Jinnah’s Pakistan is finally deadMajlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam was a religious party closely allied with Indian National Congress during the 1930s and 1940s. While its president Mazhar Ali Azhar himself claimed to be from a Shia background...
Waris Mir’s battle against ZiaHistory will remember the decade-long dictatorial era of General Ziaul Haq (from 1977 to 1988) as the time when the fundamentalism bacteria started germinating in the marrow of this country, before tu...
Littering in northern areasSir: The authorities in Pakistan have never taken the protection of the natural environment seriously. As a consequence, today the air and water in our cities is completely polluted. On top of this, o...
Free and fair electionsSir: Elections are the process through which members of a given community or state choose their leaders in a democratic society. Therefore, elections should be free and fair to ensure that elected rep...
Importance of educationSir: When I started thinking about why education is so important, I remembered my high school years when I used to spend almost five hours a month on math homework, wake up at 6:00 AM and get ready fo...
Why Kalabagh Dam?Kalabagh Dam is one of the most hated dams in the country. It is hated by those weaned on the staple diet of visceral anger pandering more to prejudice than logic. In a country where rumours and innue...
Waris Mir: a mighty heartThe writer’s art is to put his thoughts into words and to extend these thoughts to the wider population. Yet, there are very few of such writers, writers who could reach the altitudes of prophesying t...
Mexico: AMLO’s challengeOn the night of July 1, 2018, Zocalo square — Mexico City’s historic centre framed by palaces and cathedrals built under Spanish rule — was jammed by supporters of Lopez Obrador, dancing to a mariachi...