Found guilty of corruption by an Islamabad sessions court, former Prime Minister Imran Khan is finally behind bars, but it is still too soon to write him off as a potent political force. Here is why. By Ahmer Kureishi.
Nawaz Sharif was hounded out of politics (and eventually the country) to install and keep Imran Khan in power. There is poetic justice in the idea that his return coincides with the end of Khan’s political journey. By Ahmer Kureishi.
The direction taken by the court proceedings suggests that while the battle for the administrative control of the province is evenly poised, the Punjab Assembly has gained a guaranteed lease on life at least another eighteen days. By Ahmer Kureishi.
By Ahmer Kureishi
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been threatening to dissolve the Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial assemblies for quite a while now. In particular, living a charmed life under this dangling Damocles’ sword has been the Punjab assembly and the government of Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi, a key ally of Khan.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s nascent democracy has recently witnessed a very positive omen for the country as the military establishment publicly surrendered itself bowing before Constitutional supremacy first time in the country’s history.
The IMF has said it is not concerned with the Finance Minister’s move to freeze the federal petroleum development levy. By Ahmer Kureishi.
Khan will rile up his foes. Khan will fight with all his might. Khan will do all it takes to stage a comeback. If you find it damaging to your polity, rest assured that is incidental.
By Ahmer Kureishi
It the end, it did not matter because the International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board put its seal on the staff-level agreement made with Pakistan in July. But Pakistan is aghast that former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his inner coterie stooped to something treachery in high places does not begin to describe.
Shebaz Gill and ARY are the first casualties of the former prime minister’s no-holds-barred campaign for supremacy over the Pakistani state, but the authorities must
Former Prime Minister’s Imran Khan’s idea of contesting by-polls from all nine constituencies that fell vacant after the National Assembly Speaker accepted resignations of lawmakers from the his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has galvanised his following. By Ahmer Kureishi
