Muhammad Hanif graces ILF with wit and candour
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad’s Hotel Margalla is abuzz this weekend with literature lovers, prominent writers, analysts, researchers, intellectuals and artists gathered for the Islamabad Literature Festival...
Khan’s impassioned plea
And the nuclear option
Prime minister Khan in his maiden speech at UNGA (United Nations General Assembly) succulently summed up the precarious situation in...
Offensive interference
When going too far means going out of one’s bounds
Many nations- some more than others- now agree, at least in principle, that it...
Forever weaving a web of deception
Candid Corner
When a desirable slant is more important than the news
“Just because something isn’t a lie does not mean that it is not...
A worrying example
Security and Terrorism Clearance for the bureaucrats leaves many holes
There is very strict procedure for recruiting officers in the federal and provincial bureaucracy;...
Jai Shri Ram – a slogan to intimidate
How it became a battle cry
‘Jai Shri Ram’ is primarily a religious uttering used by the Hindus to hail the victory of Lord...
Unabated child abuse in our society
Laws exist, but need implementation
By: Abdul Rasool Syed
Kasur, that garnered international attention for recurring child abuse incidents in recent years, has again hit...
The cost of internationalising
At Penpoint
Where has internationalisation led anywhere?
Prime Minister Imran Khan will address the United Nations General Assembly today. It is a foregone conclusion that...
Strike when the iron’s hot
The world must act
By Usman Masood
As the Kashmiri people go through disappearances, torture, and deaths, in a suffocating lockdown, how our suave world–...
Bangladesh in cross-hairs of Hindutva
India and Bangladesh have a number of unresolved disputes
India does not take formal credit for the liberation of Bangladesh as it uses the...
Too much ‘awareness’, not enough action
At some point, there has to be action
Religious extremists are not 'unintelligent'.
It's unwise to underestimate one's political opponent under the best of circumstances....
3D Printing: Pakistan’s Economic Revival
The technology of the future…
By: Zeeshan Javed
It should not come as a surprise that the integration of technology is considered a vital part...
The rise of the Sangh Parivar
By: Raj Kumar Singh
The election results of the 16th and 17th Lok Sabha elections, held in 2014 and 2019 respectively, in which the Bharatiya...
Indian lost billions in the name of self-reliance
By Bilal Ahmed Sheikh
India with an armed forces strength of over 1.44 million active personnel, is the world’s second largest military force after China....
Modi-ism is 21st century Nazism
Pakistan will be no pushover
After the First World War (1914-1918) the Nazi Party was formed in Germany in the year 1920. Adolf Hitler,...
Need for overcoming spiritual poverty
Kashmir is part of a broader problem
I could not help to sympathise and feel sorry for one Priyanka Mattoo and her family after...
Dress codes, liberty and state interference
On the Haripur fiasco
The KP Department of Education successfully triggered a nationwide debate by directing the heads of government-run schools in Haripur and...
