Entrenched enemies on July 8, 2013On June 23, 2013, it was reported that nine tourists, including a Chinese American and the rest from Ukraine, China, Slovakia, Lithuania and Nepal, together with their Pakistani guide were gunned down by attackers said to have been dressed as paramilitary Gilgit Scouts. What are we to make of this newest stain on Pakistan’s international […]
The voice of the opposition on June 30, 2013While it is often criticised as overly ambitious and idealistic, or what some like to call naïve, political rhetoric riddled with cricket metaphors, Imran Khan in his address during the National Assembly session on Wednesday, in which he took oath, presented himself as the voice of an opposition. It was sound, reasonable, and hopefully, could […]
Spaces for idealistic thought on June 18, 2013There is a reason that academic institutions are often situated away from the centre of the city at the outskirts, away from all the hustle and bustle of the crowded roads and places of business. The obvious one being, of course, that campuses require large amounts of space, in the very literal sense of the […]