Tag: The Friday Times
Constitutional Corruption By Najam Sethi
In 2013, Pakistan ranked 127 out of 179 countries in Transparency International’s “Corruption Index”. From 2014-2018 – the Nawaz Sharif years — its position...
Rigging next elections By Najam Sethi
Every day there is a picture in the media of Imran Khan cutting a ribbon or raising a curtain to inaugurate some new “development”...
Counter-Terrorism Options By Najam Sethi
Many Pakistanis are thrilled that America has got its come-uppance in Afghanistan. This is understandable. Since the 1990s when America turned its back on...
Ten days that shook the world By Najam Sethi
The Afghan Taliban talked and fought. They won. The Americans talked and ran. They lost. The end was foretold in 2020 when President Donald...
Message and medium By Najam Sethi
The Taliban are on the verge of seizing Kabul after having successfully forced – by a combination of military and diplomatic measures – the...
Narratives By Najam Sethi
Is there a rift between Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif that is bound to splinter the PMLN, as Sheikh Rashid has predicted, and enable...
We shall see By Najam Sethi
The Election Commission of Azad Jammu Kashmir has declared the Pakistan Tehreek i Insaf, with 25 out of 45 seats, as the winning party...
Asian or Afghan Solution? By Najam Sethi
More than any other country in our region, Pakistan is deeply worried about the Taliban’s swift advances in Afghanistan after the “withdrawal” of American...
Reconciliation? By Najam Sethi
Prime Minister Imran Khan has appointed Shahzain Bugti of the Jamhoori Watan Party, an ally of the PTI government, as Special Assistant to the...
Pakistaniyat By Najam Sethi
Imran Khan has exhorted “Pakistanis” to consciously absorb and practice “Pakistaniyat” to redeem respect and honour in the international market place of independent and...