Child sexual abuse through ICT on June 11, 2019Our children are always at risk when they are using the Internet without the supervision of their parents. However parents assume that the ICT is always useful. They will proudly tell their friends and relatives how their children are apt at using the Internet. The incidents such as Zainab Raza and the rape of six […]
Journalists at risk on November 25, 2018Little doubt is left that Jamal Khashoggi — an op-ed writer and a columnist of Washington Post — is just one victim from among thousands others that are silenced brutally so as to avoid criticism or for protecting the dirty secrets of the perpetrators. Though the killing of Khashoggi is taking center stage at the […]
Peace in Yemen on November 14, 2018The war between Saudi Arabia and Yemen have several sides such as Saudi Arabia, Houthi militia, and now defunct Yemeni government led by Mansur Hadi, however the worst affected are the common people. United States is protecting its interest by safeguarding the lucrative arms deal and not overtly intervening to bring an end to the […]
What makes people hate? on November 6, 2018Regular users of social media will have heard the following joke. It goes something like this. A King was on his travels when he saw a merchant selling a donkey for an exorbitant amount. The next day, the King came upon the same merchant selling the same donkey for the same price. He found himself […]
Heat wave and the traveling historian — Part III on October 25, 2018Shaheen was trying to keep her children and Zahid’s mother calm. The AC was not doing any good however she didn’t wanted to switch it off hoping that soon Zahid will come with good news. The cars next to her were also keeping their AC on and no one was getting out of the cars. […]
Heat wave and the traveling historian — Part II on October 24, 2018Rizwan was sipping a cup of coffee that he had bought from McDonald’s when he received Ambreen’s request for a ride on the Careem app. He was once a mid-level manager in a pharmaceutical company. The company had recently wound up its operations in Karachi, leaving many jobless, Rizwan among them. However, as he owned […]
Heatwave and the traveling historian — Part I on October 20, 2018.A meeting of traveling historians was being held at the Sajjada Inn. The air was ripe with anticipation because the grapevine was abuzz with the news that one of their members had recently travelled in time. Everyone was excited to hear the details from Abraaj, the travelling historian who had travelled in future to a […]
Pakistan’s raped children on October 19, 2018On 4th of January 2018, when most of the rest of the world was still recovering from the fun packed nights of New Year eve, a young girl in the streets of Kasur district of Pakistan was led away by a stranger when she was going for daily Quran recital lessons. Her raped and dead […]
Troll farms on September 28, 2018According to Wikipedia, a troll — an internet slang — is a person who starts quarrels or upsets people on the internet to distract and sow discord by posting inflammatory and digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the intent of provoking readers […]
Fiction The deceitful lieutenant and the traveling historian on September 16, 2018After roaming through Siberia, the traveling historian reached Aramil. The kingdom was well known for a king who was very cruel, dishonest but very rich. His forefathers had ruled Aramil for centuries. However unlike him, they were very nice with their fellow countrymen. Any facilities that were in Aramil were remnants of the good times […]