DefEnDers of PAkIsTan vow to win 1971 war on Facebook

  Our Pakistan Correspondent Facebook     The Facebook community called DefEnDers of PAkIsTan announced on Saturday its commitment to the cause of winning the 1971 war on Facebook. “Yes,...

After Waziristan

Zarb-e-Azb headed to Punjab and Balochistan?     Journalists knew independent coverage of Zarb-e-Azb was out of the question, not just because of the logistics. And so...

The fallout of terror attacks

Major upcoming events are postponed and the business community seems to be suffering a great deal   These incidents not only disrupt the normal life of...

INTERVIEW: ‘This has gone on for a long, long time’ –Dr Farzana Bari

Cases of child abuse are not a rarity in Pakistan   They were abused, they were filmed, they were blackmailed -- they were scarred for life. The...

NSFW: the irrepressible bhai

That the currently beleaguered Altaf Hussein likes to play the sex-ed teacher is a fact not lost out on many. His recent video explaining...

Nation’s taxpayers also declared minority

Our fiscal Correspondent Islamabad     In a constitutional amendment on Friday, the nation’s taxpayers were declared a minority by both the National Assembly and the Senate in...

The unbreakable Nighat Dad

Her awards – thought plentiful – don’t define her, but her spirit does Dad had a degree but no license to practice. Once she...

Maldives arrests former president Yameen for money laundering

MALÉ: Maldivian authorities Monday ordered the arrest of former strongman president Abdulla Yameen over money laundering charges, officials said. The arrest came after a court began...

Finally the judicial commission

Clandestine deals, role of opposition and democracy   For centuries there were Arabian Nights to amuse people. But Pakistanis were lucky to have one thousand and...

Death during life – From Jinnah to Zardari-Nawaz

O what a fall my compatriots. Shame on us. BLURBS: There was carnage in a Lahore park killing 75. Why? Because it was Easter so...

Badshahi Mosque

World’s largest mosque for 313 years!   On February 20, 1707, died the 88-year old Aurangzeb in Ahmednagar, India, leaving behind a huge empire he had...

Can Daish flourish in Pakistan?

Or does Pakistan just doesn't offer the public sympathy it needs?   The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also widely known as Daish, is...

‘Half measures’

Terrorism keeps coming back   Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reiterated his government’s resolve to counter terrorists as he authorised the army to “eliminate the enemy wherever...

Gateway to a market – Shah Alam Gate

Another ignored piece of heritage   Since my childhood, Shah Alam Market was something amazing for me as I could get anything I wanted from there....

Kashmir’s ‘fight for freedom’- India’s ‘war on terror’

Pakistan’s attempts to thwart India’s aggressiveness   The Kashmir issue is not bilateral hence; India must rethink its current policy and allow the stakeholders to...

Book Review: Who Speaks for Islam?

What a Billion Muslims Really Think   It had never been done before, and hardly a few believed that it really can be done. But Gallup...

Commodification of identity politics

Do we need Kamala Khan? To some, the answer is a no-brainier: a super strong superhero who also happens to be female and a...