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The game is on By Zahid Hussain
IT will be a secret ballot at the Senate elections. The Supreme Court decision is unambiguous. Yet it has not ended the controversy....
The political chessboard By Zahid Hussain
POLITICS is a war of nerves and political battles can result in terrible mistakes. What happened in the NA-75 by-election last week shows...
The lawless brigade By Zahid Hussain
THE much-hyped black coat revolution that shook Musharraf’s military regime has gone sour. What we have been witnessing over the years are scenes of...
A flawed system By Zahid Hussain
IT is not for the first time that the Senate elections have generated such intense debate over their transparency. But the issue had never...
The PDM’s predicament By Zahid Hussain
THERE may not be a parting of ways as yet but the divide is too wide to bridge. Four months after it was formed,...
Violence & Afghan peace talks By Zahid Hussain
THE two women judges shot dead in Kabul last Sunday were the latest victims of the targeted killings that have swept Afghanistan amid the...
Legacy of hate and divisions By Zahid Hussain
THE spectacle of a violent mob ransacking the citadel of American democracy demonstrated the ugly face of Donald Trump’s far-right populism. It was the...
Crisis of Pakistani democracy By Zahid Hussain
THE ongoing battle between the opposition and the PTI government has brought to the surface the worst of the prevailing political culture. It...
Countering the Indian threat By Zahid Hussain
FOREIGN MINISTER Shah Mahmood Qureshi has yet again warned of an Indian plan to launch a “surgical strike” on Pakistan. It is not...
Approaching a dead end By Zahid Hussain
FRENCH writer Georges Bernanos once said: “The worst, the most corrupting of lies are problems poorly stated.” His observation applies well to the ongoing...