D Asghar

I sincerely appreciate the feedback that readers provided after reading last week’s write up. It resonates with me as I go through such situations very often. When I try to introspect and find out about our dichotomous personalities, it worries me. We are somewhat divided in our own self-created imagery.What strikes me as odd is […]

As someone who has spent most of his life outside Pakistan, what I find a bit odd about our Muslim community as a whole is that we are isolationist. We come to the US with all our dreams to better our lives and economic conditions, yet we do not consider this country as our own. […]

Many would disagree, but so what? The job of an opinion writer is to express his or her opinion, the way it is and as it is. Perhaps it has something to do with maturity. I know I was young and naïve at one time and I used to spend hours and hours arguing with […]

Interesting is it not that no one has seen Almighty God yet everyone wants to be near and dear to Him? If you look at history, you will see that a lot of conflicts stem from the basis of religion or religious beliefs. Most people use force to camouflage their bigotry in the name of […]

In a country where perhaps a nine-year-old can sing an ode glorifying modern day brutes and barbarians, what if I jot a few lines in favour of their ideological nemesis? Before I am chastised for buttering up to the heir-apparent of the Bhutto dynasty, let me clarify something for the idle and often empty minds. […]

First and foremost, I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you who read and appreciated the write up from last week. I am truly humbled and honoured. Your feedback here, via e-mails and on Twitter, is extremely valuable; please keep it coming.Moving on, what has transpired is not surprising […]

Last week, there were plenty of rumours that the much-awaited operation against the terrorists was going into effect. The Prime Minister (PM) was expected to unveil the plan in front of the National Assembly. Unveiled however was yet another so-called peace initiative, which most senior analysts and sane voices called a plan dead on arrival. […]

When the president of the US stands in front of his people to deliver his state of the union address, there is one thing he has to have and that is an abundant supply of personal confidence. This confidence resonates with the masses as the president lays out his agenda and vision along with his […]

2014 has not been a happy new year so far. Each day, a new incident of bombing and targeted attack surfaces and the outrage of people gets to multiply manifold. There is no end in sight to this madness and it sure seems like the people have accepted this as a way of life or […]

I said it before, I will say it again: if you were to open up a textbook, it will give you the elaborate details on why the Muslims of the subcontinent ended up demanding a separate territory. It was perceived that when the British were going to vacate India, the Muslims would face the hegemony […]