Omar Ali
Omar Ali

Editor

  • The 12th Man Rises?

    The Facebook generation and the deep state may both be ready to opt for Imran Khan. And Imran Khan, it seems, is ready to opt for them. But...

    BY Omar Ali 7 November 2011

  • The Narratives Come Home To Roost

    Most Pakistanis probably believe that 9/11 was an “inside job” and Mumbai 26/11was staged by some rightwing Hindu colonel. This amazing level of denial and disinformation that was carefully cultivated by the deep state has resulted in the present blo

    BY Omar Ali 22 May 2011

  • More Or Less?

    The notion that we are being unfairly asked to “do more” by the US and that things would be fine if that was not done is a common feeling in Pakistan...

    BY Omar Ali 16 November 2010

  • Imagine

    A happy speculation on what the shape of a different Pakistan could be if it manages to pull back from the edge of disaster and reorient its ideological mindset of the "deep state".

    BY Omar Ali 11 October 2010

  • Manufacturing Martial Law?

    We Pakistanis have a finely developed sense of conspiracy, so when we see the army's usual supporters out in force, we naturally suspect that the army is behind this and is itching to take over...

    BY Omar Ali 25 August 2010

  • Blowback In Lahore

    The attacks on Ahmedi mosques that killed over 80 people once again underline that such terrorism is unstoppable until you get at the infrastructure that trains and guides these terrorists

    BY Omar Ali 27 May 2010

  • The Lunatics Took Over the Asylum

    What explains the Air Marshal's incompetent bomb-maker son? Why does Pakistan seem to have an endless supply of morons willing to ruin their own lives for "the cause"?

    BY Omar Ali 10 May 2010

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