Hope for Kashmir and the SubcontinentIn a region fraught with seemingly intractable conflict, my recent visit to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK),which President Clinton has called the most dangerous place on earth, inspired in me a newfound...
Cards the Sharifs can still playThe Sharifs argue that there are several inconsistencies, legal lacunas and contradictions in the evidence that was provided by the prosecution in the Avenfield case. If this is true, the Sharifs can...
Street crime on the riseSir, Street crime is a loose term for criminal offences taking place in public places. Nowadays street crimes are commonplace in Pakistan. Usually they occur on busy business areas of the city or on t...
Lack of career counsellingSir: Today, the youth of our country have to contend with numerous problems. Many of them are unemployed and frustrated. Because of the stress this causes, more and more young Pakistanis are falling p...
Protect the citizenrySir: Street crime is a loose term for criminal offences taking place in public places. Nowadays street crimes are commonplace in Pakistan. Usually they occur in busy business areas and highways. Stree...
Polls marred by terrorist attacksSir: There have been three deadly terrorist attacks in Pakistan over the last three days. All have targeted politicians. Two of these attacks have been successful. The first was the Awami National Par...
Lahore lockdown, PML-N and hypocrisySir: Whether or not the top leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is corrupt does not matter. It is still not an offense to be a PML-N worker or to support the PML-N. Why then have 37...
Jeremy McLellan ComedyJust finished reading Reham Khan’s book. It was beautiful. According to her, Imran Khan is the first man in history to be truthful with his wife about all of his past affairs and illegitimate children...
DRDO: A liability for IndiaIt is no secret that India aspires to be a regional power. However, ambition must be backed by responsibility.A spate of accidents in the sensitive Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)...
The “Parisian Mob” at Avenfield“W e have the baker, the baker’s wife and the baker’s son. We shall have bread". This was the song sung by the women of Paris and surrounding areas, to refer to the royal family, during the 1789’s Fre...
Elections, Game of Thrones styleAs we get closer to the 2018 general elections, the political atmosphere in Pakistan seems to get more exhilarating. The country’s three most powerful houses; House of Sharif, Insafians and Jayala’s a...