President Trump and his love of power on January 18, 2021Admittedly President Trump has a towering personality very fit for his office. Over 6 feet tall, with an un-unusually large jawbone and his large head on which he has grafted very expensive and artfully crafted auburn hair which distinguish him from all previous Presidents. He keeps theircolourchanging from orange to slivery grey as suits his […]
Addiction to unhappiness on January 11, 2021It is a paradox that we derive a special kind of pleasure by being un-happy with our own fate. When we fail to achieve our goals, due to our brooding and inactive nature, we sink into unhappiness even though the fault in most cases is ours. Rather than trying to find reasons of our unhappiness […]
A Fighter of human Freedom and rights of Minorities on January 4, 2021The 10th death anniversary of Mr.SalmanTaseerwho was a successful Pakistani businessman and politician, falls on 4th January 2021. Mr. Taseer served as Governor of Punjab from 2008 until his assassination in 2011. He was avery vocal member of the Pakistan Peoples Party since the 1980s, and was elected to the Punjab Assembly from Lahore in […]
Diplomatic relations with Israel on December 30, 2020These days one important question which has left Pakistan in a state of quandary, is whether in the changed scenario of international politics, it would be feasible to recognize the state of Israel.It is essential to know the background of Pakistan-Israel relations in the past to answer this question. Pakistan and Israel almost simultaneously appeared […]
China outwits America on December 20, 2020China has successfully launched its lunar spacecraft Chang’e-5 on the moon which not only placed its men on the surface of the moon, hoisted Chinese flag on the moon and brought back from lunar surface as much as 4.4 pounds of rock and soil samples on 19 th December 2020. Though China’s space race took […]
Feminism in Pakistan on August 21, 2020The idea of Feminism comes to mind when one wants to emphasise the implicit equality in the opportunity of both genders that constitute humanity. In an economic system, the family is the nucleus of growth and production. Whenever this fundamental nucleus is threatened by internal or external forces, the entire economic system is likely to […]
Challenges to Being the Third Gender in Pakistan on August 1, 2020These days, a new phenomenon has emerged on Lahore’s streets. As your car drives close to an intersection and screeches to a stop at a traffic light, you hear several thumps. As you peer through your window panes, a hoard of transvestites rushes towards you; begging alms. You can oblige one or two or even […]
The fate of minorities in Pakistan on July 21, 2020The old issue of minorities again surfaced recently in Islamabad when over 3000 of its Hindu residents were granted permission to build a Mandir (the first Hindu temple in post-1947 era) on a 0.5 acre land in H-9 sector of Islamabad Capital Territory. Prime Minister Imran Khan had also allocated Rs 100 million for the […]
The Fetish for “Gori Rangat” on July 6, 2020In the current budget, to discourage the use of sub-standard skin-whitening creams, the government has proposed a five-year jail, and Rs 50 lakh fine for ads promoting fair skin. This is because, in sub-standard skin-whitening creams, the ingredients used include mercury, hydroquinone, ascorbic acid and tretinoin. All of them carry dangerous side-effects. According to the […]
Banning books written on Islam on June 23, 2020On June 5, the Punjab Assembly decided to ban certain books and also to stop their distribution for being ‘blasphemous’. The books include two books by British-American author Lesley Hazleton, and one book by Mazharul Haq. Moreover, a minority community newspaper was also banned. Provincial Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Peraviaz Elahi has written to the provincial […]