A new dawn?The National Assembly (NA), with a resounding majority passed the Constitution (Thirty-first Amendment) Act, 2018 merging the tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The amendment, inter alia, removes A...
The Media Commission confusionA recently published news story stated, “Supreme Court disposes of media commission case”. This wording portrays an erratic approach by the SC to the 2013 Report of the Media Commission. Coming on the...
The Q-League phenomenonThe chants of Q-league namanzoor (we do not accept the Q-league) have been heard loud and clear at Bani Gala. The spirit was the same on October 30, 2011 at the Minar-e-Pakistan jalsa. For democracy t...
Conclude the Nawaz caseSir: The world was rocked by the Panama leaks back in May 2016. It has been two years since then, but our political narrative still remains trapped around the leaks because of the National Accountabil...
Gender discriminationSir, I want to draw your attention towards the biasness prevalent against the females in our society. The majority of people still discriminate based on the gender of a person, even though many would...
The Sharif who can!Sir: While addressing the citizens of Karachi, Mian Shahbaz Sharif, President of the Muslim League -N, talked about the solution to the water shortage that is affecting the country at the moment. Upon...
Essence of a manifestoSir: A ‘manifesto’ is a public declaration of policy and aims’. It may fudge key issues and party slogans in the declaration. It need not be original, but it must set forth targets and show means to...
Understanding feminismSir: One of the major social taboos making headlines in Pakistan these days is feminism. It doesn’t rally make sense for this social movement to be categorized as a taboo because all a feminist asks f...
The Singaporean modelSir: At the basic level, Pakistan’s problem is that its ruling elite — both elected and paid — seem to be enamored by Dubai as a role model. It is a place which has become a safe tax haven for the wor...