The tough test of character comes in a waiting room. We are all heroes in a drawing room, stoking plans toward fantasy as far as the tensile strength of imagination will permit. While waiting, the lacklustre kill time and die of boredom . The ambitious dread the possibility that time will...
The idea of Pakistan
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There is good news from Pakistan. After Nawaz Sharif was displaced as prime minister in 1999, it seemed Pakistan would always have a cycle of democratic rule cut short by military dictatorships. Now, at last, we have for the first time a transition from one legitimately elected government to...
What Nawaz Sharif’s ...
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Pakistan has voted for continuity in replacing one conservative party with another at the national level and rejecting the radical message of a charismatic hero. A new government also comes in a year when the three most powerful men in Pakistan are leaving their jobs. For now, no change in...
Will Nawaz Sharif be...
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Pakistan’s elections have returned Nawaz Sharif to power nearly fourteen years after he was deposed by Pervez Musharraf, and imprisoned, before he was allowed to slip away to exile in Saudi Arabia. Twice removed as PM with less than half his term completed, will this be third time...
Pakistan’s Elections...
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Now that we know Nawaz Sharif will succeed Raja Pervez Ashraf as the next prime minster of Pakistan, it’s worth noting that Pakistan has never seen a democratic transition as smooth as the one set to take place between the outgoing Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the newly elected Pakistan...
Bowling a dot ball
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If not in politics, Pakistan’s world cup winning captain Imran Khan has certainly always been a larger than life cricketer. My favourite Imran story dates back to a Sharjah match in the late 1980s. On the eve of the game, Imran was told of reports that some of his players were looking to ‘fix’ the match. Angered, he called a team meeting and told the players that their entire match fee was being put on Pakistan winning the game. He warned them, “If I find any of you not giving 100% on the field, I promise you will never play for Pakistan again.” Sure enough, Pakistan won the game. That was Imran the cricketer, the most successful and...