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This April marks the 50th anniversary of the ratification of the Constitution of 1973, which despite two military coups is...

Eleven years ago, the Pakistani political scientist and author Dr. Mohammad Waseem more-than-alluded that ‘judicial populism’ was becoming a serious...

In this article, I am presenting three remarkable letters for the reader to ponder. They were written in three different...

Led by the UK, after the victory of Margaret Thatcher in 1979, and followed by the US, with the victory...

Introduction How should capitalism be defined in the 21st century and what does the future hold for it? Although much...

This opening sentence in the letter from the queen of one superpower to the king of the other was surprisingly...

I met the author Dr. Shahid Siddiqui in the Allama Iqbal Open University when he was a lecturer in the...

The second Peshawar Literature Festival (PLF 2023) featured a fascinating session titled: "Representation in Colonial Discourse: The Racial Image and...

Some 13 years ago, when I was heading the media department of a British organisation, I got the chance to...

Shaukat Siddiqui was a great novelist. He was the only writer of his time who wrote against oppression with full...

The stability and therefore the success of any national government depends on the district and subdivisional level of administration. When...

In recent months, I have had several conversations with my fellow diaspora Pakistanis in the US about the dumpster fire...

A Pakhtun poet named Mawezi in the poem below describes Azim Khan’s messenger’s arrival at Peshawar and imploring people to...

Islamism as a postmodernist critique In Pakistani films of the 1960s, men returning from Western countries (after getting degrees from...

Time indeed flies. I remember watching An Inspector Calls on one of my trips to London back in 2006. It...

When I arrived at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) School as a young, wide-eyed lad of barely 12, India and...

Shikarpuris were not only skilled businessmen but also famed for their philanthropy and social service – building schools, hospitals, wells,...

A big part of Pakistan’s decolonisation process began with fashion. It was in the 1950s when the country’s first couturier...

Every civilized society requires a criminal justice system. This is a concept that most people are aware of. What could...

“Look how one story leads to another” is a punchline of Pahlwan, the wisecracking baddie of the Pakistani film Zinda...

My best friend at school, Ayesha, was the eldest among four siblings. Out of the four, she was the only...

Many people have a fear of flying. I don’t and have flown more than 4 million miles without giving much thought...

This author has written extensively about his childhood in the walled city of Lahore where his family had settled after...

With a flare-up of violence once again between Israelis and Palestinians, my thoughts turned to those figures who could bridge...

"Why are you being hyper?" A dear friend from Lahore chided me one cold evening while we were chatting about...

Modern India is a land of dizzying contrasts. Indian scientists have developed plans to send satellites to Mars, while Indian...