranian By Pervez Hoodbhoy
A BABOON-faced thug with hair dyed orange threatens — and then repeats his threat — to destroy the world’s precious architectural heritage. He is...
First quarter developments – Khurram Husain
IT may not make for exciting reading but the quarterly reports of the State Bank are one of the few places where we get...
The drones of war – F.S. Aijazuddin
THE Western world has been itching to have a Third World War. The First World War of 1914-18 was a sort of hors d’oeuvre,...
A debatable solution – I.A. Rehman
THE ease with which matters regarding the fixation of terms of the appointment of the defence services’ chiefs, their reappointment, and the retirement or...