While Rome’s crumbling Senate provides gripping drama, it is impossible not to draw comparisons
Trump presidency would mark the return of his signature ‘America First’ doctrine
Music legend Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan seen during a performance in this undated image. — Facebook/@theofficialnusrat/FileA new album of unheard...
Current situation is best described as a massive popular uprising, enjoying support from the entire nation except for a few beneficiaries of the...
‘Random Recalls’ by Air Commodore Abdul Wajid Salim is a memoir, filled with stories from his time in PAF
Book delves into the underlying causes of conflict and offers insightful strategies for achieving sustainable peace
Just four days ago, on March 26, Washington refused a request by Islamabad to exempt the Pak-Iran gas pipeline project from sanctions
Earlier in October, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif refused to inaugurate the dashboard for flood victims because it was a static one, and failed the...
See, history does repeat itself, even if it’s for karma. In 1962, exactly 60 years ago, the Cuban Missile Crisis took the world to the brink of...
The way these Conferences of the Parties climate summits drag on from one venue to the other with an ever bigger fanfare, it’s not unrealistic to...
Midway through the 26th Conference of Parties Climate Summit in Glasgow, two almost simultaneous but unconnected events reminded us of the starkness...
New media is still uncharted territory and with an ever-evolving landscape, it will be some time before a system of intrinsic checks and balances...
Freedom of expression is the most discussed, most fought about, yet the least understood of all individual rights. Difference of opinion is inherent...
Human rights violations arising specifically from panchayats/jirgas in Pakistan are signs of the times to come. Why panchayats/jirgas in...
I sometimes wonder how incidents of rape are discussed and interpreted in male baithaks in Pakistan. Do they acknowledge the grisly nature of such...
Buridan’s donkey was quietly dying. Philosophers were ripping apart the paradox at the seams when it suddenly acquired a new lease of life. It...
Rape is a crime dictated primarily by a twisted psychology. It’s about power, not pleasure. It’s about asserting control. So while demands for...
The Rs1,100 billion Karachi package announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan is not enough. Without transparency, no amount of money will ever be...
The Muslim Family Laws Ordinance of 1961 is one of the most progressive pieces of legislation to come out of that era in Pakistan. It was decades...
The $400 billion strategic partnership between Iran and China is a milestone in the rise of the Middle Hemisphere. It’s somewhat like the Monroe...
So, what happens when the tribe tries to overwhelm the man? Does the tribe win or the man? Should the tribe win or the man?I wish there were a...
Not so long ago, the right to criticize used to be a privilege. Before the anonymity provided by social media, even the educated refrained from...
The Covid-19 pandemic is changing the world in ways that were imaginable only in the realm of science fiction. The economic order of things is...
A couple of years ago, some friends on their trip back from the mazars of Sufi saints in Sindh brought back ajraks as gifts. I received four of...
