Tag: The Friday Times
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...
In Chains By Najam Sethi
Last Wednesday the government bulldozed eight bills without debate in a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament. The government said three bills —...
The Abyss By Najam Sethi
Nawaz Sharif has been declared by the courts to be an “absconder” from justice but the PMLN isn’t exactly quivering in its shoes....
Truth of the matter By Najam Sethi
Two issues have recently outraged the public. The first is the continuing woes of Karachi and the inability of the local, provincial or federal...
Winter of discontent By Najam Sethi
Prime Minister Imran Khan wants the PTI’s “Tiger Force” to keep an eye on government offices, markets, educational institutions, excursion places, police stations, courts,...
Waiting for Allah By Najam Sethi
In a long TV interview with Prime Minister Imran Khan aimed at highlighting the achievements of the PTI regime, it is telling that the...
Limit to everything By Najam Sethi
Sheikh Rashid, the leader of a one-man party with an eminently forgettable name, is an interesting source of information only because he attributes it,...