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20th March, 2012
No end in sight
Ijaz's bizarre performance as the star witness has almost evaporated the possibility that Haqqani is in serious legal jeopardy.
Ijaz's bizarre performance as the star witness has almost evaporated the possibility that Haqqani is in serious legal jeopardy.
25th January, 2012
Memo probe heading for stalemate?
A high-level commission investigating the issue seemed to have hit a dead end after its fourth hearing.
A high-level commission investigating the issue seemed to have hit a dead end after its fourth hearing.
25th January, 2012
Time to move on
The judicial commission tried to convince Mansoor Ijaz to appear in person in Pakistan.
The judicial commission tried to convince Mansoor Ijaz to appear in person in Pakistan.
20th January, 2012
No Jack hit, this one!
Some in the Pakistan’s self-righteous media brigade downgraded Ijaz from Senior Jack of all trades to Junior Jack.
Some in the Pakistan’s self-righteous media brigade downgraded Ijaz from Senior Jack of all trades to Junior Jack.
23rd December, 2011
How to save democracy
Pakistan’s most fundamental and most perennial fault-line – the one between the state and the government – is at the…
Pakistan’s most fundamental and most perennial fault-line – the one between the state and the government – is at the…
22nd December, 2011
Piercing the veil of presidential immunity
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has received a considerable amount of criticism based on its fast-track hearings on Memogate, despite…
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has received a considerable amount of criticism based on its fast-track hearings on Memogate, despite…
19th December, 2011
A fragile experiment
MANSOOR Ijaz has done it again. His revelation last week that DG ISI Lt-Gen Shuja Pasha reached out to Arab countries to discuss the possibility of a coup has thrown yet another spanner in the civil-military works.
MANSOOR Ijaz has done it again. His revelation last week that DG ISI Lt-Gen Shuja Pasha reached out to Arab countries to discuss the possibility of a coup has thrown yet another spanner in the civil-military works.
3rd December, 2011
Memogate and SC
BY wading into the memogate scandal in a controversial manner, the Supreme Court has raised more than a few questions about the separation of powers
BY wading into the memogate scandal in a controversial manner, the Supreme Court has raised more than a few questions about the separation of powers
27th November, 2011
Memogate and history
HUSAIN Haqqani will not be enjoying Christmas festivities in Washington DC. The former journalist and spin-doctor was simply outmanoeuvred by his opponents in the field he thought he had mastery of.
HUSAIN Haqqani will not be enjoying Christmas festivities in Washington DC. The former journalist and spin-doctor was simply outmanoeuvred by his opponents in the field he thought he had mastery of.
24th November, 2011
How Sherry Rehman got the key diplomatic position
It is perhaps through her diplomatic skills that Sherry Rehman — once considered a persona non grata in the Pakistan People`s Party that sent her a show-cause notice for allegedly violating party discipline — has managed to get the country`s top ambassadorship in the United States.
It is perhaps through her diplomatic skills that Sherry Rehman — once considered a persona non grata in the Pakistan People`s Party that sent her a show-cause notice for allegedly violating party discipline — has managed to get the country`s top ambassadorship in the United States.
24th November, 2011
Memogate inquiry
HUSAIN Haqqani is out, clearing the way for an inquiry into memogate that could set the record straight and establish the truth behind one of the more bizarre episodes in Pakistan’s political-diplomatic history.
HUSAIN Haqqani is out, clearing the way for an inquiry into memogate that could set the record straight and establish the truth behind one of the more bizarre episodes in Pakistan’s political-diplomatic history.
24th November, 2011
The memo whodunit
ALL conscious citizens will approve of the prime minister’s decision to launch a thorough probe into the affair of the Mansoor Ijaz memorandum and to relieve Husain Haqqani of his post of ambassador.
ALL conscious citizens will approve of the prime minister’s decision to launch a thorough probe into the affair of the Mansoor Ijaz memorandum and to relieve Husain Haqqani of his post of ambassador.
