The wrath of Reham KhanReham Khan has been in the news since the story of her wedding to Imran Khan broke out. Her behaviour has since bemused and often flabbergasted people. The wedding, unfortunately, did not last long an...
An anomaly called ImranAfter over two decades in politics Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)Chief Imran Khan’s personality and politics both seem increasingly unpredictable, vacillating between controversies and contradictions....
Zulfi’s escapeSir: Imran Khan’s rhetoric has always been focused on creating a distinction between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the ‘status quo’ parties. He has always claimed that there would be no room...
Climate changeSir: Climate change is now the most significant threat facing our planet today, and what makes it even scarier is that there is no real way of predicting how and when it might strike. The climate roun...
North Korean nuclear threatSir: Donald Trump seems quite confident after the recent summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. He is so confident that he has already Tweeted that “the North Korean nuclear threat is over”. Thi...
Extremism in IndiaSir: Extremism is growing stronger in India because of the seeds of hate planted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena. Now a group of Hindu extremists have tried to vandalise the western...
Bravo ECPSir: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has done well by rejecting the Milli Muslim League’s (MML) registration as a political party. The MML’s links with banned groups and individuals accused...
Children’s mental healthSir: Last month I happened to read a very disturbing report about two teenage boys killing their friend. Though their crime was relatively well planned, their seemed to be no clear motive. They penned...
Nisar’s political careerSir: Whether the slights Chaudhry Nisar says he has suffered at the hands of the Sharif brothers are real or imagined is not clear. What is clear, however, is that his relationship with the Pakistan M...
Dealing with depressionSir: An Algerian man recently killed himself by jumping off the highest level of the Grand Mosque in Makkah. His family has since then said that he was trying to be closer to his mother. The lady died...
Citizens are not subjectsAny political state is an outcome of a social contract between the citizens and the state. While the concept of a political order in the form of a societal compromise — a state resulting from such a c...
Zero tolerance for indisciplineDay in and day out, many Pakistanis complain about the anarchy that seems to have permeated all avenues of our daily life. The tip of this chaotic iceberg includes traffic violations, heaps of rubbish...
Restructuring the policePolice reform is a complex endeavour. Attempts at Police reforms in other countries have exemplified the issues that may arise if it isn’t implemented properly across the entire police force. However,...