Walking a tightropeNever in the post-1971 history of Pakistan, has the country encountered such a grave crisis as today. It is not only the humiliating and threatening tweet of the US President Donald Trump blaming Paki...
An angry nation, ready to explodeSo much has happened in just two weeks, drastically changing the mood of the people and the mode of politics. Politics first. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has become so virulent and toxic that h...
Heavy school bagsSir: In our country, school children are left with no other option but to carry heavy school bags to school these days. According to the research, this leads to strained backs and necks in growing chi...
Joys of flying must be protectedSir: Sometime ago, around 158 passengers were killed when their Air India Express plane from Dubai had crashed into a wooded valley after overshooting the tabletop runway at the Mangalore airport in I...
Quaid’s mottoSir: Every year we pay tribute to our forefathers on birthdays and death anniversaries, who fight for the cause of independence and freed us from foreign domination only for the betterment of their de...
Imran’s marriageSir: It is good to see Imran Khan getting married for the third time. Islam restricts marriages to four only if done simultaneously. One can get married any number of times, if done sequentially. Howe...
CPEC developmental aspectsSir: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a great game changer and its long term plan is to create a framework of development in Pakistan. This has been quite rightly and emphatically stated by...
PatriotismSir: Patriotism refers to the love one has for their country and the willingness to defend it. It is a noble sentiment and a national virtue which motivates a person to do whatever he or she can for t...
Korean peninsula at a diplomatic crossroadsThe nuclear crisis in Korean Peninsula in recent weeks has triggered many responses, such as the use of force and retaliation by the US. The United Nations imposed a number of sanctions on trade items...
Pak-Russia relations and Trump’s strategyUS President Donald Trump, in his first address to the nation in August, 2017 lambasted Pakistan for allegedly supporting and harbouring militants. In response, Pakistan’s Ambassador to United States...
What challenges Imran’s PM candidacyThe Karachi Press Club was once bustling with journalists and the likes with speculations and conspiracy theories taking rounds instigate by cricket icon’s entry into Pakistani politics. Soon after Im...
Zainab’s murder and our collective failureThe kidnap, abuse and brutal murder of the innocent little girl Zainab from district Kasur, once more, manifests the state failure to protect its vulnerable groups especially the children. The ill-fat...