There is much focus on the situational curses facing prime-minister-in-waiting Imran Khan, but not enough on his blessings .Indeed issues like a coalition government at the...
We are living in a world that is hard on minorities, almost everywhere. Minorities increasingly find their social and economic well-being, life and liberty threatened. Majority...
“One of the more pleasurable sins of economic planners,” Mahbubul Haq wrote in 1973, “is their addiction to economic fashions”. This applies to our deeply ingrained...
Last week, I received a message from a dear friend about Karachi as it was in the olden days. After reading it a number of times, I sat back, closed my eyes and reminisced about...
How can people assess the changes that a political party will bring once it assumes office? What is the idea behind the creation of a particular party? What are its goals and...
One year has passed since the ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which Nazis, neo-Confederates, Ku Klux Klansmen and others engaged in acts of violence,...
Recently, the world witnessed a heart-wrenching tragedy in which a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a school bus in Yemen’s province of Saada, killing several young children. For the past few...
I remember reading a research paper that stated that human beings spend about 18 hours a day on their smartphones today. While we may debate the number of hours, there is no denying the fact that an...
The menace of street crimes has again reared its ugly head in Karachi – that too to a great extent. As Eidul Azha is approaching, street criminals have also become active and have been carrying...
Due to acute shortage of irrigation water in Sindh, many farmers have not been able to sow cotton crop this year. Those who did, incurred huge expenses as they watered the crop through tubewells,...
Our political leaders talk a great deal about eradicating corruption and other social evils, especially the VIP culture, from society. However, no one has ever made serious efforts to abolish...
It is expected that prime minister-in-waiting, Imran Khan, will take the oath of office on August 18, and will expectedly remove all the political appointees of the previous government, as per the...
This August 14 will mark 71 years to Pakistan. Preparations are in full swing to express loyalty and love for our beloved country. But on this Independence Day we must ask ourselves a question: is...
Trees play an important role in our lives and add beauty to the place we live in. A place without trees has no beauty. It used to be a treat walking in parks and looking for shady trees to sit and...
As Pakistanis we believe criticising the system and government is our national right and duty, without realising, that we first need to keep a check on ourselves. On this Independence Day, let’s...
Piece-by-piece, US President Donald Trump has been dismantling his country’s relationship with Pakistan. He began last August when announcing his new Afghan security policy, where Pakistan was...
The Tharparkar region has faced erratic rainfall this year, contributing to the drought situation that has persisted in the desert area for many years. According to hospital sources, the overall...
