Dr Maqsood Jafri

Emerson had praised Whitman and it was a great pleasure for the poet to be recognised by such a great literary giant. Emerson’s essay, ‘The poet’ seems to have had an effect on Whitman. The two novels of George Sand, The Countess of Rudolstadt and The Journeyman Joiner also greatly influenced his mind. Malcolm Cowley, […]

A number of accusations have been made against me on Express TV by the anchor Ahmed Quraishi. I would like to put on record that these accusations are completely false and constitute incitement to violence, hate speech, slander and libel. Ahmed Qurashi’s entire conspiracy theory rests on the assumption that I organised the seminar at […]

Although Pakistani generals have made numerous efforts to adorn the armed forces of the country with tactical nuclear weapons, fears about the safety and security of these weapons remain a big question. Pakistan’s nuclear doctrine revolves around the first use of nuclear weapons in case of Indian aggression. Moreover, their basic purpose is to defeat […]

I deem it imperative to comment on some social and political issues that not only haunt me but haunt the people in general, drifting them into the waters of confusion. Most of our political analysts are biased and project their party stance. When we see a sectarian cleric on any TV channel, before listening to […]

The room was brimming with the echo of laughter from my friends after a Christian friend gave me a piece of bread to eat and said, “Dr Jafri, you are a Muslim, and this is Jewish bread.” I retorted by saying, “I would love to eat it as bread is bread. It is neither Jewish, […]

On the sad demise of Begum Nusrat Bhutto, my eyes soaked with tears, I looked back into the past when she was like a blossomed flower and her smiling face welcomed the needy and the downtrodden. By nature she was kind and considerate. She was born in Isfahan, a city of Iran famous for its […]