Aliya Anjum

The motto of the father of the nation was faith unity and discipline, and this was the crux of his nation-building ideology. He wanted us to live as proud Muslims in a homeland for the Muslims and not become the persecuted minority of undivided India. This is what He meant by faith but unfortunately, his […]

The recent tragic deaths in Murree were a cause celebre on social media. In this instance of heavy snowfall causing arriving tourists to get stuck in their cars, room rates were reportedly jacked up as high as fifty thousand rupees a night. Food items such as bottles of water, bread and eggs were being sold […]

Declan Walsh’s book has a title that is off-putting for me as a Pakistani. “The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a precarious state” only retained my interest because I was listening to an audiobook. The narration sounded like a long-drawn and heartfelt opinion poured out by a journalist on an imperial assignment. The nine […]

Pakistan achieved independence in 1947. The areas that formed Pakistan included Bangladesh, which had been the richest state of Erstwhile Mughal India. The 23-year-old Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula put up a valiant resistance to the East India company but lost due to inexperience and the treachery of his infamous traitorous minister Mir Jafar. After the fall of […]

These days, DHA, Karachi is facing gas load shedding for the first time. It is important to note that we use the gas that originates in Sui, Balochistan-and ironically that city itself has no access to it. Gas distribution is a leading cause of Balochi discontent which led to a lot of political rallying and […]

It is a human desire to enjoy fine food. Among food, meat is a superior source of nutrition. Americans made an industry out of meat production and ensured its nationwide supply so that prime quality meat was widely accessible and economical. Over the years as obesity increased and protein diets became the rage, the demand […]

Penning this op-ed has taken a toll on me, as I am deeply distressed by the lynching of Priyantha Diyawadana, the Srilankan General Manager of Rajco Industries, Sialkot. For the past few weeks, I have used the space of this newspaper’s opinion column to express my views about the deep-rooted hypocrisy in Pakistan. This tragedy […]

The dark side of the human species encompasses a tendency towards violence and aggression. Within females, this surfaces as relational aggression, which is all about women putting down other women. This was discovered and acknowledged due to social psychology research. There is the “power dead-even rule,” a term coined by Pat Heim, whose books are […]

The Indian air force recently awarded a gallantry award, the Vir Chakra–equivalent to a Pakistani Sitara Jurrat – to Group Captain Abhinandan for downing a Pakistani F-16. This ridiculous claim has withstood the US Air Force’s declaration that the entire fleet of Pakistani F-16’s was intact. The Pakistan Air Force on the other hand has […]

Woke is a mindset.  The word entered the English dictionary in 2017.  Its meaning is stated as being “alert to racial or social discrimination and injustice.” Woke is a growing trend in the US. The Quran mentions Qalb-e-Saleem, whose literal meaning is an undamaged and sound heart.  It is an immaculate conscience, imperative for salvation. […]