Pakistans floundering democracy: who is to blame? on August 12, 2016Pakistan celebrates its 69th year of independence from British rule on August 14, 2016. The country has had an acrimonious relationship with democracy throughout its existence. It is a cyclical journey between direct military control versus indirect control, with a civilian front and an alleged democratic set-up. Unfortunately, even the democratic set-up we have had […]
Brexit, bigotry and Pakistan on July 10, 2016The UK held a referendum on June 23, 2016 to ask its public whether they would like to remain as a member state of the European Union (EU) or leave it. As the sun rose the next day, it was apparently clear that the majority of the kingdom had voted to leave (apart from Gibraltar, […]
Lest we forget on January 29, 2016On January 20, 2016, gunmen entered the compound of a university in Charsadda when it was covered with early morning fog. What happened later is not different from what has been happening in our country for decades: carnage. We had to carry young coffins again; the future of Pakistan was slaughtered at Bacha Khan University […]