Shrinking breathing spaceThe fourth Faiz International Festival WAS FORCED violate their own charter for the free flow of ideas through cultural exchange, art and, of course, debate. Four prominent figures of the Left were pr...
Deadline for peace?The US special envoy for Afghan reconciliation has set a deadline for peace: April 2019. A date significant in as much as that this is when the incumbent Ashraf Ghani will seek presidential re-electio...
‘When nature calls’UN World Toilet Day was observed this week. This year’s theme is: when nature calls. And it addresses links between open air defection and mass-scale water and soil contamination. Thereby turning the...
An open letter to the Minister of Information and BroadcastingWhen PTI announced its cabinet upon coming into power, it came as no surprise that you, Mr Fawad Chaudhry, had been named Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Throughout the Panamagate h...
Umar Saif’s removalNow since that is out, let me also point out that this is not an article to simply bemoan the removal of Dr Umar Saif as Chairman, Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) and Vice Chancellor, Infor...