Jemima’s cousin, ‘Wiki’
Candid Corner
Unmasking a cesspool of bigotry and hatred
“History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This...
Kartarpur Corridor
Amidst headwinds of intolerance
Two important events took place on Saturday. The first was the opening of the Kartarpur corridor, thus allowing Indian Sikhs...
Accountability, NAB-style
Questionable techniques leading to bad results
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has never enjoyed a good reputation. Constituted by Pervez Musharraf, it was widely...
Iqbal’s dreams for an ideal homeland
Remembering Iqbal on his 142nd birth anniversary
By Muhammad Sohail Ahmed
It was in 1938 that Allama Iqbal died on 21 April 1939 after dreaming...
Welcome to Punjab: the birthplace of Guru Nanak
A step towards mutual tolerance
By Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar
Nothing is more satisfying than to be remembered as a peacemaker in the world. But peace...
Listen to the Lebanese people
The old sectarian basis of representation must go
In 2012, I wrote an article about Lebanon that still rings true today. It ended with...
PTI and the system
Flexibility is the essence of democracy
The government pretended that it was trying to reach a deal with the Azadi March organisers supported by...
FATF future
IMF mission also not unhappy about revenue
Federal Economic Affairs Minister Hammad Azhar has described a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) future which does...
Maulana’s putsch
The Azadi March has happened, but to what end?
AT PENPOINT
JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has carried out his Azadi March, and has delivered...
Aafia unheard
The story behind the woman
Dr Aafia Siddiqui's name is as much associated with controversy and conspiracy as mystery and intrigue. The book, Aafia...
Indian intransigence vis-à-vis Maulana’s dharna
How Modi exploited the dharna
Encouraged by Islamabad’s diversion of focus on domestic disturbances, or rather Maulana Fazlur Rahman’s so-called “Azadi March” and Dharna,...
The army and politics
Perception can sometimes become reality
Addressing the JUI-F’s Islamabad sit-in, Maulana Fazlur Rehman complained of interference from above in every election in the past,...
Smog covers Lahore
The government must do more than close schools
The Punjab government was panicked into closing schools on Thursday by increasing smog and predictions of...
Blackbuck protection and animal rights
By: Sheraz Zaka
Recently the Lahore High Court has announced its verdict directing the Punjab government to take safety precautionary measures in order to protect...
What artificial intelligence means
AI can change the way we live
By: Mobeen Shahid
If anybody read the word Artificial Intelligence (AI), he starts thinking that he will come...
Arab spring inspired the Dharna culture
The ordinary citizen should not be made to suffer
By: Amjad Ali Siyal
Protests per se cannot be dubbed unlawful, being permissible under Articles 15...
