Election 2018 — Seven cautionary signsUnder ordinary circumstances, the election campaign should have peaked by now with political parties and their candidates conducting corner meetings, door-to-door contact and polling day planning. But...
Elections, callousness and apathyIn a country of over 204 million people, about 10,000 individuals, prominent in business or profession or holding key positions in state institutions, think they know each and everything and can fix t...
Election’s forced martyrsSir: The elections are there and it seems that a part of the campaign process is killing the candidates. Just a few days ago, we were hit with Bilour's death. And now two more incidences have taken pl...
Targeting minoritiesSir: An active campaign is being run against the Ahmadi community in election rallies.The party leaders at the top and the party workers at the bottom are actively participating in this hate campaign....
Educate our childrenSir: Education is the most essential ingredient for the development of a nation. It is an undisputed fact that nations which have reached the heights of development and prosperity have done so by usin...
Reham Khan returnsSir: Only a few weeks ago, Reham Khan was telling anyone and everyone who would listen that her book was being taken out of context. She said that some of the stuff that was being circulating wasn't e...
The farce the benevolent play upon usI take the title for this piece from the second line of a verse by Ghalib, arguably, Urdu language’s greatest poet, the line reads: “Bana ke fakeeron ka hum bhes Ghalib, Tamasha e ahle karam dekhte he...
Tales of His Imminence and the homecoming KingDammit. His Imminence could stomach anything but this. Even the prospect of his former paramour, with her premature kiss n’ tell, momentarily stealing his thunder. After all, he could quite easily cho...
Society, state and policeRegardless of their personal beliefs, individual policemen are sworn to uphold the law. This duty is just if the laws are aligned with the natural rights of man, but unjust if the laws infringe on the...