Whats in a banned name? on April 21, 2016Being born and bred in Pakistan can leave one confused on many issues. When we read the word ‘ban’, it refers to something forbidden, legally prohibited, and if another phrase is attached to it, that would certainly change the whole meaning of it. Like the word ‘banned religious outfits’ in Pakistan refers to banned religious/militant […]
Whose afraid of a secular Pakistan? on April 20, 2016Unfortunately, we have turned Pakistan into a state laden with landmines of labels and tags, drenched in personal biases, preferences and prejudices, used sometime under the guise of law, and at times pronounced as regulations, but it is hardly ever exhibited in its raw form. Secularism is one of the beloved tools of the conservatives […]