It seem that now and in the coming days, we will have nothing else to do except mourning the death...

“Don’t send me Happy New Year messages. This year like its predecessor won’t be happy from any angle but loaded...

Some Indian friends are down in the dumps: they are the true music lovers and want the distinction between ‘awards’...

Arguably the greatest loss to filmi music in 2022 was Lata Mangeshkar’s demise. She was the voice of the universe....

History is the greatest evidence and witness. Therefore, the victors and powerful are always scared of it. They love it...

Mehnaz Begum, Shahida Parveen, Iqbal Bano, Shaukat Ali, A. Nayyar, Nayyara Noor and now Bilquis Khanam – all those made...

Imam Ghazali narrates an incident in his famous work Ihya Ulum-al-Din that we all ought to be sharing today in...

One of the saddest days today – my great friend, the friend of humanity, my benefactor, the benefactor of the...

On the 13th of December, Maulana Akbar Chitrali was screeching in the parliament, lamenting the ‘disgrace’ that a woman, Hina...

December 16 – the most ruinous day in Pakistan’s history – comes every year to haunt us. But as world’s...

Pakistan is burning.  The fire chief is helpless: no petrol/water/salaries for engine/tanker/staff.  Yet he is fighting... through talks with the...

The TTP massacred 140 innocent children at Army Public School Peshawar (APS) on December 16, 2014.  The Ulema did not...

Since time unknown we are telling our people through schoolbooks, newspapers, Friday sermons, Jihadi rallies, dramas, songs and movies that...

Pakistan is a strange land. It is the only place in the world where you can find the most talented,...

We can refute the Covid-19 and save 220 million people from panicking but just a mere few hours later we...

Let’s say a woman suffers a heart attack. You take her to a hospital. And a doctor comes to treat...

When the two media giants Ahmad Noorani and Haroon Rashid stated that Najam Sethi is not a journalist, I had...

Scene 1: Strict security around Qalandar’s Aastana – armoured vehicles, anti-tank canons, ambulances, firefighting tankers, dozens of choppers, internet/phone services...

The vibrant youth of today might not know Ghulam Abbas and his “Anandi” or “Mandi.” Abbas was one of the...

Scene: A very important meeting is in progress at the He Fled Apartment.  Dozens of local and international TV channels...

Scene 1: Qalandar is playing chess online with Bobby Fischer who is giving him tough time. Koila (coal) interrupts him....

Those who rule out martial live in a promised land. Their opinion is predicated on the political scenes of 1971...

Scene 1: Qalandar in deep slumber. Boisterous sirens disrupt his sweet dreams. His butler, Safdar Chawal informs him that B...

One of Pakistan’s greatest strengths is that it is going through a ‘delicate situation’ since its birth. Live from the...

Three very important figures were at Qalandar’s aastana (monastery): Showbiz’s cook who was an expert in making nehari, hareesa, siri...

Qalandar, a fictional character, is Mohammad Shehzad’s brainchild. From the powerful to the poor – all visit his aastana (monastery)...