A young Kashmiri’s lament to ISRO Chief
The fate of Vikram shows what it means to be out of touch
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced in his Independence Day...
Who will guard the guards?
People must not be deprived of life
The extra-judicial killing was barbaric, cold-blooded and shocking, to say the least. The mentally deranged Salahuddin Ayubi...
The future of Afghan peace talks…
Trump exploded a bombshell
By: Hamzah Taoqeer
The hopes of establishing peace and putting an end to the four-decade-old conflict in Afghanistan have shattered once...
China reaffirms support on Kashmir
It helps with Afghanistan too
According to the joint press statement issued after the visit of the Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang...
Million-marches and capital-lockdowns
A brief history
Maulana Fazlur Rehman is firm in his resolve to lockdown the federal capital. He had warned Imran Khan to resign by...
In times of instantaneous gratification
All things solemn and serious are sidelined and buried
How long does it take for a book to delight us? Well, way more...
Addressing those who have been fooled
Liar-in-chief
It was more than a century and a half ago that Abraham Lincoln told us, “You can fool some of the people all...
A case for Pakistan’s ‘City Liveability Index’
Karachi is like Damascus. And without a civil war!
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) recently launched, ‘The Global Liveability Index 2019’. According to the...
Genocide in Kashmir valley
The mayhem goes on relentlessly
By Imran Najeeb Butt
Kashmir has been turned into largest jail in the world for last 35 days. India is...
Police brutality
Cases like that of Salahuddin Ayubi will keep happening unless there are reforms
The state and its organs are primarily responsible to ensure the...
Dire straits
And misplaced optimism
The good news is that the prime minister is somewhat aware of the bad news on the economic front. That is...
Save water, save the living
Instead of bewailing water scarcity, let us act now!
By Engr Asif Ali Jam
Water is not only the most important natural resource around the...
For the US and Iran, war is not an option
There is need for an honest broker
Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, or Iran deal) was sadly...
The ‘politician’ is not your enemy
Tabdeeli has happened before
Mohammad Ali Jinnah was a civilian democratic ‘politician’ too.
This needs to be stated outright before any reflexive condemnation of a...
Power of Media
It needs watching
By Kamal Ahmed
In Pakistan, we all believe US President Donald Trump is capricious in decision making, Turkish President Tayyab Erdogan...
Modi’s India vs Hitler’s Reich
By B Z Khasru
The partition of India in 1947 by Britain to create two independent countries wreaked havoc in human lives and caused miseries....
The lockdown goes on….
Why blame the Arabs?
AT PENPOINT
As the world watches, something incredible is happening in Indian Held Kashmir; the lockdown clamped on the Valley, with...
