‘Ehd-e-Wafa’ with Pakistan on March 16, 2020In recent months, a Pakistani television drama ‘Ehd-e-Wafa’ produced with the collaboration of Inter Services Public Relations became very famous among people. Many of you must have watched every episode of this drama but for those who haven’t seen the drama, a brief summary is that this is a story of four college friends, struggles […]
Selling Wars on January 14, 2020We have all made new year resolutions and joyfully welcomed 2020 but sadly in the first ten days of this year, we are at the brink of war to which many are calling as WWIII. If we observe it deeply then we can see that the problem is not with the new year, the problem […]
Understanding terror on February 16, 2016“One person’s freedom fighter is another person’s terrorist,” is a popular statement for those interested in understanding the various perceptions of terrorism in an age dotted by groups using such techniques. In the most critical of Middle Eastern theatres, Palestine and Israel, there is a constant debate on whether terrorist techniques could be regarded as […]
Not Pakistans fault on December 10, 2015It is not Pakistan’s fault. Neither is it Islamic State’s (IS’) fault. The recent shootings in San Bernardino are not related to the Paris attacks or the equally horrifying ones in Beirut. They were not coordinated by IS nor did the terrorist organisation intentionally motivate them. Both perpetrators, Tashfeen Malik and her husband, Syed Farook, […]
Antibiotics will kill us on November 26, 2015According to researchers, 50 percent of antibiotics globally are prescribed and sold inappropriately. About 2,000,000 people become sick every year because of antibiotic resistant bacteria and about 95 percent of people carry bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, increasing their chances of death from bacterial infection by 64 percent. According to the World Health Organisation […]
A road less travelled on October 22, 2015After travelling 20 kilometers on a seven-foot road, the pavement suddenly ended. For the next 10 or so kilometers, we were to follow the traces of milk trucks on the dirt so we would end up at Maujgarh Fort. Navigating past the running camels, shrubbery and various other obstacles not suited to the driving environment […]
Land buy mentality on August 7, 2015The average man has a penchant for staring down the social services that other people of the world enjoy without giving a thought as to how they got them. Conversations about expats and foreign Pakistanis will most likely be filled with “where I live healthcare is free” and “I could get arrested for attempting to […]
When it is not racism on June 12, 2015In 1904, a Congolese man, Ota Benga, arrived in the US. He did not arrive with a student visa nor did he intend to marry a citizen to receive his green card once he landed. He was bought by merchants to perform the paltry work of being an exhibit at the Bronx Zoo and soon […]