The writer holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK and works in Islamabad.
In 1975, with the National Awami Party banned and all its properties and funds forfeited, the consequences of the early constitutional amendments...
This year, Pakistan is marking 50 years of the 1973 constitution that has experienced many mutilations at the hands of both civil and military...
The annual security report that the Center for Research & Security Studies releases every year has some points to ponder for us in its report for...
The eighth Ayaz Melo in Hyderabad, held from Dec 23 to Dec 25, presented over 20 sessions and gathered nearly 100 authors, intellectuals and poets...
How can a cultural and literary event generate so much controversy and opposition? Well, if two brave women play a leading role in it, it does. Amar...
The writer holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK. He tweets @NaazirMahmood and can be reached at:mnazir1964@yahoo.co.ukTalking about...
December reminds us of at least two major failures that have had a long lasting impact on our national psyche. Whether they were political or...
It would not have been possible with Imran Khan, or his information minister. Media freedom was an anathema to the entire PTI lot; they tried to...
One of the most remarkable meetings I had in India in 1984 was with comrade Somnath Chatterjee of the CPI-M, who had been an MP since 1971. He was...