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Good luck, President-elect Zardari, you need it [English]

September 13th by Kamran Shafi.
SO then, did not even one of his friends advise Asif Zardari not to put himself ‘in the line of fire’ (pun very much intended) unnecessarily? I mean, he could ...

A jiyala in the presidency [English]

September 13th by Rahimullah Yusufzai.
Asif Ali Zardari had declared sometime back that a jiyala, the colourful Urdu name given to the devoted PPP worker, would be installed in the presidency. True to his word, ...

Pakistan ki Khatir [Urdu]

September 12th by Ikram Sehgal.
"For the sake of Pakistan" is today's theme of our columnist , Ikram Sehgal, who is a defence analyst. He suggest our politicians that they must criticise but , dont ...

Army chief speaks; where’s the president? [English]

September 12th by Ayaz Amir. 2
General Ashfaq Kayani's statement---coming not a moment too soon---to the effect that there was no agreement permitting American forces to launch attacks on Pakistani territory should have come from the ...

Kash Aisa Na Hota [Urdu]

September 11th by Hamid Mir.
Hamid Mir sketching the last week political activity in Islamabad with his own style. He is showing concern over President Karzae's presence in Press Conference, Oath from Mr. Dogar and ...

Time to fight, time to unite [English]

September 11th by Ikram Sehgal.
Asif Ali Zardari has been sworn in as president. There is no better news for the federation than the active participation of all its units in voting for their preferred ...

The Zardari years [English]

September 11th by Kamila Hyat.
Things have gone along as had been expected. With an overwhelming majority, Asif Ali Zardari has effortlessly moved into the presidency. If things follow a constitutional path, he should remain ...

Endpiece [English]

September 11th by Ahmed Quraishi.
The election of President Zardari might be the lowest point for Pakistan's crumbling political system, low because it would have been difficult on moral grounds to elect someone with his ...

Asif Ali Zardari- naya safar [Urdu]

September 10th by Irfan Siddiqui.
Irfan Siddiqui in todays column drawing a new journey for Mr. President. He is also lauding the role of  President Zardari and the challenges he faced after Bibi's death. Must ...

Wages of a Zardari presidency [English]

September 7th by Ghazi Salahuddin.
A forbidding thought it may have been but the reality of Asif Ali Zardari as the president of Pakistan cannot be wished away. We know that Pakistan has not been ...

President Asif Zardari? Well, why not? [English]

September 6th by Kamran Shafi.
WRITING about his opposition to the candidature of Asif Ali Zardari, my old and respected friend Ardeshir Cowasjee had this to say: “Now, let us revert to our mutilated almost ...

Challenges for a Zardari presidency [English]

September 5th by Shafqat Mahmood.
Tomorrow, the sixth of September 2008, Asif Ali Zardari, husband of Benazir Bhutto and son in law of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto will be elected as the president of Pakistan for ...

The Joke [English]

September 4th by Fasi Zaka. %
Q: Why will Asif Ali Zardari be taking his oath as president during Ramazan? Ans. Because he wants the whole nation to be ready to fast for the next ...

Petty squabbling [English]

September 4th by Ahmed Quraishi.
You can say a lot about Pakistani politics from the simple fact that a newcomer like Asif Ali Zardari successfully took hardened politicians and journalists for a ride for eight ...

The man who would be president [English]

September 3rd by Nasim Zehra.
That the almost guaranteed winner of the presidential race, Asif Zardari, is a mixed bag is undeniable. His eleven years in jail, the controversially ownership of Surrey Palace and ...

One flew over the cuckoo’s nest? [English]

September 2nd by Anjum Niaz.
Hype and fear have overtaken the nation. Are we on a collective suicide path or are we about to witness the emergence of a messiah who will replace the ...

The will of the PPP/people [English]

September 2nd by Mosharraf Zaidi.
Middle Pakistan's outrage at the potential Zardari presidency is collectively misdirected, disorganised and lacking the democratic legitimacy that would make Mr Zardari sit up and take notice. Luckily for ...

What a bloody mess! [English]

September 1st by Ardeshir Cowasjee.
HOW ironic. Having reiterated time and time again over the past years that the then president of Pakistan, Gen Pervez Musharraf, was (and remains) the best of the worst ...

The Zardari we love and hate [English]

September 1st by Kamal Siddiqi.
Why do we love to hate Mr Zardari? Mian Nawaz Sharif says that he is dismayed and disappointed. The PML-N feels cheated over the fact that despite an agreement between ...

On Mr Zardari as candidate for president [English]

August 29th by Shafqat Mahmood. %
One reflection of the dizzy pace of events over the last ten days is that Pervez Musharraf is now almost forgotten. Everyone knows he is around and there is some ...