No bigger evidence than DNA on January 27, 2018The debate about holding DNA test as admissible evidence in rape cases does not even exist in several parts of the world. The rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl from Kasur has stirred up the altercation yet again as the culprit’s DNA profile and polygraph test have helped in identifying him as the main […]
The end of a beginning? on November 13, 2017Much ado about nothing. These four words kept running through my mind asI observed the rapid changes in the intricate pattern of Karachi’s political fabric. One night I slept after brainstormingon the MQM-PSP merger. The very next evening I had to change the entire theme of my article owing to the deed of divorce that […]
Preventing breast cancer — the dos and don’ts on October 22, 2017Development of cancers is not a recent phenomenon. Humans and other animals have been contracting cancer throughout recorded history. This has been proven by fossilised bone tumours and ancient manuscripts. The word itself was coined by Greek physician Hippocrates who used terms carcinos and carcinoma to describe non-ulcer-forming and ulcer-forming tumours, respectively. However, the ever-increasing […]
When the media industry fell into its own trap on October 11, 2017The white skirt Mahira Khan was seen wearing in pictures of her smoking with Ranbir Kapoor revealed more than just her legs. It exposed a societal phenomenon that has existed for a long time; slut-shaming. This phenomenon can start off as something small, like telling a woman off for not being able to follow a […]
Can euthanasia be justified? on September 14, 2017 Life is defined as a miracle by many because its origination is still a mystery. There are many theories regarding how this miracle started. Abrahamic religions believe that it started with the creation of Adam and Eve by God. Evolutionists present the argument that all life forms originated from a single common ancestor because […]
Islamic law of inheritance on August 18, 2017 INCOMPLETE and discriminatory as it is proclaimed to be by the critics of Islam, Islamic Law of Inheritance is one of the most widely debated subjects. The apparent contradictions and mathematical errors pointed out by the readers of Holy Quran are disregarded, emphasized to be solved using man-made mathematical approaches, or regretfully accepted. However, […]
Independence from socio-economic problems on August 16, 2017Overpopulation, illiteracy, scarcity of resources, poverty, and increased crime rates are among the key public policy problems faced by contemporary Pakistan. Comparing the state of affairs in each of these at the time of partition of British Indian and today, one finds that the conditions have worsened overtime. The 1951 census had reported a total […]
Adios Boom Boom! on March 13, 2017In every international sports player’s life, there comes a point when s/he has to say goodbye to his/her career. It is evident from history that players, most of the time, try to quit at a point in time in which they are at the peak of their careers, and their resignation prompts their fans to […]
The only blue marble of ours on March 5, 2017When Martin Sheen exclaimed, “Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what you did about it when you knew the glaciers were melting,” he was not wrong in showing his concern about the probable consequences of the perplexing phenomenon known as global warming. […]
An open letter to Henna Shahnawaz on February 12, 2017They say that you have been killed in the name of honour, my dear. Your slayers had formulated a long list of accusations for which they convicted and punished you in the most appropriate manner deemed by them. You were charged with the crime of winning the bread for your family where your male relatives […]