Exploring Islam in AmericaLast October, Mrs Cornelia Bailey, a leading member of a tiny community of African Americans living on Sapelo Island off the Georgia coast, passed away.This remarkable woman was aspokeswoman, storytel...
Improving Pakistan’s global imageSaying that Pakistan has a bad image is an understatement. Read any news item published in any foreign newspaper. All you will find are reports about Pakistanis involved in honour killings, child labo...
Arrest warrant for ZardariSir: Here we go again. A banking court has issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, along with 15 others accused in the same case.However, Za...
Trumplomatic swaggerSir: The US president has signed a $750 billion bill to create a US space command. While signing the bill, President Trump boasted that the “Space Force” would give America dominance over rivals in Ch...
Independence and respectSir: At the age of 94, I thank God for His blessing to enable me to enjoy all the 71 Independence Day celebrations of my beloved country. However, this year, the Independence Day brought with it somet...
A plea to the Sindh CMSir: First of all, I would like to honour Murad Ali Shah for becoming the Chief Minister (CM) of Sindh for the second time in a row. I am writing this letter, because I want to bring the incompetence...
Accused murderer arrestedSir: The Peshawar police have arrested a person accused of murdering a transgender person named Nasir, also known as ‘Naso’ in cold blood. Pakistan’s embattled and long-suffering transgendercommunity...
Symbolic patriotismSir: The people of our country heap all kinds of praise and admiration on Pakistan’s national flag on Independence Day. May we learn to love not just our flag, but also love all that it symbolises - p...
What is your Balochistan agenda Mr PM?Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly (NA) amid allegations of massive pre-poll political engineering and post-poll rigging. While the controv...
My intimate journey with PTIMy journey with PTI chairman Imran Khan perhaps started when I witnessed his win in Mianwali in 2002. The results were coming in from all across the Constituency, I was 14 years old then. He won by a...
The death of Pak-US military tiesLast week, US President Donald Trump, in a bid to squeeze the Pakistani military further slashed military aid meant for Islamabad. US Congress approved the National Defense Authorisation Act-2019 (NDA...