Lessons from Trump’s second impeachment
It took a couple of centuries before the promise made in Declaration of Independence could be realised
The writer is a former caretaker finance minister and served as vice-president at the World Bank
There are good reasons why citizens of a country such as Pakistan should follow and possibly learn from the constitutional struggles being waged in the United States at this time. The American Constitution was written and adopted in 1788 by what were then the 13 colonies of Great Britain. They rebelled against the British crown then worn by King George III and took up arms to fight the colonial power. A rag tag army headed by General George Washington fought a series of wars and was able to prevail even though the British brought reinforcements recruited as mercenaries from Germany. A group of politically influential figures assembled in Philadelphia, then the largest American city, and wrote and approved a number of documents. Among them
PIA’s continued troubles
January 17, 2021
As if the embarrassment in international court battles over Riko Diq, Karkay and Broadsheet was not enough, the Pakistani government now looks set to cough up another huge sum in penalty. A PIA aircraft was seized by the Malaysian authorities over a $14 million lease dispute following a British court order. The Boeing 777 aircraft was held back at Kuala Lumpur airport and frantic efforts are said to have already begun to solve the matter through diplomatic channels. Alternative arrangements were made for distraught passengers to bring them back to Pakistan.
With more than $4 billion in accumulated losses, PIA was already struggling financially when flights were grounded last year due to the pandemic. Now, if the court decides the matter against the national flag carrier in proceedings fixed for later this month, PIA will suffer another hole in its finances. A spokesperson for the carrier has called the injunction issued by a local Malays
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As Donald Trump lurches through the disastrous final days of his presidency, Republicans are just beginning to survey the wreckage of his reign. Their party has been gutted, their leader is reviled, and after four years of excusing every presidential affront to “conservative values,” their credibility is shot. How will the GOP recover from the complicity and corruption of the Trump era? To many Republicans, the answer is simple: Pretend it never happened.
“We’re about to see a whole political party do a large-scale version of ‘New phone, who dis?’” says Sarah Isgur, a former top spokesperson for the Trump Justice Department. “It will be like that boyfriend you should never have dated the mistake that shall not be mentioned.”