An announcement by the Karachi police, making the wearing of helmets mandatory for motorbike drivers and pillion riders was welcome news. The use of...
Around four individuals have been captured and accused of multiple terrorist incidents in Karachi. As the list of allegations against them grows...
Things are getting better in Pakistan, we are told. The number of terrorist incidents has been reduced. Mega projects in big cities will facilitate...
Many of our laws and their implementation are highly flawed. It is important to speak out for justice, even for suspected terrorists and...
Somebody somewhere thought it was a really good idea. To publish an ad for Kalyan Jewellers with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan dressed in traditional grab...
Donald Rumsfeld was right about one thing. There are known unknowns and there are unknown unknowns. The things we don’t know that we don’t know....
Good news everyone. We have a plan to fix the energy crisis. Once again. In the 12th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy , bold measures were...
Pakistanis are usually thought to be a lethargic bunch, able to absorb blow after blow without much desire to rise up and protest anything. In...
Pakistanis are sometimes accused of not having a common enough identity and traits. Divided by religion, language, caste and various other...
The book ‘Plain Tales from the Raj’ contains narrated accounts by members of the British military, civil servants, memsahibs and businessmen...
There are things that are just not talked about. Topics taboo because they make us uncomfortable or because our safety depends on ignoring them....
We don’t have to delve beneath the earth to look for what will rid Pakistan of its money woes. It’s not just minerals we are rich inChiniot, a...
It is an age-old chicken and egg question. Does the prevalence of guns lead to more crimes or does the increase in crime rates force people to carry...
Exactly how Pakistanis will be convinced to give up their death-defying feats and adopt a more safety conscious approach remains to be seenFor the...
Pakistanis across all spheres and social classes suffer from indifference cloaked as helplessness, and victim mentalityThe difference in tone and...
