As Pakistan celebrates its platinum jubilee at 75, it is time to take stock of the country’s achievements and losses in various fields. A country can measure its progress in...
Seventy-five years ago, India gained freedom and declared itself a secular state. The constitution of the world’s largest democracy provides for “freedom of conscience and...
This urban legend is told in many ways, but here is, hopefully, a useful summary. A battleship, moving in the fog, notices light immediately ahead. After inquiries, the captain...
Father of the nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah not only won a separate homeland for Muslims living in the Subcontinent but also identified the issues that confronted the...
This letter refers to the article ‘Under assault – from within’ by Raoof Hasan. The writer surprises us by claiming Pakistanis never suspected there were enemies within more lethal than any...
Nepra is the regulating authority of Pakistan's energy sector so they are supposed to have the expertise to properly manage the energy sector of Pakistan. Nepra claims that there is an electricity...
In an extremely provocative move, last year Indian PM Narendra Modi announced that henceforth August 14 would be remembered as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day in India. It is very shocking that a...
For many reasons, democracy has yet to take firm roots in Pakistan. First, the political class is disconnected from the people and does not represent them faithfully. Education is still a luxury for...
Seventy-five years ago our great leaders struggled hard to bless us with a nation where we can practice our religion without fear of recrimination. Despite all the sacrifices and hardships we have...
The prospects of peace for the Israel-Palestine conflict seem to be bleak. In the recent flare-up, Tel Aviv pounded the Gaza Strip with missiles. Among the 44 civilian casualties, there were 16...
Most of the youth in Azad Kashmir are highly educated university graduates but are heavily dependent on government jobs owing to a dearth of private sector job opportunities in the region. The...
This letter refers to the article 'Where Pakistan stands at 75’ by Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri. The writer summarized the 75-year-long journey of Pakistan very well. Pakistan stands where it does today...
Imran Khan and the PTI appear to be carefully altering their ‘foreign conspiracy’ narrative, with Imran – who till now has been speaking of a conspiracy hatched in the US and by the US to oust...
It is a truth globally acknowledged that a functioning public transport is empowering for citizens, both financially and in terms of equality. This is especially so in the Global South where class...
