Khawaja Ali Zubair

Mohammad Ali Jinnah fought hard to amalgamate Pakistan, and all that he could pull in one loop of a country, he did by virtue of ‘their’ existing vested interests and his supernatural powers of argumentation. Oh yes, his elocution would invite the very envy of Englishmen; Jinnah for one used to read Shakespeare after a […]

For me, there are two houses in Karachi that have always stood out over every other in height and splendour. One is the palace by the coast constructed for Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan, always so empty, with only graffiti on the exterior providing some purpose to its existence. The other house is not […]

Lahore is a unique city, one which knows how to celebrate on-coming elections in style. The corner of numerous streets and the rounds of many chowks served host to political celebration where the Insafians and the N-Leaguers would have verbal face-offs, with raised flags and jovial spirits. Amidst them, my friends and I would think […]

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it […]