Imran must shun political victimisation as promisedThe election 2018 are over, giving Imran Khan’s PTI a clear and decisive victory. One can argue endlessly on the fairness of the polls, but there is absolutely no doubt that over the past decade, PTI...
Pakistan’s promised dawnSo the people have finally spoken. The hurly burly is done and the battles have been lost and won in the tumult of our recently concluded electoral foray. We now look forward expectantly to the promis...
Noise pollution on August 14Sir: My home is located near Walton Road, in Lahore. Those familiar with this city know that this is a major artery that is always busy, including at night and on weekends. The only break we seem to g...
Students’ hunger strikeSir: Being a part of the Medical profession, I felt disappointed to know that a few final year medical students of the Bolan Medical College in Quetta had decided to go on a hunger strike till death....
Accountability for allSir: Accountability in Pakistan is nothing more than the political victimisation of the opponents and targeting the weaker segments of society. For the privileged class, it is just a buzz word that fi...
International Widows DaySir: International Widows Day is observed annually on June 23 to intensify awareness regarding the social injustice and extreme poverty confronted by widows and their children, and the plight of the m...
Inadequate holidaysSir: The federal government recently issued a notification regarding the Eid-ul-Azha holidays. According to the notification, there are only three Eid holidays this time around. In yesteryears I have...
Aerial firingSir: At least three people were killed and 21 others sustained injuries in aerial firing and fireworks display in various cities across the country in the wee hours of Tuesday. A youth was killed in F...
Notice:This is to inform readers that an article published in this section of our newspaper on August 15, 2018 titled Mehreen Zahra-Malik’s tales about Imran contained opinions which were the writers own and...
Puritanism doesn’t work in realpolitikI was wrong to forecast that it would be difficult for Imran Khan to knock-together a coalition government in my earlier writings. He has managed to build a multi-party coalition to form the governmen...
Rethinking the security paradigmThe 2018 elections were a moment of extreme significance in Pakistan’s history, not just for the seismic shift they have triggered in Pakistani politics, but also because of the violence that marred t...
Bureaucracy’s antipathy towards elected representativesLast week some of the local TV channels flashed a ticker wherein the Chief Election Commissioner was attributed to have made some derogatory remarks about Speaker of the National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq,...