Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Trump-led US policies on August 2, 2019On return from Washington, Imran Khan, IK, is brimming with confidence and crowing of his “victory”. He claims to have won the World Cup again, implying he has avenged Pakistan’s Cricket Team’s humiliation at the hands of the Indian team. Indeed he has the privilege of getting Trump to agree to mediation on the Kashmir […]
Of errors and consequences on June 8, 2019“Every action has an equal and opposite reaction” is a law of physics. Students of Social Sciences would be aware that a modified version of this law applies to all aspects of life as well. The modification is merely that, in other matters, the reaction may not always be exactly opposite but, reaction there always […]
When crowns fall upon undeserving heads on April 14, 2019Whatever those who voted for him, saw in him, I didn’t. But, Imran Khan is now our PM, deservingly or undeservingly. It behooves us, his Riyaya, to inform him if we feel he could improve on his performance. Imran, or Im the Dim, as he was fondly known to his friends at Oxford, has an […]
The road to Perdition? on March 1, 2019In Christian theology, perdition is a state of eternal damnation which an unrepentant sinner is placed in. “The road to Perdition” is the name of a movie, starring Tom Hanks with Paul Newman and Jude Law in supporting roles. If the title was not sufficiently catchy, the cast convinced me to watch it. It turned […]
Dawn Leaks revisited on May 1, 2017On April 29, the government announced what sounded like the conclusion of the mysterious Dawn Leaks saga. In response, the DG ISPR posted a rather provocative tweet to the effect that the army “rejected” it since it was not “in line with recommendations of the inquiry board”. It was, I am sure, an unfortunate choice […]
Dawn Leaks revisited on May 1, 2017On April 29, the government announced what sounded like the conclusion of the mysterious Dawn Leaks saga. In response, the DG ISPR posted a rather provocative tweet to the effect that the army “rejected” it since it was not “in line with recommendations of the inquiry board”. It was, I am sure, an unfortunate choice […]
Unwarranted opposition to CPEC I on April 9, 2017A conference of this title was held in Brussels on March 1, hosted by Members of the European Parliament and the Balochistan House. According to the Balochistan House, the event was aimed at highlighting “the deep-seated antipathy to the project among residents of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B), Sindh and Balochistan.” Obviously, the speakers selected, whether from the […]
On the pursuit of happiness on March 26, 2017What is life all about, is a question all philosophers have pondered. Even lesser minds, like mine can wander down behind great ones, in search of understanding, if not truth. I was in my early teens when I first read that fascinating document; the American Declaration of Independence. Even then its beauty of thoughts, words, […]
Blasphemous blasphemers on March 20, 2017For evil to prosper, it is enough that good men sit back, doing nothing.What is blasphemy? Merriam-Webster defines it as ‘the act of insulting or showing contempt or irreverence to God’ and ‘the act of claiming attributes of a deity’. The Greek word was first coined in the thirteenth century, probably in the context of […]