PTI’s naya Pakistan juggling with the old one on July 21, 2021Open your eyes as wide as you can and take note of where you are, why you are, and who you are with? For too long, our politics has been alienated by those who believe that decency, compassion, and honesty are not important ingredients of a recipe. That is why our politics has remained polarised […]
EU voiced plight of religious minorities on May 17, 2021The EU Parliament’s joint motion to review GSP+ status over Pakistan’s failure to uphold the Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) and human rights is a mirror reflection of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s speech at the Constituent Assembly on 11 August 1947, where he emphasised the importance of religious freedom and the rights of minorities. […]
Floating Petals of Christmas on December 25, 2020Perhaps we are so disturbed, or punch-drunk on this Christmas, after a year of being battered by the grey shades of forced conversion, widespread persecution, racial inequalities, and economic disparities that we do not register how shocking this is. I have already shed enough tears this year. Therefore, I am not telling any lies to […]
Bitter Tulips of Jinnah’s Pakistan on December 7, 2020It’s less what the eye sees and more what the soul feels. Every year in Pakistan, several hundred underage Christian or Hindu girls are forcibly converted and married to their abductors. The cases of forced conversions and marriages have simultaneously exposed an unequal cruel world heading rapidly down to the depths of racial inequalities and […]
The menopause of democracy on October 24, 2020Democracy is a fertile land of pluralism, civil liberties, freedom of religion or belief (FoRB), judicial independence and free electoral process which upholds the value of respect and dignity for all. As it explains, democracies are the vistas where the rights of people regardless of their religion, race or colour are guaranteed, however, we still […]
Power of Art – ‘license to win’ on October 2, 2020The doctrine of art refers to the human application and physical manifestation of creativity which are found in the landscape of human cultures and societies through talent and imagination. The major constituents of the arts are visual, literary, and performing art. Art and creativity have no fear of perfection to shut our eyes to see […]
A cloud of doom, on minority day! on August 11, 2020In the midst of chilling wave of atrocities and escalated intolerance towards religious minorities in Pakistan, Christians along with other minority groups brace to observe the minority day across the world. On August 11, Pakistan officially observes the National Minorities Day to honour and pay homage to the services and sacrifices, rendered by the religious […]