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Being human is the fundamental crucible where from a variety of attributes spring. But we either fail to understand the cardinal importance of this...
A vast world of pain and emotion is encapsulated in the time between two of Faiz’s classics: ‘Subh-e-Azadi’ (Morning of freedom) and ‘Dhaka...
Pakistan’s politics has assumed the form of a circular movement which keeps coming back to the starting point after exhausting all possible forms of...
The spectre of terror is nothing new to Pakistan, but its current resurgence is a matter of grave concern, particularly if one sees gaping loopholes...
It is becoming increasingly difficult to write about Pakistan because so vast is the extent of challenges it faces and so grave their intensity that...
Delusion is generally perceived as a state of mind and deception, an act mired in ill intentions. But there is a definitive common ground between the...
Rather unexpectedly, London has already had a fair showering of snow, draping the city in white barely days before Christmas. While this will add...
Culture evolves over time. Civilizations take generations. In both instances, it would happen only if the initiative were supported by an intense...
General (r) Qamar Javed Bajwa has walked into the sunset leaving behind a legacy that, in many ways, will haunt us for a long time to come. The damage...
The time for the change of command at the GHQ has arrived. When this piece appears, it may already have taken place and the nation may finally know...
“Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself” – Samuel Butler. Through decades, a general perception had taken roots that we were but...
In an excessively fractious environment, political violence has been raised to a new level which is absolutely untenable. The criminally-planned and...
The long march has been on the road for a full one week now with no visible indication of it weakening either in numbers, or in the trademark...
Starting in Lahore, the freedom march would be on its way to Islamabad on the day this piece appears in the paper, to reach there on November 4. The...
Imran Khan’s recent sweeping electoral victory is indicative of a continually increasing support base for the leader as also a referendum for the...
“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it” — William Faulkner Pakistan has been an independent country since...
My friend, Lt-Gen (r) Tariq Khan, has scribbled his thoughts after a longish break. In his latest piece titled ‘Tyranny of misrule’, he says thus:...
A large number of audio leaks have surfaced chronicling conversations that took place in the Prime Minister’s Office, mostly discussing policy...
The vicious circus that has gone on in the country over the last few months is both bewildering and worrisome. For such has been its wickedness and...
The crime syndicate that was commissioned in April as a consequence of external conspiracy coupled with internal collaboration presents a pathetic...
The people of Pakistan have been victims of much discrimination, but never quite of a scale as in the current times. There are two separate sets of...
It is a given that crises bring nations together. Not here. Not now. In fact, we appear to be more divided than ever before, and the reasons may not...
Pakistan is being pushed to the brink. It may not be wrong to presume that it is well-nigh there, staring down into the abyss. The sordid happenings...
“It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.” – Socrates People have been variously perceived, understood and treated....
For all the years that Pakistan has been independent, we lived in fear of being attacked by our traditional rivals: India in the east and Afghanistan...
The Friday Column “Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad”. – Euripides The verdict announced by the ECP in the PTI...