Fawad Kaiser

As Imran Khan and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari delivered speech after speech on the campaign trail, they have been trying out the use of humour to spice up their appearances. Politics is serious business but sometimes humour in politics is quintessential. In the midst of a not so contentious electoral season, it is always refreshing to […]

An inebriated pilot was the probable cause of the Shaheen Air International flight NL-142 accident, which occurred on November 3, 2015; the flight crash-landed at Lahore airport. The plane skidded off the runway when faulty landing gear caused the tyre to burst. As many as ten passengers were injured. While the pilot’s perspective is awaited, […]

A juvenile prisoner at the Peshawar Central Prison recently reported that he and other juvenile inmates had been sexually abused inside the jail and that certain prison officials ‘supply’ them to adult prisoners. The boy alleged that the prison officials had randomly been taking out juvenile inmates and presenting them to different prisoners for sex […]

The election campaign is over and it is time to reflect. We believe our country needs a new direction. Economic recovery is fragile and social cohesion is threatened by the unequal impact of the financial crisis and the continuing attempt to shrink basic human rights. Across, Pakistan remains traumatised by the war on terror and, […]

By the time this article goes into print the PML-N’s or PTI’s sweet victory would have been celebrated. These are seismic events, the tremors of which are likely to reverberate for a generation or more, potentially reshaping politics in Punjab, flagging up possible surprises in the 2018 general elections. The electorate may have surprised pollsters, […]