Let us reclaim Pakistan from extremists on April 14, 2017 On April 13, a mob at Mardan University tortured two students one of whom was lynched to death over rumors of blasphemy allegations. The incident happened just days after we came to know that the family of slain qawwal Amjad Fareed Sabri was desperate to leave the country. They fear retaliation from members of […]
Pakistan needs a narrative of peace and coexistence on April 11, 2017Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad is the tenth joint military operation against religious insurgents across Pakistan since 2007. All these operations and sacrifices of our forces and civilians have indeed helped in significantly weeding out terrorist outfits on the ground, yet Pakistan has suffered intermittently from spectacular terrorist attacks, such as at Army Public School Peshawar and recently […]
The lost Republic Day on March 23, 2017On this March 23, it would be 61 years since Pakistan inaugurated its first constitution declaring the country a republic- a first in the Muslim world. The nation started celebrating March 23 as a Republic day instead of Pakistan Day. It is such a sad saga as to how this day, originally celebrated as a […]