There's a lion in the cage next to me. No, I am not kidding- I am travelling in a forklift about fifty feet high, making my way up to the dais from where Mian Nawaz Sharif, the original Loin of Punjab is about to make a speech. Why the...

You already know what I am going to tell you- but the system of getting a passport issued, your right as a citizen, something we are all encouraged to get, is an....ass. A passport is not an essential food, clothing issue - I accept, and last year more...