All eyes on the apex court- by Abbas Nasir

Abbas Nasir

NEXT week among matters of import, the Supreme Court will take up a review petition of Imdad Ali, a man convicted of murder who has been awaiting his fate on death row for 14 years. His death sentence has been upheld by the appeal courts including the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Enough of this traitor nonsense by Abbas Nasir

Abbas Nasir

THE noise created by the dramatic TV images of the protest by Imran Khan’s PTI and Shaikh Rashid’s AML in and around the capital pushed off the news agenda a startling disclosure by a former senior officer of the army which would normally have made headlines.

Whether this was a security breach or otherwise I cannot say as nobody in a position of authority described it as such. Since no offence was

Soldier's soldier will do right by us written by Abbas Nasir

Abbas Nasir

ALL the noise being made by various players jockeying for power in and around the federal capital has not distracted me for a moment from the feat of that remarkable young man who had a split second to make a choice — and look what a choice he made.

Yes, the right decision in this case meant he would be no more. But his training, and the job he did had taught him that selfless service to save the lives of those who had sworn to protect came first, even before his own life. You’d agree

Why the Confusion? written by Abbas Nasir

Abbas Nasir

THE next six weeks promise to be as tumultuous a period in Pakistan’s often unfortunate history as any, with the fate of an elected government possibly decided via street protests and the question of who will replace the current chief of the country’s powerful army being answered.

Adding a totally new element to the whole equation are the five petitions before the Supreme Court, including one by the PTI, seeking the disqualification of the prime minister

Storm in a teacup? written by abbas nasir

Abbas Nasir
The writer is a former
editor of dawn.

Storm in a teacup?

THE corps commanders have spoken. They have expressed concern over the “feeding of a false and fabricated story” that appeared in Dawn on Oct 6 as a breach of national security. At the same time, the government “as a gesture of goodwill” has removed the travel ban on the reporter who wrote the story.

Since the journalist seems to have his freedom to travel abroad restored one assumes that the military is blaming the government or some of its