PCB needs to rethink its strategy of reviving cricket in Pakistan on September 21, 2017The much anticipated World XI tour of Pakistan ended last week. For a whole week, Lahore was brought to stand still to celebrate the return of international cricket in Pakistan. People were frustrated with the excessive security checks and traffic jams, while others going to watch the games felt unperturbed. Whichever side one was on, […]
Hope for Youth in South Punjab on August 14, 2017Sonia Dildar, 18, lives in District Lodhran, a small and impoverished district in south Punjab, which remains largely isolated and inaccessible. Despite this, she grew up envisaging a life where she could actively work and her family would live comfortably. Sonia’s father passed away when she was very young. Soon after, her mother fell critically […]
Moot in Russia: not all about Afghanistan on February 15, 2017As the representatives from the six countries descend to Moscow to talk about the Afghan peace process, the analysts see the gathering as more than just a discussion on the Afghan peace process. The moot, expected to be held in mid-February, was announced following a meeting between Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Afghan […]
Price of defending the weak on January 3, 2017“My advice 2 mullahs who r telling little madrassah boys that they have a ticket 2 heaven: Grab it urself or give it 2 ur son,” wrote late Salman Taseer in one of the tweets before his life was cut short for speaking up for the rights of minorities and the weak in society. He […]
US role in resolving the Kashmir issue on October 14, 2016Unless the world’s focus shifts from Pakistan-India wrangling to the plight of Kashmiris, any measure would be an injustice to the thousands who have died for their freedom struggle Even though warmongering between Pakistan and India has subsided a bit, with patriots on both sides having a ball the last few weeks, the volatile situation […]
The triumph at the Oval on August 16, 2016Following an embarrassing defeat at Old Trafford, a disappointed yet calm Misbah-ul-Haq said “All was not lost. There is good and bad side to everything. The bad is the way we lost here after the win at Lord’s, but the good is that this team knows how to bounce back from these situations.” He was […]
Salmaan Taseer: The outspoken defender of minorities on May 30, 2016Pakistanis have lived in ignorance to rights of minorities for decades. The space for intellectual and rational discourse has been lost to religious zealots. Pakistan was not always like this, and it is our self-imposed ignorance towards societal issues that has led us to where we stand today. Religion has been used for political gains […]
Is Kashmir going to become Indias Kosovo? on April 16, 2016Few people knew the name of Slobodan Milosevic in 1987, except those in his native Serbia, which was, at that point, a part of the greater state of Yugoslavia. A member of the Yugoslav Communist Party, he was a grey man from grey times. But by the late 1980s things were changing. Josip Broz Tito, who […]