Numerous small businesses, including stalls, shops, marriage halls, playgrounds, and other establishments, have also been targeted
Pakistan only witnessed genuine anti-imperialist movements in its early period, chiefly led by various socialist groups. In contrast, the Right,...
Suddenly a new wave of ethnic and sectarian contradictions has raised its head in Sindh, particularly in its economic centre Karachi. Being a...
There is much outrage over the Supreme Court’s decision of June 14 in which the bench declared the leases of more than 10,000 houses fake with a...
For decades, the people of Karachi have suffered due to administrative mismanagement by successive governments and various state institutions. This...
The phenomenon that was born out of the death of a female student, Bushra Zaidi, in the 1980s is today breathing its last on a ventilator – with...
“I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans”, said Claude Shannon, the father of information theory, in an interview...
The story of Mian Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification has been analysed from different legal and political angles – with some determined to...
Concluding my previous article, ‘Corruption and Rhetoric’ , I wrote: “To fix a disease you need to identify the root cause first....
While Pakistan is resonating with anti-corruption chants, Nigeria is chanting “bring back corruption”. Muhammadu Buhari was elected by...
The use of coercion as the main governing tool by a state is unacceptable – whether under democracy, military rule or monarchy. A quick look...
For more than two decades JITs have been bringing Paharis, Commandos, Motas etc on to our TV screens, but analysts outside Karachi fail to...
LONDON: Pakistan’s former envoy to the US and UK, Dr Maleeha Lodhi, has said that if the internation
