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Asha’ar Rehman
Asha’ar Rehman

  • September 23, 2023

    In the interest of…

    The last time Mian Nawaz Sharif set forth towards Pakistan, his younger...

  • September 16, 2023

    Stable options

    Cleaning the political stables for posterity is the buzzword that has...

  • September 09, 2023

    Obituaries of haste

    Heath Streak was a fine Zimbabwean cricketer who died young recently...

  • September 02, 2023

    Energy, power, revolution

    The past few days have been spent by repeatedly going over three...

  • August 26, 2023

    Age of self-loathing

    Through successive periods of extreme frustration in recent decades,...

  • August 19, 2023

    Boys from our neighbourhood

    There is no bigger fear than the fear of being led by your...

  • August 12, 2023

    End of acrimony

    To the credit of the very congenial-looking Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari , he...

  • August 05, 2023

    A happy gathering

    The refrain about a supposedly impending parting of ways between the...

  • July 22, 2023

    Looking for poll clues

    Pakistan needs to fast start throwing up signs to convince everyone...

  • July 15, 2023

    Resume of a doer

    PML-N's sympathizers spent all of Thursday – July 13 – on social...

  • July 08, 2023

    Who wants to be the PCB chief?

    The intense manoeuvring that goes into the selection of the person in...

  • June 24, 2023

    The JI and the jiyalas

    The PPP is not quite the party it used to be and today there are more...

  • June 17, 2023

    The victory lap

    Some of the politicians on the winning side of the current divide in...

  • June 10, 2023

    The lucky house

    If all the talk on the topic is something to go by, a Zardari home in...

  • June 03, 2023

    Per ways the Romans

    The Punjab law enforcers’ long-drawn expedition on Zahoor Elahi Road in...

  • May 27, 2023

    From the virtual to the real

    ‘Ghareeb kay bachay’ versus ‘ameeron kay bachay’. The intriguing...

  • May 13, 2023

    Looking for suspects

    The bunch of Pakistanis who went on an unprecedented rampage in the posh...

  • May 06, 2023

    At a safe distance – again

    The average age of the six soldiers killed in this case came to 28. The...

  • April 29, 2023

    Kingmakers for fathers

    Mr Asif Ali Zardari has expressed the very legitimate desire of seeing...

  • April 22, 2023

    A bit of Eid day remembrance

    Pakistanis have been confronted with too many crises in recent years to...

  • April 15, 2023

    Pleasures of political kill

    Among those who were stunned by a bit of unexpected news travelling from...

  • April 08, 2023

    The big ‘howevers’

    The pattern of commentary on Pakistani politics has fed an argumentative...

  • April 01, 2023

    The moment of truth

    It all really depends on which Pakistan you are face to face with at a...

  • March 25, 2023

    Crossover channel

    It all made so much sense then. The Imran Khan government had appeared so...

  • March 18, 2023

    The return of the guerrilla

    Imran Khan’s reputation as some sort of a guerrilla leader far preceded...

  • March 11, 2023

    Back to our worst

    We cannot but compare the current state of affairs in the country to the...

  • March 04, 2023

    By an election alone

    The media told them they were playing with fire by delaying a resort to...

  • February 25, 2023

    Long haul from The Mall

    Often it is impossible to escape Lahore, even if you happen to physically...

  • February 18, 2023

    Working for the right leader

    It is good to have friends in high places one can occasionally send...

  • February 11, 2023

    BBZ’s ‘dissenting’ note

    Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has been compelled by circumstances to send a...

  • February 04, 2023

    The real uncle problem

    Is it about one uncle or a host of troublesome uncles that need to be...

  • January 28, 2023

    For those who care

    There could not have been a more inauspicious start to a government –...

  • January 14, 2023

    No escape from the formula

    Back in the days when there were no 24/7 news channels around we had...

  • January 07, 2023

    A call for workers

    PML-N workers must greet the news about Ms Maryam Nawaz’s appointment...