Reaping the whirlwind by Zahid Husain

Zahid Husain

THE targets may be different but the perpetrators of the two deadly attacks carried out in Balochistan in the space of one month are the same. The responsibility of the carnage at the shrine in Khuzdar as well as the slaughter of police cadets in Quetta have been claimed by the militant Islamic State group and its affiliates.

Change of army guard- by Zahid Husain

Zahid Husain

IT should be a matter of days now when a new army chief is appointed to succeed Gen Raheel Sharif. The appointment is the prerogative of the prime minister who is expected to choose from a list of the four most senior officers. While one of them would get the coveted post of army chief, another would be promoted to chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.

Back from the brink? by Zahid husain

Zahid Husain

ALL focus has now shifted to a five-member bench of the Supreme Court to break the impasse over the Panama scandal. It is, indeed, a serious challenge for the country’s apex court to deal with. The issue has generated a political maelstrom threatening to sweep away the current system of politics.

After resisting earlier, Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali

Sharif under siege written by zahid husain

Zahid Husain

MATTERS are getting increasingly ominous for Nawaz Sharif, although he may still be in a state of denial. It is not just about Imran Khan’s threatened lockdown of the capital; it is his increasingly tense relations with the military that must be his main worry. It is a much more serious situation than what Sharif faced during the 2014 dharna.

Can Bilawal revive the party? written by Zahid Husain

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and a journalist

Can bilawal revive the party?

                                               SLOWLY but surely, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is making his presence felt on the national political scene. Though still raw and a novice, he has infused new life into the PPP that many thought was on the ventilator. He has certainly inherited the charisma and the mass appeal of the Bhuttos that has been missing from the party since the assassination of his mother.

But can he provide the kind of intellectual leadership that is needed to transform the party into a dynamic political force representing the country’s new social and political