Perspective

“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now”. This memorable line, from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, rang in my mind...

Pakistan is a home to the world’s second largest Muslim population – after Indonesia – with about 220 million people....

One hears about a child being raped and then murdered in Pakistan quite frequently now. While the rape of the...

International politics and foreign policy are always evolving. The recent development of Saudi Arabia and Iran re-engaging diplomatically, with China...

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

  The world has long echoed the principles of justice, humanity, sovereignty, charters for human rights and SDGs for addressing...

The people of Pakistan today appear to be passengers on the doomed ocean liner the Titanic, plunging head-on into a...

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

A politician is elected to the country’s apex executive office. He faces grave corruption allegations during his first term. However,...

Russia, Iran, and China are considered to be the forces pushing for a multipolar global system where power is not...

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

The story of how Ushna Shah was harassed and how it left her devastated is no secret. Over the years,...

As Pakistan prepares for a worsening wave of inflation, and the whole mainstream media sets its eyes upon Imran Khan...

On 24 February 2023, a year has passed since Russia launched what it calls a special military operation in Ukraine....

With help of social media, a political protagonist has polarised the national political discourse, injecting the poison of irrational hatred...

He is 98 years old and has voluntarily forgone all medical treatment and returned home to spend his last days...

Having never attended any Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) events – despite being an avid reader – I wasn’t sure what...

Urban gentrification is the process of revitalisation and modernisation in semi-urban neighbourhoods into vast luxurious and posh residential societies to...

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

We are living in a post-truth age, where lies are peddled as coherent narratives, or bayania, and proudly disseminated. For...

Recently, I attended a lunch gathering hosted by a friend and his gracious wife at their residence. Dr. Abdullah is...

After putting kids to bed, I was scrolling through social media for the day’s feed, and read a post by...

Considering Pakistan's economic hardships and the IMF's conditions, the privatisation of public assets may have to be expedited to boost...

We hear the word ‘democracy’ a lot in Pakistan. We hear it from politicians, from their supporters and in the...

With millions of Indian and Pakistani film watchers and enthusiasts talking about Shahrukh Khan’s latest film Pathaan, I finally mustered...

Somewhere in a discussion about a crisis in contemporary art, an American art critic, Dave Hickey once said: "Criticism, at...