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Our prayers and blessings for the departed soul of the late great Queen Elizabeth II. Her death represents the passing...

“Our enemies know that they cannot beat us fair and square, and thus, they have subjected us to a cruel,...

In order to raise awareness of enforced disappearances, the United Nations (UN) designated this day, 30 April, as the International...

Climate change is the greatest challenge faced by our world today. This may seem to be a grandiose statement but...

The creation of Pakistan as a separate sovereign state is far too complex a political phenomenon and historical idea to...

Looking at ourselves and around us, all we do is find complaints or excuses for not becoming what we could...

In 2008, sometime in July in the monsoon weather, I was out of money for the month and my salary...

The Global Gender Gap Report 2022 issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranks Pakistan 145 out of 146 countries....

As per the UNDP DAP-Womenomics report 2021, women currently represent 38.8 percent of the global labour force but just 20...

Even as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that the government will impose a 10% "super tax" on large-scale industries to...

Just a few days back, I read a fascinating review of a recently published book on development in the Financial...

In the US, Republicans in Congress were expecting the Senate elections to be a referendum on Trump. If candidates supported...

Prince Dara Shikoh was the crown prince of the Mughal Empire and son and heir of Shah Jahan, ruler of...

Aamir Liaquat Hussain has passed away in Karachi at 50. The larger-than-life and controversial figure has come to embody some...

No one in Pakistan doubts the political reality that the military and more specifically its high command dominates the country's...

Whenever I visit Pakistan, I miss the times when people were gentle, fruits were tasty, words were honest and hearts...

The dawn of globalisation and the subsequent interconnectivity in the aftermath of World War 2 has ushered in an era...

In an India that gives an increasingly dystopian appearance, a storm of communal upheaval is gusting towards the Muslim community,...

The favourite pastime of the chattering classes in Pakistan is blaming corruption for all the ills in our society. It is...

Folk Devils A moral panic is a widespread fear — most often an irrational one. The fear is about someone...

"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori," (It is sweet and proper to die for one's country) Migration is a...

The supporters of former PM Imran Khan have taken his constitutional removal from office very personally. It doesn’t matter if...

On the 26th of April, a woman suicide bomber blew herself up near a van carrying Chinese teachers on the...

Soon after midnight on May 2, 2011, when the US Navy Seals took out Osama bin Laden, they also discovered...

International Women’s Day 2022 dawned with a global commitment to breaking bias, smashing stereotypes, rejecting inequality and eliminating discrimination. Nevertheless,...

One of my most memorable jail visits in Pakistan is memorable not because of the interaction I had with a...