I only watch movies on airplanes. A few years ago, despite not being a George Clooney fan, at 35,000 feet it seemed only appropriate to watch one...
The Islamists in Pakistan are not impressed by sympathetic scholars’ defence of their politics over the last decade. These religious groups...
It feels like it’s 1999 again. Gen Musharraf did it then and like Brittany Spears, he’s done it again. The former usurper of democracy...
There are two broad-brush conventional opinions about knowledge and philosophy in Pakistan. One estimates that the majority of Pakistanis are...
One can be cynical of the chauvinism that comes with patriotism and nationalism and yet admit a joyous moment of pride when Pakistani women receive...
In his original article on these pages , Feisal Naqvi invited us to consider the benefits of the Federal Shariat Court operating as a silo for...
The calculated massacre of schoolchildren by the Taliban in Peshawar began as a hostage situation. B
Politicians commonly attack their opponents because at the end of the day, they have to compete agai
In 2006, a triangular debate over democracy in Pakistan was published in these oped pages. S Akbar Z
Surely, the conscience of this nation lies with our moral angels, the TV anchors and hosts of talk-s
