Despite the verdict against Nawaz Sharif and his family, the elder Sharif’s earlier disqualification on Aqama, read Panama, irregularities created opportunities for political parties to present new narratives. The bye-elections race was ablaze with new fervor by political wielders and the masses alike. These circumstances lent a semblance of an ideological split within the country—between …

Pakistan has launched yet another crackdown against Jamaat-Ud-Dawa in order to save face at the Financial Action Task Force meeting (FATF is an intergovernmental organisation working against illegal finances and transactions) meeting next week in Paris. Pakistan fears that the meeting could result in the participants’ adoption of US backed motion to place Pakistan on …

The recent Lodhran bye Elections, NA 154, results alarmed PTI leadership. Their candidate Ali Tareen lost by a margin of 27000 votes to PML-N’s Syed Iqbal Shah. In 2015 Jahangir Tareen had won the elections from the very constituency with a sizable vote bank. What went wrong this time? The constituency was considered a secure …