Muhammad Tahir Iqbal

Winter has started with weird reactions in this part of the world. Something eerie, something spooky looms in the air. The elders are perturbed for their school-going children as something in the air burns their eyes. The elders in the arena of politics also feel unsettled, but for different reasons. Children are being advised to […]

We may have possession of many things, and we may also lack the capacity to grab things we hanker after. But one thing, we do possess for sure: certificates. Yes, the certificates awarded for being a ‘quisling’, which is a notorious form of a traitor. This trait of awarding certificates is well-coded into the genes […]

Fear of death is horrible; many die of it. But there exists a vale on this globe where strange people live who do not sound terrified in the face of death. Cruel death growls at them just in the front, and they, having known the outcome, step forward and hurl vigorously helpless pebbles that carry […]

September brings many things for Pakistanis. It brings renewed patriotism, tales of valour exhibited by our jawans (soldiers), accounts of deft execution of our planes, and above all, the passion-arousing war songs imbued with narratives of gallantry. This is the season when everyone’s patriotism comes out of collective slumber, and each starts to hum the […]

They had staged a hunger strike. They had meant to carry it to their last breath. They had appeared het up and disgruntled with the state institutions for having swooped away their ‘innocent’ workers. Yes, they were innocent and guiltless; they were picked and ‘disappeared’ for no fault of theirs, pleaded they. As they continued […]