The writer is a freelance journalist
Big brother is finally watching you in real time. And because we’re...
One of the major fallouts of the 21st century is how the internet, and by...
Sometimes things need to get much worse before they begin to get better....
A solitary kite was flying over a busy neighbourhood. It wasn’t a fancy...
Pakistan’s motorisation rate – which is the number of...
April 24, 2015: Karachi. Renowned activist Sabeen Mahmud had just been...
At a time when governments and dictators alike are clamping down on...
There’s nothing quite like a fully functional and vibrant democracy. After all, which other political system will allow the president of your closest ally to speak before your elected...
It happens every time. There is a terror incident somewhere in the country, and shortly afterwards we find out that there was intelligence available of an imminent attack. And one can only wonder...
Let’s talk cricket for a while. One match in particular. Yes, that one. On one side there was India. Reigning world champions with arguably the strongest batting line-up the cricketing world has...
Pakistan has a brand new counter-terrorism force . The first batch of nearly 500 corporals, as they have been named, has recently graduated from an intensive course on investigation, intelligence...
Pick a card - any card. That’s how the magician starts. And it’s all downhill from there. The die is cast, and with equal measures of sleight of hand and a fixed deck, the magician bamboozles...
The recent arrest of Yousaf al Salafi, a Pakistani Syrian, allegedly the commander of the Islamic State group in Pakistan, has opened a new front in Pakistan’s counter-terrorism and security...
Amidst all the grief in the aftermath of the horrific attack at the Army Public School in Peshawar, there has been one question on everybody’s lips: When is Fazlullah going to be killed?And each...
News Analysis
The recently unveiled National Action Plan against terrorism is an important document. Important, because for the first time the government has created a comprehensive document detailing exactly...
December 16, 2014 will be a day remembered for long. Not only because 140 innocent children lost their lives in a war that simply has nothing to do with them, but also because that was the day...
The west has long pointed an accusing finger at Pakistan’s policy of dealing with terrorists, alleging that: a) the state differentiates between those that directly attack the country, it’s...
This whole horoscope deal is a scam. A whole lot of drivel, created by somebody back in the day with immense amounts of free time and ready access to mind altering drugs. But since nearly the entire...
