Wajid Shamsul Hasan

There is an unending struggle since time immemorial between authoritarian forces and the masses seeking their right as the sole...

And the Boys are coming…!

by Wajid Shamsul Hasan

May 2, 2020

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Chief Martial Law Administrator/Army Chief Gen Ziaul Haq had taken complete control over the country after ousting Pakistan’s first elected...

COVID-19: Please heed to doctors warning

by Wajid Shamsul Hasan

April 23, 2020

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The coming weeks are likely to be worse than ever before. According to the latest figures released by the health...

Mir Shakeelur Rehman’s arrest is a severe blow to press freedom

by Wajid Shamsul Hasan

March 17, 2020

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Imran Khan’s slogan of ‘Tabdeli’ has proved too good to be true. One had expected that General Elections in 2018...

18th amendment & federalism!

by Wajid Shamsul Hasan

March 5, 2020

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April 10, 2010 was perhaps the greatest day in Pakistan’s constitutional history after adoption of Constitution in 1973 when the...

Legacy of Mirza Ghalib

by Wajid Shamsul Hasan

February 17, 2020

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Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib is my favourite poet. Like Shakespeare his verses so explicitly, most candidly and succinctly size up...

Tougher times ahead!

by Wajid Shamsul Hasan

February 6, 2020

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So far it seems easier than done for PTI. Besides their main support coming from the same ‘page’ powers that...

How safe is a safe house?

by Wajid Shamsul Hasan

January 27, 2020

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It is good to know that Her Majesty’s government, in its sublime generosity, courtesy its new High Commissioner HE Dr...

For whom the bell tolls!

by Wajid Shamsul Hasan

January 8, 2020

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Dr Henry Kissinger, now in his agile eighties, is considered as past master in international diplomacy. If I distinctly remember...

Salmaan Taseer Shaheed – remembering a brave heart

by Wajid Shamsul Hasan

January 3, 2020

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Tuesday January 4, 2011 was one of the darkest days of our times. It spotlighted our history with the ghastly...