Why we need more of Manto’s salacious writing todayI remember the days when I was just a 13- or 14-year-old boy in Murree. While scanning through my uncle’s book-shelf, I found a book titled Phundnay, a collection of short stories by Saadat Hasan Mant...
Has Reham chronicled a book of political gain or loss?Reham Khan, former wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, complained that she was being ‘defamed’ by the electronic media over her tell-all biography, which reportedly includes de...
Nuclear power is akin to the Golden Apple — possessing it will eventually kill us allNuclear energy is not a civilian-related economic activity. It is an appendage of the nuclear weapons industry, which is controlled by the so-called defence contractors. The powerful corporate interes...
Forget unemployment! Let’s give entrepreneurs a chanceThis century has seen a rise in the rate of unemployment around the world, due to the inability of governments everywhere to provide an adequate number of jobs to their “graduates with degrees”. This...