The mounting stormLast week witnessed some extraordinary events on the domestic as well as international scene. On May 8, President Trump’s administration walked out on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) wi...
Trump’s scrapping of the Iran dealIn his relentless absurdity, Donald Trump scuttled the Iran Nuclear Deal last Tuesday. He said, “America would not surrender to nuclear blackmail by Iran” and ordered the immediate re-imposing of sanc...
Eid shopping and harassmentSir: Ramazan and Eid are Holy events which all Muslims are blessed to celebrate. One aspect of these events is the shopping. Unfortunately, harassers and sexual predators also know this and come out i...
The other side of PTMSir: Being myself a proud Pakhtun, I feel no hesitation in saying that Pakhtun Tahaffuz Movement is not a ‘Pakhtun Spring’ but a sponsored movement, exploiting the anger and disillusionment felt by yo...
Publicity of crime, terrorismSir: Verinder Grover (editor) in his book ‘Encyclopaedia of International Terrorism’ points out terrorism is an amalgamation of violence and political agenda. Most terrorist incidents are focused on m...
Accountability and corruptionSir: Our society and polity is in a state of flux. The advanced west also went though many upheavals before arriving at a stable stage. Our problem is that we mix religion with mundane matters, such a...
Barbaric crimesSir: Through your newspaper I want to draw attention to the high incidence of rape and other sex crimes in Pakistan. The brutal rape and murder of seven-year-old Zainab Ansari in Kasur was not a one-o...
Summer vacation feesSir: There has been much debate on social media regarding the Sindh government’s declaration that private schools ought to not charge fee expenses for June and July, as these are the summer vacation m...
Afghanistan bleedsSir: Afghanistan bleeds again. At least nine people were killed and more than 30 injured when militants detonated bombs and stormed a government building in an eastern Afghan city. However, the assaul...
Your terrorist, not mineSir: Abdul Wali aka Umar Khorasani was the mastermind behind the Army Public School massacre. Recent media reports indicate that the United States (US) has blocked Pakistan’s efforts to have him desig...
Harassment in schoolsSir: Recently a group of students in Karachi began pushing schools to come up with a policy on sexual harassment after several students shared their experiences on social media and criticised their in...
The wars we ignoreNations have been fighting ridiculous wars for ages. Some have been so absurd they have bordered on pure hilarity. One such conflict was the War of Jenkin’s Ear, caused by a display of a rotting piece...
Assertiveness training and sexual harassmentBill Cosby’s conviction is a big step in the right direction for #MeToo victims. Sexual harassment is a very serious issue, but unfortunately its definition changes depending on the culture you belong...
Why are Moscow and Islamabad partnering up?The rise of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria in 2013 shook global tectonic plates, and they are reverberating to this day. States around the globe are utilising hard and soft power to eliminat...