Syed Munawar Hasan, the sitting chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, is in the news because of his controversial statements declaring Osama Bin Laden and...
Adnan Rehmat is director of media development at Civic Action Resources. With a background in journalism, he is a media development specialist...
If there is pain, it needs to be shared -- with gestures and not just words, by sparing time. Words, especially in prose, often fall flat
The News on Sunday: Nations tend to pick their heroes. How important are heroes for nation-building? What goes into the making of a hero? Mohammed...
All nation states imagine mythical heroes. Mostly, they imagine them in relation to enemies. So did the newly created state of Pakistan. Only it...
Writing poems and short stories is not good for a soldier’s image, even if he is retired. Yet many soldiers write them. The soldiers around us...
One look at the national political landscape and you can’t be blamed for thinking the PPP is dead as a political party. Well, almost. The...
Novels often struggle with their beginnings. It takes about six seven pages to introduce things -- characters, theme, locale, whatever. Just letting...
Anil Kalhan is an Associate Professor of Law at Drexel University, USA. Before coming to Drexel, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at...
Farah Zia in conversation with Bilal Tanweer about his debut novel, teaching of creative writing and other things
