Andleeb Abbas - Author

A tale of two worlds

An ex-prime minister and a leader of one of country’s largest political party is shot at during a rally. At...

22nd Jan, 2023. 09:10 AM

Road to Nowhere

A charge-sheet against the Finance Minister, a harsh critique of how the economy is being managed, and a retaliation in...

11th Dec, 2022. 09:05 AM

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The Untraveled Road

The genie is out of the bottle. The cat is out of the bag. The bird is out of the...

06th Nov, 2022. 09:05 AM

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Going Nowhere

Friends turning away. Neighbours stirring up trouble. Global issues screaming for attention. This is not where Pakistan was six months...

25th Sep, 2022. 09:15 AM

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Altering political dynamics

In politics and war, unfair is fair. They say democracy is all about people’s will through free and fair elections....

14th Aug, 2022. 10:15 AM

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Making your life’s story into a bestseller

“Life is a story, make yours a best seller”. This saying by anonymous is so true. Where you are born is...

07th Aug, 2022. 11:52 AM

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Busting the generation gap

Generation X. Millennials. Generation Y. Coronials. These are some tags for the various generations that have dominated the demographic eras....

31st Jul, 2022. 10:15 AM

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The unthinkable has happened

15 to 5 is the score. That was what was predicted by everybody before the Punjab elections and isn’t that...

24th Jul, 2022. 10:15 AM

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Lessons from Sri Lanka

People attacking petrol stations. Families surrounding a minister in public and chanting “thief, thief”. No, this is not Sri Lanka,...

17th Jul, 2022. 10:15 AM

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Tough choices and consequences

Shut them up. Shoot the messenger. Gag them. These are choices that the government and its handlers are making to...

10th Jul, 2022. 10:15 AM

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Game plan – economic decimation

The grand plan was to call it a miscalculation or misadventure. Missed the target or missed the boat? Such are...

03rd Jul, 2022. 10:15 AM

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Curious case of cipher

Conspiracy, intervention and interference are some of the words used multiple times by the government. Such are the hundreds of...

26th Jun, 2022. 11:00 AM

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Reset of the stakeholder mindset

For reset to happen, an upset is a pre-requisite. For an upset to happen, a review of every act and...

19th Jun, 2022. 10:30 AM

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Heading towards sixth generation warfare

Hybrid wars are the new conflict and control weapon. Military operations have become old fashioned warfare. Cyber wars are the...

12th Jun, 2022. 10:15 AM

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Mockery of democracy

82 year olds and 72 year olds, 2 year olds and 2 months old, on buses and on foot, in...

05th Jun, 2022. 10:15 AM

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Breaking the taboos

Silence. Avoidance. Deflection. Well left. These are some responses to the taboo topics, debates, institutions, and people in the society....

29th May, 2022. 10:15 AM

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When Rome was burning

Stock market slides, nose dives and crashes. Rupee slides and is on almost a free fall. IMF refuses to negotiate....

22nd May, 2022. 10:15 AM

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Enigma of neutrality

Being neutral is now a loaded statement. Is it good? Is it bad? Is it the “done” thing? Is it...

15th May, 2022. 10:15 AM

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Crime without punishment

‘Crime and Punishment’ was one of the greatest novels written by Fyodor Dostoevsky in 1866. It follows the mental anguish...

08th May, 2022. 10:19 AM

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Political battle on social media

“It is just a Facebook party.” “Who reads tweets?” “Instagram is just for film actors.” “Whatsapp is just a rubbish...

01st May, 2022. 10:15 AM

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A nation rises

The PTI jalsa at the Minar-e-Pakistan, witnessed a sea of people, a tsunami. Words fall short of describing what only a drone camera...

24th Apr, 2022. 10:15 AM

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Movement for sovereignty

“Sovereignty is not given, it is taken,” said Mustafa Kamal Ataturk. The name Ataturk means “Father of the Turks”. Ataturk’s...

15th Apr, 2022. 06:41 PM