It took a report that declared Islamabad as one of the most dangerous capitals in the world for the government to spring into action. As it...
Musharraf’s trial has divided the institutions of state and society. Somehow, there is no consensus in the society that his trial is the best...
A year after the burning of Joseph Colony in Lahore, the blasphemy accused Sawan Masih has been handed a death sentence. The blasphemy accused are...
It all began with a joint statement at the conclusion of the Saudi crown prince’s visit to Pakistan that called for immediate replacement of...
In recent months, the Council of Islamic Ideology , a constitutional body, has engaged the entire Pakistani society in useless debates. The...
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, who is otherwise believed to be a voice of sanity among the religious scholars in the country, recently made an off-the-cuff...
So what goes on in the heads of mothers as they step out of homes to work -- a work that gets rewarded in monetary terms, supplements the family...
This small ragtag group that started a long journey from Quetta under the banner of The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons has now come close to its...
Sarwat Ali lays down the problem in the simplest of words: "Pakistan is going through a bizarre phase. On the one hand, the traditional sites,...
Earlier, there was just talk about talks or talk about war or military operation or surgical strikes against the militants waging attacks on the...
The problems are complicated. It is not that there is terrorism in this country because there are no adequate laws. In fact, there are too many laws...
It seems we specialise in bad news; and in getting better on them each time. Last week’s WHO statement that Peshawar is the "largest reservoir...
There has been a lot of confusion about heroes in this country; perhaps a little more than at other places. A seemingly homogenous society, or even...
Just when people in this country think they have learnt to live with the doom and gloom around, some good news pours in to cheer them. The last...
We are becoming more conscious of the language we speak. Are we using the language just to communicate or is it something "reflective of our...
December 27, 2013 will be different. It will be the first time the PPP is out of power since the murder of Benazir Bhutto in 2007. The party managed...
From organising a function to managing an event, we have come a long way. How the "functions" of yore became "events" of today owes itself hugely to...
Muharram in this country is a month of sadness, and it is not just the shahadat of Imam Hussain that is being mourned. Somehow, there is an air of...
In a society that celebrates family, anything that falls outside this circle of acceptance is considered strange if not outright abnormal. In this...
