Tag: The Friday Times
Dogs and Tails! By Najam Sethi
According to “insiders”, COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa recently summoned six PTI cabinet ministers for some plain talking: (1) the PTI government’s abysmal...
Game On Hai, still! By Najam Sethi
The PTI is crowing. The media agrees that the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is on the rocks. Asif Zardari has had a serious falling...
No reprieve By Najam Sethi
Shibli Faraz, the PTI spokesman, has lost the script. He cried himself hoarse defending the secret vote of “conscience” by opposition senators that enabled...
No Pawry By Najam Sethi
Hamza Shahbaz Sharif has finally obtained bail. Since the money laundering case is really about him rather than Shahbaz Sharif, it is only...
Game On Hai! By Najam Sethi
On the eve of the Senate elections next month, Imran Khan has reminded the PPP and PMLN of their pledge in the Charter...
In-House End Game By Najam Sethi
There are three ways to get rid of a government. First, martial law. Second, resignation by the prime minister. Third, a vote of...
Desperately seeking U-Turn By Najam Sethi
Pakistan is at a dangerous impasse, the manifestations of which are plain.
The economy has crumbled. This is partly due to blundering government policies and...
Moment of reckoning By Najam Sethi
The Pakistan Democratic Movement has kicked off with a bang.
What next?
The Gujranwala Jalsa on 16th October went according to script – nearly 50,000 people...
Extraordinary developments By Najam Sethi
In an extraordinary development, ex DG-FIA Bashir Memon has publicly revealed how the “selected” prime minister, Imran khan, personally summoned and ordered him to...
Going forward By Najam Sethi
Nawaz Sharif has finally broken his silence. Significantly, he has not minced his words by laying into the Miltablishment for destabilizing and undermining the...