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Thursday June 19, 2025
Ghazi Salahuddin
Ghazi Salahuddin

The writer is a staff member.

  • June 15, 2025

    A new war begins

    Irony is that while old wars continue, Trump's efforts to strike nuclear deal with Iran prompted Israel to start new war

  • June 01, 2025

    A struggle to not forget

    Kundera also profoundly observed that rulers' real power is to change the past

  • May 25, 2025

    Noor and Banu

    In a general sense, focus is on challenges that women face in traditional, deeply patriarchal societies in South Asia

  • May 18, 2025

    Uses of a victory

    However, world has recognised astounding gains Pakistani military has made

  • May 04, 2025

    On tenterhooks

    Issue simply is freedom, and restrictions that have recently been imposed on media have added to our shortcomings as a nation

  • April 27, 2025

    A farewell to sanity

    One might say that statesman or, more appropriately, populist leader has in any case no use for voice of a poet

  • April 20, 2025

    Red lines, red lights

    There are those who cross red lines and others who cross red traffic lights. Together, they subvert rule of law and social harmony

  • April 13, 2025

    A Taj in our lives

    Tributes have flowed from highest in land to ordinary if you were to encounter them on street

  • April 06, 2025

    Death of a humanist

    Dr Haroon Ahmed was an exceptional person, a precious human being who strived, throughout his long life

  • March 30, 2025

    What’s on our mind?

    Number of traditions are associated with Eid, such as new clothes and giving and receiving of cash gifts as Eidi

  • March 23, 2025

    Thriving on adversity

    Yes, good news is that Pakistan is judged as country that is ‘happier’ than some of its neighbours in South Asia

  • March 16, 2025

    Rules of the game

    It would stand out in annals of major terrorist attacks that have wounded Pakistan

  • March 09, 2025

    Terrorism vs status of women

    Pakistan has risen to second place in Global Terrorism Index 2025, based on number of deaths in terrorist attacks during 2024

  • March 02, 2025

    In the wilderness of youth

    That is how, alas, system works. Or, at least, this is impression that people are left with

  • February 23, 2025

    Cricket as a wargame

    This will simply be a cricket match between India and Pakistan in Champions Trophy and it is not final

  • February 09, 2025

    Role model for leaders

    Prince Karim Aga Khan was Imam of Ismaili Muslims who are said to be about 15m in number

  • February 02, 2025

    Being more human

    Our successive rulers failed in their foremost responsibility of establishing peace and social harmony in society

  • January 26, 2025

    America takes a Trump

    The heart of the matter is that conservative, even far right, elements have prevailed in America

  • January 19, 2025

    The warp and woof of morality

    When you are abroad, you are constantly aware of how they do things differently there

  • January 12, 2025

    Rome’s ‘behishti darwaza’

    Pope inaugurates Jubilee year on Christmas Eve by opening Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica for pilgrims

  • January 05, 2025

    Wintry warmth of relationships

    We all have our own ways of ringing out old and ringing in new

  • December 22, 2024

    This deathly lure of Europe

    It is confirmed now 40 Pakistanis had died after boat of migrants had capsized in sea near Greece

  • December 15, 2024

    Energising the young

    Typically, young people are conspicuous by their absence in serious literary and cultural deliberations

  • December 08, 2024

    Pakistan’s 'brain rot'

    "Brain rot" is slang term for supposed mental damage done by over-consumption of trivial online content

  • December 01, 2024

    PTI’s reality check

    Such fall and such rise within 24 hours would constitute unimaginable dramatic shift in the affairs of country

  • November 24, 2024

    Clash of ignorant armies

    One can imagine how confusion will affect psyche of not just observers but also of participants of various ongoing conflicts in country

  • November 17, 2024

    In a toxic bubble

    Senior Punjab Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Friday that it has turned into a “health crisis”

  • October 27, 2024

    On a heap of garbage

    A glimpse of the lower depths of our society is bound to leave you very depressed

  • October 20, 2024

    The reality of an illusion

    Punjab CM declares that alleged rape of a college student in Lahore was “fabricated news”

  • October 13, 2024

    The adventures of Gandapur

    Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM Ali Amin Gandapur addresses a public gathering in this undated photo. — Facebook/AliAminKhanGandapurPti/FileWe have so many...

  • October 06, 2024

    Revolution made easy

    Supporters and activists of the PTI shout slogans during a protest in Islamabad on October 4, 2024. — AFPOne more time, Imran Khan’s party...

  • September 29, 2024

    Culture in times of trouble

    Epic renditions at festival, with media partners Geo and Jang Group, leave audience reveling in rich global diversity of music

  • September 22, 2024

    When mobs rule

    The history of violence and murders that relate to charges and allegations of blasphemy is long and unbearable

  • September 15, 2024

    What’s worrying you, really?

    CM Gandapur has provided enough material for a "cinematic thriller"

  • September 08, 2024

    Who owns Pakistan?

    The manner in which the SUVs and luxury vehicles lord it over on roads is one example of the gap that exists between, say, ‘us and them’

  • September 01, 2024

    Balochistan’s ‘game of thrones’

    What happened during the Sunday-Monday night has shaken the country

  • August 25, 2024

    Maladies not interpreted

    Karsaz accident triggered an emotional response across the country

  • August 18, 2024

    Hold your breath

    The process of a field general court martial had been initiated against them

  • August 11, 2024

    Making sense of Bangladesh

    There is hardly any parallel in modern history to bondage that exists between what is now Pakistan and what is now Bangladesh

  • August 04, 2024

    Getting to know Pakistan

    It should, essentially, be the task of our rulers to study and decipher our fundamental problems

  • July 28, 2024

    Thank heavens for the Olympics

    Our only hope for a gold medal is Arshad Nadeem, in the category of men’s javelin throw

  • July 21, 2024

    Trump on the horizon

    For his followers, Trump dodged that bullet because he is the man of destiny

  • July 14, 2024

    What’s going on?

    There is no clarity about what is happening and where we are headed as a nation

  • July 07, 2024

    Wealth of a nation

    A number of Ismail Kadare's novels are considered masterpieces and are translated into around 40 languages

  • June 23, 2024

    Barbarians in our midst

    A representational image showing furniture set on fire by a mob at Madyan police station, in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on June 20, 2024. — Geo...