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Recently it has been revealed that the Chairperson and the members of the National Commission on the Rights of the...

On Valentine’s Day this year, when lovers all over the world will exchange affection and greetings, voters in the Indian...

The Afghan Taliban’s appeal for food assistance appeared to have been made in desperation. But the world must listen. This...

Sarah Gandapur is no stranger to the world of glitz, celebrity and red carpet hobnobbing. A familiar name in local...

Numbering more than 30,000 madrassahs, they often serve free education, food and sometimes shelter to around 4 million poor children...

Worldwide, migrant workers are exploited by countries that build entire economies on their backs. Earlier this year, it was revealed...

16th of December 1971: General AAK Niazi receives a telegram from President Yahya Khan which reads: "You have fought a...

Aslam Khan, an Assistant Director in State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), is visibly very happy. His hard work throughout the...

On the evening of the 13th of March 2020, the chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) General Muhammad...

The story to prepare this study plan goes like this: after having worked in the development sector – designing, managing,...

The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has received 37 new complaints of alleged enforced disappearance from across the country...

The inquiry report on NA-75 Daska is now available to most of us. Selected parts have been amplified as per...

In the late 1990s, the development sector considerably matured itself. However, European donors catalyzed the process and helped the sector...

When I came across the Sindh Union Council and Community Economic Strengthening Support (SUCCESS) Programme’s Annual Report 2020-2021, entitled ‘Building...

The entry gates of the hospitals are stormed by people. That is when the security at the gates of Sandman...

Abdullah Yusuf Ali’s translation and exegesis (tafseer) of the Quran has been a standard for over 87 years. It is...

This week’s tragic killing of a Muslim family in a hate crime in Canada was followed by a number of...

Oscar Wilde once wrote that memory is the diary that we carry with ourselves. I have long been fascinated by...

This is the month of cicadas in Washington DC, where hordes of them take over the city – they emerge...

In some ways, vaccinations and the ability to access them will be the great new inequality, separating developed nations from...

Jati is a small town of fisherfolk in Sindh’s coastal district Sujawal, that has been seeing each and every shock...

BY MOMINA AIJAZUDDIN

BY PARVEZ MAHMOOD

DR. SYED AMIR REFLECTS ON THE MOMENT THAT SHOOK THE WORLD OF 2011/12

BY JAHANDAD KHAN

MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID TELLS THE STORY OF HOW THE CONSPIRACY UNFOLDED IN 1951 – AND THE ROLE OF...