Month: December 2015

The military establishment is in no mood to give any quarter to the MQM and PPP in Sindh. It kicked ...

Police unveils a large network of women jihadists

We must diagnose our ideological ills before we can treat them

Pakistan and India must begin with the low-hanging fruit of trade and commerce  

2015 was a roller-coaster year for Pakistan's regional outlook

Why more Pakistanis should explore China and more Chinese should explore Pakistan

We must understand the narrative in Kabul

Four artists recently left Karachi's Clifton Art Gallery awash in spiritual vitality and riveting hues. Noor Jehan Mecklai was there ...

The president of the United States hosted a number of academics and faith leaders recently, with an emphasis on addressing ...

The effect of Partition on Punjab was to brutally tear apart communities of Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs who had lived ...

This month, Pakistan will remember, among other horrendous tragedies, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Akbar Ahmed reminisces about her generosity, ...

Every winter, the people of Chitral face great difficulty in accessing Dir via the Lowari Pass. Maureen Lines describes some ...

With all eyes focused on Mohammad Amir's return, K Shahid discusses another potential comeback that might light up the Pakistan ...

In Pakistan, overt religiosity can come into violent conflict with the opportunities for self-expression offered by digital technologies. Faraz Talat reports ...

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Be it disturbing performance art in New York or religious bigotry on the streets of Lahore, nothing can dampen the ...

An undated photograph of Karachi's fashionable Preedy Street, taken likely in the 1950s, shows the locality's diverse visitors, and two ...

Marry Christmas, meray aziz humwatno! Thanks God I’m back from Turkmenistan where it was freezing cold. I’d gone there to ...

Ego trip The gent who ministers to our interior, aka Mr Bean, has finally persuaded The Man of Steel to ...

"If there is a possible way to brighten the affinity between India and Pakistan, it may be through affirmative acquaintance ...

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December 16 is now etched in our national consciousness, for a reason other than the fall of Dhaka in 1971. ...

Hopes and fears are high as work begins on a landmark gas pipeline

Pakistan's future lies in geo-economics, not geo-strategy

Abraham Lincoln's heirs are outdoing each other with nativist rhetoric

What ails world economy and how does that affect Pakistan?