We both are next door neighbors with shared cultureThe heinous crime of innocent Asifa reminds me of the rape and murder of Asia-Nelofer of Shopian. Likewise, in May 2009, they were caught in the evening hours in their orchards by a group of Indian Ar...
The Babu narrativeA year ago, an inflamed mob brutally assaulted 23-year-old Mashal Khan with bludgeons and bricks on the pretext of blasphemy in Abdul Wali Khan University. They beat him to a literal pulp, and then sh...
Blair’s legacy and SyriaIt is hard to believe that it all happened 15 years ago. For that evening, sitting at my cousin Nina’s house in the English countryside, was the night that I came to truly understand that hate can als...
An appeal to the Prime MinisterOnly India has greater number of ethnically motivated freedom movements than we do. From our very inception, the accession of Balochistan was considered questionable by some. Later, in the 1970s, Balo...
Plastic: the predator of the oceanSir: Our oceans are being destroyed. Billions of pounds of plastics are in our oceans harming and killing animals and their ecosystems. Plastic never goes away and if we do not reduce the copious amou...
Plea to the Sindh governmentSir: I would like to draw the attention of the concerned authorities towards a pathetic condition of Allama Daud Pota Library Hyderabad. This library is one of the sources for students to enhance thei...
China’s political futureSir: The history of economic newly-industrialized countries reflects that there is a symbiotic linkage between democracy and economic progress. China’s history does not corroborate that this zeitgeist...
Hurting national integritySir: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has quite rightly and emphatically stated that it has been a short period of time that peace has returned to Federally-Administered Tri...
Domestic violencePakistani women suffer not only from the domestic violence in their homes but also are the victims of misogyny and harassment at workplaces, educational institutions and even assemblies. Recently, Sam...