Aliya Hamza and Sanam Javed have now been incarcerated for over a year
Till quite recently, it all seemed dark as state institutions were locked up in bloody tentacles of forces of brute power
This kept them busy to an extent that they had no inclination left to attend to other things, gradual destruction of country being most important
I don’t know why and from where this streak of violence has penetrated the societal fabric
This awakening has also come at a critical time when the country is teetering on the brink of disaster
Former prime minister Imran Khan. — Instagram/ imrankhan.ptiAn old saying has it that “when you dance with the devil, the devil doesn’t...
The time of the holy cows and their aides and abettors may be up
We are living through such times when no professional outfit manifests even the most minimal level of integrity
In 2024 elections, power-wielders went a step too far in decimating two-thirds majority of PTI to help a coalition of corrupt sneak into power
Undying yearning to escape into comfort of another world is a theme that has attracted volumes of literature
There is also prospect of stuffing ballot boxes with votes in favour of parties being promoted by power wielders
There is still stage left for this drama to finally end: that of ECP exercising its right to challenge PHC decision in SC
This has made him even more popular, his image retaining its magnetic pull, calling upon people to throng hustings on election day
It was Shakespeare who said in ‘The Tempest’: “Those are pearls that were his eyes”. So powerful was the impact of the line that T S Eliot...
Despite the government's efforts to slow down the internet and disrupt X, Facebook, and other social media platforms, over 10 million people...
We are living through times when a foreboding often casts its shadow that whatever we were taught through our evolving years, whatever we learnt...
As time crawls to February 8, the date the ECP has designated for holding the next general elections in the country, the related uncertainties are...
The qualities associated with the legend of the phoenix are symptomatic of our times in an uncanny manner: that each phoenix lives for 500 years and...
Representational image from Unsplash. I have often written about the degenerative trends which seem to be swamping society and the destructive...
A voter is casting his vote at a polling station during by-elections in the NA-237 constituency in Karachi on October 16, 2022. — PPIThere comes a...
Afghan and Pakistani nationals walk through a security barrier to cross the border as the Pakistani and Taliban flags fly at the Pak-Afghan border...
PDM leaders Shehbaz Sharif , Asif Ali Zardari and Fazlur Rehman speak during a press conference in Islamabad, on March 28, 2022. — AFPThese...
Former president Asif Ali Zardari and Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. —AFP/FileTransition is a strange phenomenon that impacts life in a...
Devastating scenes of people crying over dead bodies of their loved ones, including women, children, would bring tears to every soul
“Out of the huts of history’s shame, I rise./ Up from the past that’s rooted in pain, I rise./ I am a black ocean, leaping and wide,/ Welling...
“In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile....
Highlighting the growing trust deficit between the state and the people, I tweeted a few days ago: “A country unwilling to engage with itself to...
With the release of the follow-up report by The Intercept regarding the alleged sale of arms to Ukraine due to economic contingencies and US...
Some among us are sensitive to even the slightest deviation from the course of truth and justice while others show a penchant to gel with the way...
Much may already have happened, but much more, tragically, continues to happen. It may not be difficult to fathom the direction the steps currently...
It seems that, despite the rapidly increasing burden of life, people are reconciled with being in chains that restrict their movement and padlocks...
Pakistan is shrouded in multiple crises with each day seeing the dawn of more grievous ones with painful monotony. If ever we had a script to go by,...
After much uncertainty and speculation, a caretaker prime minister has taken oath of office understandably to steer the country towards holding...
The Friday ColumnBy the time this piece appears in the press, the most dishonourable bunch ever in the history of Pakistan, led by that inveterate...
It is said: what’s in a number; after all, it is just a number. But did anyone ever think that it could be much more than that? It could actually...
In the existent times when sanity has been forfeited at the stake of personal vendettas, it is extremely difficult to keep destruction from visiting...
The wise have always advocated moderation in every task one may undertake and every plan one may envisage. The problem, if any, is not as much as in...
With a few exceptions under extraordinary circumstances, human conduct mostly remains an unpredictable phenomenon. With some rising to the apex of...
“To Bedlam with him!/ Is the man grown mad?” —Shakespeare. The pace at which conditions are deteriorating in the country is pregnant with an...
It is mind-boggling to see how deeply infatuated the state and its institutions are with the task of rendering Imran Khan and PTI irrelevant. The...
Every society is an amalgam of ideas, interests and proclivities which are not always similar in nature. In fact, more often, they reflect the vast...
The seemingly unending spate of arrests with credible information filtering out regarding pressure, even torture, being inflicted upon the detainees...
The Friday ColumnThroughout my living years, I imagined that I had a fair stock of words I could choose from to express my thoughts exactly the way...
The brutal and barbaric manner Imran Khan was arrested is a reprehensible act which would forever remain beyond the realm of lawful and decent...
“Stars, hide your fires,/ Let not light see my black and deep desires.” – Shakespeare: ‘Macbeth’The world has been full of people...
It is difficult to make much sense of what is happening around us within the precincts of logic and reason. But not only is this enactment of...
“Thou art become / The dungeon of thyself; thy soul/ Imprisoned now indeed, / In real darkness of the body dwells, / Shut up from outward light, /...
Those who thought that sanity would return to the ranks of the government, and that they would take the requisite steps to facilitate the holding of...
