The writer is a freelance journalist
Big brother is finally watching you in real time. And because we’re not used to it, we’re going about our daily commute, unawares. However, all...
One of the major fallouts of the 21st century is how the internet, and by extension social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter, have created an...
Sometimes things need to get much worse before they begin to get better. Or, you need to hit rock bottom, after which the only movement left is...
A solitary kite was flying over a busy neighbourhood. It wasn’t a fancy gudda or patang, but a homemade kite that is put together with a plastic...
Pakistan’s motorisation rate – which is the number of passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants – stood at 17 in 2015. This is an...
April 24, 2015: Karachi. Renowned activist Sabeen Mahmud had just been murdered. As her friends, family and well-wishers tried to comprehend what...
At a time when governments and dictators alike are clamping down on freedom of speech and expression in print and on television, social media is...
There’s nothing quite like a fully functional and vibrant democracy. After all, which other political system will allow the president of your...
It happens every time. There is a terror incident somewhere in the country, and shortly afterwards we find out that there was intelligence available...
Let’s talk cricket for a while. One match in particular. Yes, that one. On one side there was India. Reigning world champions with arguably the...
Pakistan has a brand new counter-terrorism force . The first batch of nearly 500 corporals, as they have been named, has recently graduated from an...
Pick a card - any card. That’s how the magician starts. And it’s all downhill from there. The die is cast, and with equal measures of sleight of...
The recent arrest of Yousaf al Salafi, a Pakistani Syrian, allegedly the commander of the Islamic State group in Pakistan, has opened a new front...
Amidst all the grief in the aftermath of the horrific attack at the Army Public School in Peshawar, there has been one question on everybody’s...
News Analysis
The recently unveiled National Action Plan against terrorism is an important document. Important, because for the first time the government has...
December 16, 2014 will be a day remembered for long. Not only because 140 innocent children lost their lives in a war that simply has nothing to do...
The west has long pointed an accusing finger at Pakistan’s policy of dealing with terrorists, alleging that: a) the state differentiates between...
This whole horoscope deal is a scam. A whole lot of drivel, created by somebody back in the day with immense amounts of free time and ready access...
