Editorial

That direction after direction has come from the higher judiciary but a citizen of a sovereign, democratic country is nowhere to be found speaks volumes about the chaos engulfing Pakistan right now. It has been three weeks since controversial anchorperson Imran Riaz was apprehended in the wake of deadly riots but no one appears ready […]

A month after an animal activist team discovered that two lionesses at the crumbling Karachi Zoo had been infected with potentially life-threatening blood parasites, they are yet to receive any treatment. It should be remembered that the now-deceased elephant Noor Jehan was the first animal at the zoo to undergo any medical examination at all. […]

There does not appear any headway on cutting the proverbial Gordian knot. As chaos over the raging battle between government and opposition keeps intensifying, thanks to the never-ending press conferences, the superior judiciary has just as passionately decided to become a constant feature of the melodrama. If, on one hand, the rifts with the coalition […]

Our penchant for evading responsibility has become exceedingly clear to anyone observing Pakistan closely these last few months. Far from being transparent with the public, our finance minister continues to claim that the government has no part to play in the derailment of a $6.7bn bailout program that has the potential to twist the wheels […]

Charity’s vile cousin, apathy, also begins at home. As if a 13-year-old girl losing her life in childbirth was not enough commentary on the gross faults in our stars, the fact that she was a rape victim manages to turn the instance ever grimmer, ever scarier. While a suspect has already been apprehended and police […]

The Indian state of Manipur has been engulfed by civil conflict since India’s independence a little over half a century ago. After a long peaceful stretch that seemed to suggest a return to normalcy, Manipur is right back where it started. After a brutal outbreak of inter-ethnic violence earlier this month, security forces launched an […]

In what seemed like a neck-to-neck fight, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has clearly shown the miles he could go to win the race. The unprecedented run-off vote after his rival snatched his outright win on May 14 has culminated and unofficial votes suggest Mr Erdogan scored 52.1 per cent of the ballot boxes. The pursuit […]

When we hear news of an impassioned mob taking the law into their own hands and effectively lynching someone suspected of a crime, it is safe to assume that we are nearing apocalyptic times. In Pakistan, the rule of law is as flimsy as a deck of cards-a tiny flick of the hand and everything […]

Politics is in overdrive these days. With provisional polls nowhere in sight and a crippling deadlock between all mainstream actors, the only ray of hope that managed to trickle its way through doom and gloom is the seven-member committee designated by the Pakistan Tehree-e-Insaf to hold deliberations with the government. Of course, the horrors of […]

The last few days have seen a television channel become the talk of social media for all the wrong reasons. First, a sensational twist in the plot that gave a whiff of marital rape sent shockwaves across the country. People jumped with a wide variety of reactions as to how the entertainment industry could choose […]