The writer is an anthropologist and development professional.
What was the most important event of the year 2022? It was certainly not...
While Pakistan prepares to face new challenges and adopt green technology on a large scale, it must have a sharp focus on gender inclusivity and adopt gender inclusive policies....
Has the PDM government successfully reversed roles in a game that Imran...
The opposition alliance that outfoxed and outmanoeuvred Imran Khan in the...
Pakistani ulema and their alma maters are facing an unprecedented...
If nothing else, the ruling party is keeping us all entertained in these...
Between the relentless heat of summer and the ruthless cold of winter, it...
Are we hurtling to another crisis, if we are not in it already, at a time...
From heroes to zeroes, lawyers have come a long way since the movement...
The PTI has hit a jackpot and yet it is behaving like a shy bride. The...
How long can a major youth-bulge country, led by a self-serving power...
We are happily on the way to becoming a pious nation – yet again. And...
Activists of JUI-F lodge a sit-in protest on Indus Highway as part of...
“You are the protector of wisdom. Almighty Lord! Our helper and...
Maulana has pulled the biggest of all the contemporary dharnas organised...
Why should an elected government of a democratic country be bothered...
Maulana, for once, should thank his arch-enemy for reviving his political...
Imran Khan has proved that he can make a great wartime leader. No other...
The English medium is cruel because it is meant to create a class that is one notch above the Urdu medium- a class that can claim best economic and employment opportunities in the country.
Even a lay person can see that Article 149 is totally out of context in Karachi’s situation. Even if this Article carried such farfetched meanings that the MQM is trying to read in it, there is a...
ATM thief Salahuddin Ayubi of Gujranwala, who died in police custody last...
Waseem Akhtar wrote in the official letter that the appointment was made in response to the claim that Mustafa Kamal could clean the city of Karachi within 90 days. Unfortunately, the mayor...
Contrary to the expectations of many Pakistanis, leaders of the Ummah have not come galloping on their Arabian horses, brandishing shining crescent swords, to help us in our Kashmir cause. We may...
Since the British sold it to Gulab Singh for 7,500,000 Nanakshahi rupees,...
It is a bit early to identity the unsung heroes of tabdeeli who ensured...
The Pakistani diaspora living in the West is fired up by the enlightenment zeal. Since they live in developed countries, they think they know how a country can be developed. This has been a constant...
Hujra Shah Muqeem, a small town in the Okara district, is known for the...
For almost a year, our revolutionary government was strutting like a...
Why did Ghalib drink alcohol on credit when he knew that his habit would...
The sorcerer’s stone, also known as Manka, Geedar-singhi and Tabdeeli,...
Once you are up there, it must be very painful to imagine that one day...
Pakistan’s parliament is such a barren place these days, failing...
It is such shocking news. For months, some Chinese gangs preyed upon...
Despite all the U-turns, we can see some consistency in Imran Khan’s thought process ie the PTI’s ideology. Twenty-three years ago, Imran Khan started the PTI as a middle-class movement against...
What’s more important: rozi or justice? Rozi is all important,...
Let’s mourn for Asad Umar. His departure marks the end of a phase of...
If comic relief is not available, the grim business of governing can...
Imran Khan has finally reached out to Shahbaz Sharif. The four-page...
Many Pakistanis, including the incumbent prime minister, speak...
Bilawal must have waited for this moment for almost a decade. He might...
In 326 BC, Alexander gained control of Taxila. His companions found it a...
Has the story of militant organisations in Pakistan come full circle?...
Modi is not mad. He did overreach himself by crossing a red line, but it...
It has taken me a month to understand the wisdom of not maintaining clean...
A hot shower is now a luxury in Pakistan. The new gas tariff is hurting...
The PML-N is at its generous best and this time round its generosity is...
Between Ghalib and Iqbal, we picked Iqbal as our national poet. Iqbal...
We have been orphaned once again. The man who solved all of our problems...
It is a national calamity. The djinn millions of Pakistanis trusted...
Will the sun shine brighter in 2019? It is the year when Imran Khan and...
