PTM: Antithesis of fabricationsThe emergence of the Pashtun youth movement, which now stands as Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), has taken many by surprise and off guard in the same way as Pashtun were caught in the so called War on...
Sickness of the stateTehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi is wanted by an Anti-Terrorism Court in Islamabad but is absconding and no one knows where he is. The Supreme Court is also hearing a case agains...
Welcome to the ‘past’Nawaz Sharif’s ‘respect the vote’ campaign reminds me of a campaign led by ZA Bhutto, following his release almost a month after the coup led by General Zia in July 1977.He took the north-south train...
Is soft skill development a dream?The day a child finally takes the plunge into the world of formal education, and gets registered at a school is a memorable day — particularly for the parents. For now, they entrust the child’s care t...
Corruption in the UNLack of merit, transparency and accountability turn out to be the core reasons for the gradual decrease in the worldwide funding of the specialised agencies of the United Nations (UN), and its other f...
Pak-Iran relationsSir: The recent visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to Pakistan was to encourage relationships and collaborations between both countries so as to cooperate for ending terrorism in t...
Women empowermentSir: Just to highlight for my readers that TED stands for ‘Technology, Entertainment, and Design’ and is a conference series that was started by Richard Saul Wurman in 1984. In 2001, TED was acquired...
Islamabad Traffic PoliceThe initiative depicts ITP’s professional capabilities and institutional build-up in the realm of modern policing and establishing liaison across different segments of society for smooth communication...
Selling cigarettes to kidsSir: I want to draw your attention to the shops that sell cigarettes children. There should not be any doubt that this is illegal. But sadly, there isn’t enough awareness or a proper mechanism that ca...