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Malik Tariq Ali

Malik Tariq Ali

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Modern apartheid and colonial echoes

29.01.2025 50

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Strengthening diplomacy against hostile propaganda

2024 has been one of the worst years in terms of fatalities and casualties suffered by our brave sons and daughters in uniform as well as innocent...

04.01.2025 3

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

The new brand of East India Company

LOYALTY to any individual or political party, must never overshadow loyalty to Pakistan and neither should the ambitions of the paid elite. They...

27.12.2024 5

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Ides of October-December

THERE should be no doubt about significance of Quaid’s advice given on 14 June 1948, that paid government servants should have no role in political...

19.12.2024 6

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Red Zone protests impact

IN the recent PTI-staged dharna, Pakistan has suffered immensely. Lives were lost—whether they were PTI activists or members of law enforcement,...

29.11.2024 5

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Democracy sans tolerance and ethics

THE struggle for independence of Pakistan and India, from British Colonial Raj, was led by political parties. For over 100 years, the Indian...

08.11.2024 2

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Smog the silent killer

SENIOR citizens of Lahore would be captive to the nostalgia associated with memories of a pollution free city, where citizens would sit in the...

02.11.2024 2

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Woes of a tax payer

IT is an article of faith for all patriotic Pakistanis, that undivided loyalty is as important as belief in one religion. Taxpayers, whose revenues...

31.10.2024 1

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Adieu CJ Qazi F Issa

CJ Qazi Faez Issa will always be remembered for his courage and commitment to upholding supremacy of the Constitution. He retires tomorrow (25...

25.10.2024 1

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Freedom of movement

A state, and its institutions, exists to serve citizens of a country, each performing their assigned constitutional functions. This is the Raison...

20.10.2024 1

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Pakistan in midst of a grave crisis

ON 20 September, a convoy of 12 foreign diplomats, on invitation of local traders of Swat Malam Jabba was subjected to a terrorist attack. The...

05.10.2024 2

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Sanity must prevail

  IT is the politics of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Allama Iqbal and the pioneers of our freedom struggle—men like Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk, Mohsin-ul-Mulk,...

22.09.2024 2

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Representation and taxation

A state cannot function and provide basic constitutional rights and privileges guaranteed to all citizens, nor protect its sovereignty, unless and...

19.09.2024 1

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Polarised and divided by vested interests

WHILE addressing Calcutta Convention on December 28, 1928, MAJ in reply to Jayakar, a leader of Hindu Mahasabha, delivered an articulated reply to...

13.09.2024 2

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Malaysian role model

THE obsession of our ruling elite, with Dubai, or countries where their former colonial masters reside, or which were part of their colonial...

02.09.2024 1

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Saudi Riyal to PKR rate today – 30 August 2024

KARACHI – The buying rate for Saudi Arabia Riyal in Pakistan stands at Rs73.9 while the selling rate stands at Rs74.45 on Friday in open market,...

30.08.2024 1

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Boulevard8, London Courtyard, Chilis Restaurant among 24 businesses sealed in Lahore

LAHORE – The Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Agency (TEPA) of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) continued operations against...

30.08.2024 2

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Karachi, Sindh Board Matric and Inter Results 2024 Dates revealed

30.08.2024 2

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Lahore, Punjab weather update; more intermittent rains, heavy falls likely

30.08.2024 1

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

PTA blocks hundreds of apps using Web Monitoring System

30.08.2024 2

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Politics of confrontation

THE evolving politics of confrontation is a destructive force that threatens our economy and undermines the moral and social fabric crucial for a...

07.08.2024 1

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Widespread monsoon rains predicted in Pakistan from July 22

ISLAMABAD – Widespread monsoon rains and gusty winds are predicted in Pakistan from July 22 onward with occasional gaps. Per the Pakistan...

21.07.2024 1

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

WhatsApp services disrupted for mobile data users in Pakistan – but why?

LAHORE – Whatsapp Users in Pakistan are facing problems while sharing filed using mobile data since Ashura. Those who are using on broadband are...

20.07.2024 1

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali