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.
Op-Ed
The strange case of Punjab’s indissoluble assembly
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.
Sketchy path to transition
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.
Rooting for Ishaq Dar
The IMF has said it is not concerned with the Finance Minister’s move to freeze the federal petroleum development levy. By Ahmer Kureishi.
Decoding Khan’s ruckus about the next army chief
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.
Politics before polity?
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.
Imran Khan’s war on Pakistan
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
The tiger is coming
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
Justice vs the Chief Justice
A crusader top judge has taken it upon himself to address all ills of the polity above and beyond Constitutional sanction. What could go wrong?
So who brought Pakistan to its knees?
By Ahmer Kureishi
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan’s party is levelling allegations that the people who ousted them from power have brought the country to its knees in three months.
