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![]() Kamila HyatThe News International |
The inauguration of Justice Qazi Faez Isa as the new chief justice of Pakistan has brought hope to some – and inevitably dismay to others. It is...
The recent controversy over A-level results in Pakistan has stirred up new thinking on education. While most A-level students who sat for their exams...
The difference between anarchy and revolution can sometimes be very small. But Pakistan is in a situation where it is waiting for one of these to...
We were once on a road that could have led us to a promising future. That future now seems bleak, and hopelessness has overtaken a country from which...
The manner in which the 14-year-old girl tortured by the wife of a civil judge in Islamabad was treated seems almost unbelievable. The girl narrowly...
Pakistan’s eighth caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar has taken the reins of the country at a time when it faces economic, social and...
Arguably Pakistan is a prime destination for tourism. This has been promoted by various governments, including the recent government of the PTI. ...
We have probably all seen a child, perhaps in a tantrum or by accident, knock over a pile of blocks in our lifetime. Today, Pakistan resembles the...
In today’s constantly changing world, even as the print media somewhat sadly fades away, the media in all its other forms has become a more and more...
Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world. This is hardly good news for a nation that struggles to feed at least a third of its...
There are stories of immense human significance, at least to those directly involved across the country. Yet we rarely hear about them or discuss them...
The manner in which hundreds of women and children apparently locked into tiny rooms situated on the lower deck of the migrant boat that sank off the...
There can be many arguments over whether or not Pakistan has failed as a state. While there are opinions that this is indeed the case given the...
We need to keep looking over our shoulders at events across our border. Across our western border, things are looking grimmer and grimmer for women,...
Generally speaking, the news for Pakistan is not good. It now seems likely that the IMF tranche may not come through, leading to still greater...
Let us be clear about one thing: Imran Khan as a sportsperson and cricket captain for Pakistan was a formidable figure and quite naturally a hero for...
When Imran Khan came to power in 2018 many hoped he would break the hold of the corrupt and inefficient two-party system, which had controlled...
The amount of confusion surrounding what the PTI and Imran Khan are precisely standing for continues to envelop the political thinking of the country....
It is not surprising that a significantly high number of political commentators and analysts and ordinary people in the country are more despondent...
We ask why our society has become such a brutal one. Why do people fight so often for petty issues – and in some cases even kill each other or make...
Very few really think or consider the extent of suffering inflicted by the current economic crisis on the majority in the country. The starvation, the...
As we finish marking Eidul Fitr this year, there are many ways to observe the extent of the disparity which has overtaken society. In some quarters,...
During the early weeks of Ramazan, we saw multiple photographs and short clips on TV of the prime minister and other federal and provincial ministers...
We have always been an essentially misogynist and patriarchal society. Perhaps the two go together. Abusive language almost always contains comments...
Through its history Pakistan has seen many crises. These range from military takeovers beginning in the 1950s to wars and civil unrest of various...
Pakistan is facing one of the worst periods in its history. Very few would deny this reality. Inflation has reached record levels, with food price...
The news that we hear each day on our television sets or over our phones and electronic devices focuses on political events in the country. Of course,...
The time has come when we must ask that magic mirror on the wall what the future of our nation is to be. Beyond the mirror, there are really no...
As has happened before, several attempts were made to prevent this year’s Aurat March from going ahead on March 8 – International Women’s Day. ...
More and more young Pakistanis are opting to leave the country, rather than face a situation where political instability has brought economic crisis...
We are seeing a phase in our history where people continue to seek a messiah who can rescue them from their present set of woes. These woes include...
Pakistan is seeing yet another wave of militant action, with the bombing of a mosque in Peshawar, which killed nearly 100 persons, most of them...
Our society has become more and more violent. There is no doubt about this and plenty of evidence to illustrate the point. In recent years we have the...
Most Pakistanis – for obvious reasons – are pessimistic about the future of Pakistan and what it holds for them and the nation as a whole. Much of...
The ludicrous ban on the film ‘Joyland’ by the Punjab government shows us the desire of authorities to cast darkness across Pakistani society....
When former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf was in power in Pakistan, he violated democratic and moral dictates by altering the electoral laws...
Sadly, the new year has brought us a literal cloud of murky gloom in Punjab and a more metaphorical mist in other parts of the country. Many wonder...
According to various studies carried out across the country, the rate of depression, anxiety and stress in Pakistan is surprisingly high. It is not...