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Energising the young

15.12.2024 20

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Pakistan’s 'brain rot'

We are increasingly living in a post-truth world. But what does it mean? Well, Oxford Dictionaries define it “as relating to and denoting...

09.12.2024 70

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PTI’s reality check

01.12.2024 20

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Clash of ignorant armies

24.11.2024 10

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In a toxic bubble

17.11.2024 10

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On a heap of garbage

27.10.2024 10

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The reality of an illusion

Against the backdrop of the explosive political crisis that relates to proposed constitutional amendments, Pakistan is now haunted by a grim and...

21.10.2024 50

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The adventures of Gandapur

13.10.2024 10

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Revolution made easy

One more time, Imran Khan’s party mobilized its forces to attack the citadel of power. Friday’s march on Islamabad will continue to make headlines...

06.10.2024 20

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Culture in times of trouble

In an environment ridden with conflict and uncertainty, the Arts Council of Pakistan (in Karachi) is celebrating culture with an unprecedented show of...

29.09.2024 40

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When mobs rule

Has the mob become a dominant force in Pakistani society? We do have some evidence to justify this fearful assertion, though primarily in the context...

22.09.2024 20

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What’s worrying you, really?

Let me suggest a little exercise that may help you sort out your thoughts and feelings about the existing state of affairs in the country. Pick out...

15.09.2024 30

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Who owns Pakistan?

Given the deafening buzz that the so-called Karsaz accident had created, its finale on Friday is bound to generate excited conversations about the...

08.09.2024 50

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Balochistan’s ‘game of thrones’

As an avid reader of fiction, I often wonder if even some of those who sit at the high table in the citadel of power read books and have learnt to use...

01.09.2024 40

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Maladies not interpreted

If there were dreams to sell, what would you buy? This choice actually belongs in the realm of poetry and parables. But dreams, in the context of...

25.08.2024 10

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Hold your breath

Yes, we are all waiting anxiously for something big to happen. In fact, what has already happened this week is stunning in its significance. But these...

18.08.2024 30

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Making sense of Bangladesh

11.08.2024 10

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Getting to know Pakistan

When you run into someone you know well, in a cafe or a grocery store or wherever, your conversation usually starts before even a word has been...

04.08.2024 10

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Thank heavens for the Olympics

It was well past midnight on Friday, and I sat glued to the live coverage of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. And I was truly overwhelmed...

28.07.2024 10

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Trump on the horizon

While the world is getting ready for the possibility of America being led by Donald Trump, we in Pakistan may also have our reasons to closely watch...

21.07.2024 70

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What’s going on?

Having been a proclaimed pessimist, sometimes boastfully so to, as they say, sex up a conversation, I am not very alarmed by the recent turn of events...

14.07.2024 20

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Wealth of a nation

Think about a small country, less than one-sixth of Karachi's population. Also, it is relatively poor and has a Muslim majority. What should this...

07.07.2024 20

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Barbarians in our midst

Every week, there is an inner dialogue in my head about the column that I write. It usually becomes difficult to find a subject that is not too...

23.06.2024 20

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Deficits in our lives

There is this quotation from Einstein that I was surprised to discover: “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax”. And for...

16.06.2024 40

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Modi is cut to size

Is there any hope for democracy in South Asia? Imagine what conjectures would have been made in response to this question just one week ago. But many...

09.06.2024 20

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Unthinkable thoughts

There is this forbidding thought that bothers me a lot. Let me put it as a question. What is more crucial for our nation’s progress, a nuclear...

02.06.2024 50

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The times they are a-sizzlin’

All around, things have been getting hot. The temperature is rising in the political sphere. And the calendar certifies that the long, hot summer is...

26.05.2024 20

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Two days that shook Quetta

When you look at the map of Pakistan, the province of Balochistan pops up with its geographical expanse. But where – and how big – is it in the...

19.05.2024 50

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Another day of infamy

While the advent of May 9, the first anniversary of attacks on some military installations after Imran Khan was taken into custody, had certainly...

12.05.2024 30

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An opportunity being lost

Being a man of action in the lazy setting of Pakistan’s politics, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would know that every challenge is an opportunity....

05.05.2024 50

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A broken, bleeding society

Every morning when I pick up the newspapers, I wonder if I will find a particular news, datelined Karachi, that is reported rather infrequently –...

28.04.2024 70

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A disdain for reality

We whine. And we dine. These two activities, in a proverbial sense, have apparently become the two faces of the Pakistani middle class. At the same...

07.04.2024 20

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Ides of March

Beware the Ides of March. This well-known quotation was, we know, the warning given to Julius Caesar, in Shakespeare’s play, by a soothsayer. It...

31.03.2024 20

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Saying it with bricks

What options does an ordinary man have in this country to find redress for the wrongs he suffers in his daily existence? For anyone who has observed...

24.03.2024 40

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Counting our deficits

With this week’s advent of Ramazan, our lives have changed in some tangible ways. Our daily routines have acquired a new rhythm. At least in these...

17.03.2024 20

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Can’t take them on

One of the most dreadful periods I have lived through, as a citizen and as a journalist, was in the aftermath of the assassination of Salmaan Taseer...

03.03.2024 20

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Lives people live

An ominous moment it was – at around midnight – when they finally announced their consensus to form the new government and agree on names for...

25.02.2024 60

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A Kafkaesque nightmare

What would a Charles Dickens, or a Dostoevsky or a Manto do with today’s Pakistan, in terms of investing its intriguing socio-political realities...

18.02.2024 50

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The morning after

For the second time, it seems, the powers-that-be have not been able to handle ‘Project Imran’. And this will have consequences in Pakistan’s...

11.02.2024 20

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Now, the chase sequence

When one of the time bombs seemingly planted for the final days of the electoral campaign exploded on Tuesday morning, there naturally was a rush of...

04.02.2024 20

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Ahsan Raza won’t vote

We do not know if Ahsan Raza Rizvi, a small businessman dealing in garments, had any interest in politics or if he felt connected to the election...

28.01.2024 10

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Thriving on confusion

A few weeks ago, I felt intrigued by a development in national affairs that made big headlines. I asked a friend who I believed had access to inside...

14.01.2024 40

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Storytelling as therapy

If you are unnerved by the national state of affairs and unable to figure out what the rulers and leaders of this country are doing, there is one...

07.01.2024 40

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Waiting for democracy

While we wait for elections to be held – with bated breath, perhaps – there are matters of greater significance that trouble the minds of people...

24.12.2023 50

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An invitation to dream

With the proceedings of the four-day 16th International Urdu Conference continuing this weekend at the Arts Council in Karachi, there is this...

03.12.2023 20

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