Escaping the tyranny of our truths

While knowing that it is easy for us to be fooled by truths more than lies We are the preachers of truth. We teach...

Preaching for points

The Amir Liaquats need to go   In a country where we flock to the television like rats to pied piper, the media carries a huge...

The politics of CPEC

It is for Pakistan and its people   Any fool can know. The point is to understand. It is not that I am so smart. I...

Egypt, what next?

Actions of Egyptian military now pushing moderate Islamists to nexus with extremists Egypt has been garnering a lot of attention of late and even Syria...

There might be another earth

Like finding prime real estate in our neighbourhood   One astronomer likened it to a flashing neon sign. “I’m the nearest star, and I have a...

Baby steps towards normalcy

After multiple incident-free sporting events in Lahore other major cities need to be tested as well The event was always going to be heavier on...

Politics and its discontents

The solution is always more democracy Idealists, never content with a good idea, insist on distillation towards purer variations. One would have thought that Churchill...

Bibi

Lived and died for democracy "I would prefer to die for the cause that I struggled for all my life, rather than be run over...

On the way to Talibanisation!

Running with the democratic hare, hunting with the Taliban hounds The overseas Pakistanis as well are concerned by the increasing mayhem of those who support...

‘Serpent, guard thy tongue.’ Unfair to compare male, female athletes

The national women’s cricket team almost gave Pakistan the perfect Chaand Raat as they were zooming in on an opening game win against South Africa in...

CPEC strengthening Pakistan’s tourism industry

The infrastructure is improving China has proved time and again that it is Pakistan’s strategic partner and all-weather friend. When Pakistan’s economy was in...

DIY column-writing

For the benefit of aspiring and ‘junior’ columnists A column is broadly defined as a recurring article in a newspaper or magazine. The column allows...

Thank you, dear Muslimaat

A letter of gratitude to #MuslimahPride social media jihadis Dear Muslimaat, I don’t have words to express my gratitude and appreciation for your noble battle against...

Trump’s immigration order and Pakistan

  Why we shouldn’t panic - yet The world initially thought that Donald Trump’s executive order (EO) was just for the sake of domestic absorption to...

Pakistan’s economic growth maintained an upward trend in ‘16

With expectations of holding the momentum   Inflation hit a 13-year low in 2016, supported by falling international oil prices despite the high aggregate demand and...

Politics sans sanity

PTI is undermining its position     In the face of threats by Imran Khan to stage a sit-in in front of the Election Commission on 4th...

A revolutionary without revolution

The other Mandela The cloyingly sweet tributes to the late Nelson Mandela do as much to undermine the man’s legacy as they do to distort...