We had all settled down to worry about the so-called mini-budget and the price of everything that matters when tragedy struck in the breakdown of...
I started last week’s article by saying that I am 72 years old. And I proved it to myself today, Wednesday, the day I am meant to submit my...
What I said last week about new colonialism which captures Third World countries is now making itself pretty obvious in Pakistan. It is a new kind...
I am 72 years old and next April I will be 73. So, I have been aware of what’s going on for some 50 years. Part of this awareness is gathering new...
This is the time of year when sadness returns with a vengeance and reflection too. I allude to our painful surrender, loss of half the country and...
When you want to determine the level of civilisation in a society, one of the best yardsticks to measure it is the behaviour of its mobs.Consider...
It is so wretchedly cold in Islamabad that one can get writer’s block! In the present instance, one actually has brain freeze which in turn has...
In Pakistan, we face situations every day that are both funny and tragic at the same time. Nearly all have pathos in them and large parts of them...
A well-deserved scolding. The Supreme Court summoned Prime Minister Imran Khan in the ongoing case on the Army Public School massacre. In 2014,...
Cricket tournaments raise a lot of emotions, both good and bad. There is joy at victory. There is dismay at defeat. And there is indifference over...
