Syed Kamran Hashmi

The idea to reduce the costs of wedding ceremonies loomed for years, but no one took the initiative. So, when in late nineties Shahbaz Sharif, the then Chief Minister of Punjab limited the main course of these dinners to a single dish, his proposal was widely welcomed across the province. People could serve rice, bread, […]

When people go missing under the suspicion that one of the intelligence agencies have picked them up without a judicial warrant, you expect the sitting government — no matter how weak it is — will act to help locate and release the abducted citizens. To put things in proper perspective, let us clarify one thing […]

Instead of acting as one team determined to restore peace throughout the country, it seems as if the Prime Minister, Mian Nawaz Sharif and his Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ahmed Khan live on two different planets, their views colliding with each other creating more confusion-than what already exists-about the government’s commitment to combat extremism. First […]

Just like his predecessors, General Raheel Sharif, the former Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) has been drawn into controversy immediately after his retirement. Before him, General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kiyani was accused of nepotism and the abettor of the financial misdeeds of his brother, a private contractor, Kamran Kiyani. Before him, it was General Musharraf […]

In 360 BC, the Chinese Emperor Huang used the guerrilla tactics for the first time in the documented history of mankind against Tsi-Yao-A Miao, a local ethnic leader, by instigating a series of small attacks. These tactics weakened the Miao’s so much so that the Emperor established his rule across China. Emperor Huang did not […]

Define disaster? If we are talking about a travel experience, I can explain the whole concept in one word: PIA (Pakistan International Airlines). From the time of boarding to the time of dislodging, you wonder if you made the right choice to travel through one of the world worst airlines. A few years ago, when […]

In a graphic photo, a black goat held by four men lies on the ground, its head held tilted upwards, neck slit open, and bright red blood flowing out of its jugular veins. After a tragedy like that of December 7, any other airline would have launched an extensive investigation to understand why did the […]

Junaid Jamshed, the renowned singer turned preacher, tragically died last week in a plane crash along with forty six other passengers. The memories of Junaid Jamshed will stick with us for a long time not only because of his pop hit songs or his Islamic tele evangelism but also for the extreme positions he took […]

Junaid Jamshed, the renowned singer turned preacher, tragically died last week in a plane crash along with forty six other passengers. The memories of Junaid Jamshed will stick with us for a long time not only because of his pop hit songs or his Islamic tele evangelism but also for the extreme positions he took […]

Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif renamed the National Centre of Physics at Quaid e Azam University to Professor Abdul Salam Center of Physics this week. And by doing so, he officially acknowledged the services of late particle physicist Dr Abdul Salam, who in1979 won the Nobel Prize. I understand, for many Muslims the Nobel Prize […]