The lost culture of Shawa on August 29, 2018Shawa is a small village of Lower Dir in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is located in the vicinity of Chakdarra, abutting districts of Swat and Malakand. The people of Shawa are mostly ethical and courteous. They act in concert with one other in times of both pain and merriment. At night time one will come across […]
The age-old question of Madrasah reform on May 14, 2018Students are only educated in religious specialities at seminaries and, therefore, they are left behind in the race for development. This matter in hand needs to be addressed before it’s too last, as it is the driving force behind many grievances of the country. Most of these madrasah students are capable only of leading prayers […]
Reforming the UNSC on May 2, 2018There have been vigorous debates on international platforms and in argumentative writings by eminent scholars calling for reforms in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) since long. The issue is under discussion in the General Assembly for the last 25 years but any tangible results are yet to be seen. Membership, working method, and the […]
PTI’s future in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on April 28, 2018While forming the government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Imran Khan claimed that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) would make it a model province for the whole country. He reportedly pronounced that the example of the Indian province of Bihar, where chief minister Nitish Kumar introduced sweeping reforms, would be followed while developing KP. The PTI chairman boasted that […]
The South Asian balance of terror on April 17, 2018The frequency of ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) has reached an alarming level. The Indian army resorted to firing across the LoC even in the presence of members of the United Nations Military Observer Group for India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) brazenly violating the 2003 agreement. India is said to have violated the […]
Ending the Afghan war on April 11, 2018Kabul’s policy towards Afghan Taliban took a new turn lately. A pragmatic approach to end the protracted war was adopted when President Ashraf Ghani made a peace overture to Taliban unconditionally. They were offered security along with other incentives for the sake of saving the country. Nevertheless, it was answered with a cool response from […]
Renewing ties with United States on April 5, 2018The bilateral diplomacy between Pakistan and the United States (US) has always been tortuous. Any Pakistani can produce a plethora of genuine grievances involving our sinuous relations with US. The two countries established diplomatic relations in October 1947 and the newly independent Pakistan found a valuable ally in the White House. At that time, a […]
What is it like to be a child in Pakistan? on March 28, 2018Like it or not, our children are going through one of the darkest phases of history. With each passing day, new stories of their plight come forth. From Karachi to Khyber, in every nook and cranny of the country they are encountering horrific challenges of various kinds, while the state and its machinery sleep at […]
Senate elections and horse-trading on March 21, 2018Who can be meaner than a person who is willing to change his opinion vis-à-vis the critical business of the state for the sake of, inter alia, the amount of money offered? This happens every three years in provincial and national assemblies during Senate elections while being observed by the whole nation. They put for […]
Corporal punishment in schools on November 30, 2016In March 2013, the National Assembly of Pakistan unanimously passed a bill that slapped a complete ban on the infliction of corporal punishment on children and asked for adopting a constructive and communicative approach instead. However, it is an overt secret that, barring elite institutions, such brutal modus operandi exists predominantly in our schools and […]