Month: October 2018

We will never go to the IMF, thundered Imran Khan endlessly during his “dharna” days when he was berating PMLN’s ...

Shahbaz Sharif’s arrest was always on the cards. There were only four questions. Why? When? On what pretext? What next? ...

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has announced a Protest Day on October 9 to agitate against unprecedented censorship ...

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has announced a Protest Day on October 9 to agitate against unprecedented censorship of the ...

Murtaza Solangi breaks down the new government’s attempts to rally allies as it tries to chalk out a cohesive economic ...

The RTI legislation must be made operational as soon as possible, writes Farhatullah Babar

Shahid Mehmood urges the new government to engage intellectuals to understand the dynamics and workings of the country and its ...

Azaz Syed reviews an unprecedented publication: the candid memoirs of former intelligence chief Lt. General (r ) Asad Durrani

New conceptions of society are needed to grapple with the challenges the world is facing today, writes Taimur Ali Ahmed

The price of crude is on the rise as global supplies are disrupted. Saad Rajput

In the final part of the series, Ali Usman Qasmi outlines some challenges for democratic politics

The Battle of Algiers is an old one but it still captures what is transpiring around the world, writes Muneeb ...

Nadeem Farooq Paracha explains how a modern ethnic identity came to be

Emaan Majed has tips for families looking to hitch up the (too) modern Pakistani woman

Daniyal Zahid believes the new film would have been more suitable as an op-ed column

Hurmat Ali Shah offers a foreigner’s take on South Korean food culture and history

Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro on some of the Turkic-origin rulers and mystics of Sindh

Progressives were once at the forefront of critically acclaimed writing in Pakistan. Raza Naeem explains why that is no longer ...

Javid Ali Khan on how his family, that of Pakistan’s first PM, settled in Karachi during Partition – and how ...

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Pakistan need to quickly bounce back from the catastrophic Asia Cup campaign, writes K Shahid

Vaqar Ahmed on paan, that South Asian vice which leaves bright stains everywhere

Fayes T Kantawala shares something about royal life at Versailles that might make many people appreciate their humble homes more

In 1976, Pharaoh Ramses II was issued an Egyptian passport for passage to France nearly three millennia after his death. ...

Janoo says I can’t get new car because we can’t spend too much of money. I said bhai why?  He ...

“Relatively” important   The good news is that the patronage culture in government is under attack. The bad news is ...