Killing in the name of religion on May 26, 2015It is astonishing to learn that an educated (BBA graduate), 27-year-old man and parent of a baby girl, Saad Aziz, could kill Sabeen Mahmud, The 2nd Floor’s (T2F’s) café director, moments after she finished a seminar on Balochistan, ‘Unsilencing Balochistan’, on April 24, 2015. Aziz told the police that the crime committed by Ms Mahmud […]
Aik Alifs declaration on May 19, 2015Inspired by the words of Punjabi Sufi poet Baba Bulleh Shah, Aik Alif is an art movement that aims to revive the forgotten cause of education in society. This cause is being overlooked because society is in the throes of transforming from an agricultural society to an industrial (or capitalist) one. Perhaps it is due […]
The Af-Pak strategy is alive and kicking on December 9, 2014During the recent two-week long visit of Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif, the US became successful in emitting at least two loud messages: first, Pakistan should foster friendly ties with Afghanistan and, second, Pakistan should stamp out the militants’ dens from its land. The ‘do more’ refrain shows that the US […]
The future of Pak-US relations on December 2, 2014Pakistan discovered its ideology in 1958 under the auspices of General Ayub Khan who also used the ideology to justify his martial law, the first utility of the ideology nationally. This ideology also served Pakistan by justifying its anti-communist stance in the Cold War, the second utility of this ideology regionally and internationally. The Cold […]