Bloodletting humanity on April 26, 2016Mohabbat golion se bo rahe ho, Watan ka chehra khoon se dho rahe ho; Guman tum ko ke rasta kat raha hai, Yaqin mujh ko ke manzil kho rahe ho. (You plant love with bullet-lead/You wash the land with blood;/You feel that a solution is ahead/But I know that the dream is dead) —Habib Jalib […]
The vulture within on April 21, 2016Harm-e-Pak Bhi, Allah Bhi, Quran Bhi Aik, Kuch Bari Baat Bhi Hoti Jo Musalmaan Bhi Aik (Allama Iqbal). I have lived most of my life in the west, namely Norway, where about three percent of the total population is Muslim. Pakistanis constitute the largest ethnic minority in the land. Yet sectarian affiliation is not the […]
Did a 14-foot fall raise the conscience of a nation? on May 8, 2013While he fell 14 feet from a forklift, his popularity soared higher than K-2. And for the first time in a long time it felt the conscience of a country had jerked awake. The shockwaves were felt not only in Pakistan, rather worldwide: in Oslo, London, Chicago, wherever there were Pakistanis quietly safeguarding a hope […]
Anatomy of military image: the political virus IV on April 15, 2012He continued, “We find, however, that instead of giving us the opportunity to serve our country in positions where our natural talents and native genius could be used to the greatest advantage, important posts are being entrusted, as has been done in the past, to foreigners. British officers have been appointed to head the three […]