One after another attempt has been made over the past few years to control all media – electronic, print, and social. First it was the controversial Pakistan Media Development Authority that...
The lines of divide that run through Pakistan are disturbing. These lines were shown up during the meeting of the parliamentary committee on forced conversions, which met on Thursday and after a...
The US and the UK have started a new war against Afghanistan in the form of sanctions from global financial institutions. In addition, Washington has frozen almost $9.5 billion of Afghanistan's...
During the 2018 polls, Imran Khan made several promises with the nation, which included eradication of corruption and poverty, reducing unemployment and inflation, and dispensation of speedy justice...
On the one hand, the incumbent government is eagerly working to implement the Single National Curriculum in the country. On the other, residents of Pakistan’s largest province – Balochistan –...
This refers to the letter ‘Driving up costs’ by Wakeel Khan. Contrary to the writer’s suggestion, the government should discourage private vehicles to save precious foreign exchange being...
On October 10, I visited Sea View, Karachi for the first time and was shocked to find out that food items and snacks were being sold for high prices. One cup of tea was Rs70 while a pack of crisps...
Our politicians, while in power, are fond of launching projects that get them popularity. Such projects are for mere show and are either entirely abandoned by the succeeding government or completed...
The PTI government spent over a year trying to find fault/corruption in the LNG terminal built during the time Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was minister for petroleum and natural resources in the PML-N...
Unfortunately, in Balochistan, thousands of girls get married off before they reach the age of 17, to men as old as 40. Such marriages ruin the lives of young girls, who are deprived of their basic...
