Memoir

I was born to a poor father, who hailed from a Katcha village, known as Kitchi Baig Saryab. He was...

Editors' Note: We are publishing this two-part series of a deeply personal and moving account of how scholar and former Ambassador...

Editors' Note: We are publishing this two-part series of a deeply personal and moving account of how scholar and former Ambassador...

In the summer of 1971 when the Bengali uprising had built up wide-spread momentum and the security forces desperately tried...

After President Yahya Khan launched a military operation to crush the opposition, Bengalis who resisted were called “miscreants” – this...

Into 1971, there was one thing I knew for certain in East Pakistan: a tsunami of ethnic violence was heading...

If I were to sit down and make a list of ten people who have impressed and influenced me most...

The first part of this article described the massacre of Muslims in August 1947 in Rupnagar, East Punjab. In this...

One pleasant reward of writing for an online magazine like the one you are reading right now is the wide...

In my life, I have lived in many diverse places; Miram Shah in North Wazirstan, Abbottabad, Alizai in Kurram, Pabbi,...

The story told here is without consideration of politics, bitterness or religious allegiances connected to the events that led to...

Truth is stranger than fiction, wrote Mark Twain. Fiction was written within plausible facts, he went on to explain, whereas...

The story told here is of my father; an individual representing the lives of an entire generation on both sides...

Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, the man who was the face of Pakistan’s bomb for at least a couple of decades,...

Translator’s Introduction: September 30 earlier this week was International Translation Day while this week is also being celebrated as Banned...

Translator’s Introduction: September 30 earlier this week was International Translation Day while this week is also being celebrated as Banned...

At moments when those who claim to lead the people have become determined to sell the people to such anti-people...

It is very difficult to write about a very dear friend and comrade, especially with a close association spanning more...

On this particular night in July 1971, we were told to to get ready for a 3 AM departure. Pakistan...

MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID REFLECTS ON AN UNSUCCESSFUL 1938 ATTEMPT BY HIS FATHER

Shehla Ahmad Khan on the life and times of her father Shehzad Ahmad Khan (May 6th 1923, Muradabad – November...

Capt. Ejaz Haq shares his recollections of 1971

Javid Ali Khan describes the intense diplomacy by ZAB, as he laid the grounds for Pakistan’s public to accept Bangladesh...

Akbar Ahmed reflects on why he questioned General Zia-ul-Haq on his vision for religion, state and society – at an...

Akbar Ahmed recalls a time when he couldn’t resist questioning General Zia-ul-Haq on his vision for religion, state and society...