Gas price increases

PREDICTABLY enough, the managements of the two state-owned gas utilities — Sui Southern and Sui Northern — have filed their revenue requirements...

The uniqueness of the special dance called Dho Chapi performed at the end of a wedding

Baloch culture is one of the most unique in the world. Baloch are especially known by their traditions and humanity. The people of every culture...

Pompeo’s nauseating statement

Mohammad Jamil MEMBERS of US Administration and Generals have been pushing Pakistan to do more, despite the fact that more than 70000 Pakistani...

The lives of minority groups

The heart-wrenching scenes of violence by Hindu-right wing goons in Gurgaon against a Muslim family have appalled millions of humanists in the...

Forced conversions

THE alleged abduction of two young Hindu sisters, Reena and Raveena, from their home in Daharki last week is one of only a handful of the many...

Global terror map

THE Christchurch tragedy represents the union of two extremist tendencies — white supremacy and Islamophobia. White supremacy says that whites...

The path less travelled

THIS is the story of two men, of whom only one wanted to take the path less travelled. One was interested in ‘public welfare’, including building...

The Malaysian model

To me, the MOUs signed during visits by heads of states, heads of governments etc are only good if they are institutionally followed up. Otherwise,...

How about some shelanch tonight?

The Baloch are known to be brave, hospitable and respectful and to be blessed with distinctiveness of their culture, tradition, language, food and...

The shameful attack that backfired

Mueller’s findings

The conclusion drawn by Special Counsel Robert Mueller vindicates Donald Trump of a serious charge. The findings provide answer to a key question...

Karachi Green Line Project

The Sindh government has handed over control of the Karachi Green Line Bus Rapid Transit Project to the federal government. This is a plausible...

Algorithms for hate

The writer is a lawyer based in Lahore and also teaches at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. He holds an LL.M. from New York University...

Countering Islamophobia

The writer is CEO of CW Youth Initiative Pakistan, Project Chair of UNCTAD & CIO of Superior Group The 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center’s...

The politics of aid calculations

The writer is a PhD candidate and Director of South Asia Study Group at the University of Sydney. He tweets @HNadim87 Every US President, since the...

Islamophobia: An age-old smoldering volcano

Abdul Rasool Syed | The blatant display of savagery by the assailant in the Christchurch attack that claimed precious lives of fifty peaceful...

Rising gas tariff

The two state-owned gas utilities have once again asked the government to increase gas prices as they attempt to bridge their revenue shortfalls...

Testing times to acquire safe milk

The writer is a public health specialist In a country, where there are weak health regulations and flawed economics behind taxing the consumer...

Some welcome news, finally

Shahid M Amin MOST of the time, unfortunately, the news media is carrier of bad news. It is always reporting something awful happening in our...

Of moral policing on campus

Taj Nabi Khan LOOKING at the pattern of notifications issued over the years by different varsities of the country makes manifestation of the fact...

A different lens

It was 2008, I think. Our part-time graphic designer who was then involved in the making of a documentary on transgender persons would come to work...

Immigration and the Democrats

To date, Democrats have largely failed to lay out a comprehensive vision of what our immigration policy should be. Some of the announced...

Realism in foreign policy

Kangaroo Court acquits Samjhauta Express attackers

Iqbal Khan Pakistan aptly summoned Indian High Commissioner (IHC) to lodge protest and condemnation against the acquittal the four terrorists...

Lower growth and higher inflation

The debate on how the economy should be run began way, way before the election. As early as the middle of 2017, one aspect of the anti-Nawaz Sharif...

Economic reforms: Part - XLVII

We now turn to the main features of the 7th NFC Award. After agreeing to a set of issues that the NFC were to consider, working groups were...

Kashmir: A pilfered state

‘Sohni dharti’ — always

THE mention of Shahnaz Begum, who passed away in Dhaka recently, reminds us of the black-and-white TV days, and of the unqualified love of the land...

Prove it by deed Mr Modi

Malik Ashraf Reportedly the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a message of greetings to Prime Minister Imran Khan on the eve of Pakistan Day...

Going forward

IN every crisis is an opportunity. Indian and Pakistani policymakers must strive to identify what Pulwama may offer in that stead. They’d find...

A tonga and a peanut vendor

IT’s sad to read Nehru at a time like this. People of reason are being targeted, some killed, others jailed, and the perpetrators are being...

FATF visit and banned outfits

This Monday, a delegation of the Asia-Pacific Group (APG) — a regional affiliate of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) — arrived in Islamabad...

DG ISPR’s interview

In a recent interview with a Russian state-owned news agency, DG ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor stated that Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are meant...

Education issues

A many-splendored genius

UN convention on rights of children

In Pakistan, juveniles who get into run ins with the law are often subjected to torture during investigations and detained in police stations...

Malnutrition — a quagmire

Since its inception, Pakistan has suffered from multiple issues that impede its national growth. Among all leading problems, malnutrition has become...

Tax reforms in Pakistan

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is likely to miss its target by approximately Rs 485 billion according to recent reports. Reduced tax rates, the...

Struggling national identity

All states construct their identities for the purpose to unite its peopl All states construct their identities for the purpose to unite its people...

Will ever be

Let me rub the sleep that dusts superfluity from my eyes under my thumb-nails dies the sparrow yearning for a brave new Pakistan at last with the...

A way forward for Pakistan

The United States reiterated assurance in a joint statement issued after the 9th round of the US-India Strategic Security Dialogue, held in...

Who murdered journalism?

And what journalists, should do now People trust us journalists. Sorry, they once did. They no longer do. Once upon a time, not long ago, we...

How inclusive are we as a society?

Lessons we can learn from New Zealand’s response to tragedy No words can describe what a tragedy Christchurch attack was. We also fall short of...

Jacinda Ardern lives up to her talk

Last week’s Christchurch shooting staged an assault on everything New Zealand stood for: equality, religious freedom, and its profound embrace of...

Book review: ‘The Changing Global Geo-Political and Geo-strategic Dynamics: Challenges for Pakistan: Past and Present’ By Ambassador M. Alam Brohi

Ambassador M. Alam Brohi having played his innings in the world of diplomacy to the brim and having successfully authored his first book -A Voice...

Barbarism: the continued part of civilization

“The first man,” Freud says, “who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization” – yet he complains that civilization...