Month: February 2014

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the interior minister, has finally unfurled a “National Security Policy” for Pakistan. A perusal of the ...

The assassination of veteran Taliban commander may be the result of an internal strife

As Islamabad prepares to go after the Taliban, it has concerns about the role of Kabul and New Delhi

The Taliban did not respond to peace overtures. Will they listen to the deafening sounds of gunships?

After 30 years of self-defeating policies, the new National Internal Security Policy may be the right way to make a ...

Human rights are key to overcoming the challenges of extremism and poverty

Ramesh Singh Arora, the first Sikh member of the Punjab Assembly since partition, speaks to Ammara Ahmad

Saudi And Iranian leaders involve India in regional peace

Along with taking a dozen pictures for Vikram Seth fangirls and soaking in the general vibe of the place, Hira ...

Australia, not Saudi Arabia, has the largest population of camels in the world and the subcontinent has something to do ...

Every year K Babar finds many treasures at The Lahore International Book Fair, the LLF's much older, less glamorous but ...

It is imperative that a rapidly urbanizing Sindh doesn't go down the Punjab route, writes Nadeem F. Paracha

Pakistan no longer welcomes Muslims from either India or Bangladesh. Doesn't that violate its raison d'etre? By Yuvraj Krishan

Are you overthinking the whole marriage bit? Luavat Zahid's pitch will have you queuing up for a Nikaahnama in no ...

K Babar gives the complete outsider's view to the LLF

Sabahat Zakariya's roundup of the week's cultural zeitgeist

Fayes T Kantawala loved the Lahore Literary Festival, warts and all

European tourists take a walk in Lahore's Shalimar Gardens in a photograph taken in 1966. Owned by the Arain Mian ...

You can’t imagine keh mein nay recently kitna culture take kiya hai. I went every day to Lahore Literally Festival ...

Irony of ironies One famous jihadi outfit’s leading light has been in the clanger for a few years, given our ...

Pity the nation that raises not its voice

These nuggets are culled from the Urdu press. They are summarised here without comment. Absurd or ridiculous, tft takes no responsibility ...

As expected, the PMLN’s last-ditch effort to give peace a chance has crashed. The two committees have failed to set ...

The security of the life and property of citizens is the state's prime responsibility

A belligerent Karzai has drawn Washington and Islamabad closer

Al Qaeda's plan for the region will succeed if Islamabad does not take stock of the deep penetration of its ...