Reflections

Observing British politics from a distance (and therefore in a highly romanticised way) we can get the impression that Great...

When the two media giants Ahmad Noorani and Haroon Rashid stated that Najam Sethi is not a journalist, I had...

There was a direct linear connection between Bhutto’s death and my near fatal accident. I will illustrate the principle of...

The Rise and Demise of Muslim Modernism The breakup of Pakistan in December 1971 produced a ‘New Pakistan.’ ZA. Bhutto,...

Will November prove to be the cruellest month of all? The outcome depends on the answers to some burning questions....

From 16 to 22 October, the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its 20th National Congress. The aim was not...

Last month, the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan’s (GB) decision to organise a Women’s Sports Gala, a women-only event, stirred protests when...

The search for paradise on earth has always fired the imagination of scholars and dreamers, whether it is the Englishman...

November of 1968 to February of 1969, were perhaps some of the most fiery times in the often troubled history...

I recently attended a series of sessions on how knowledge is acquired and realised – better late than never –...

They say being a martyr is an honour bestowed to few who carry the ability to acknowledge something beyond the...

In my first conversation with Nawab Akbar Bugti, he cited Ibn Khaldun. I was curious as to where the Nawab...

This is the seventh and last part of my travelogue to Naran, Gilgit and Naltar valleys. It consists of impressions...

As per reports, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has mobilised the Interior Ministry to formulate a detailed report on the...

  I hope you’re angry about these floods. It’ll take Pakistan years, possibly decades, to ‘rehabilitate’ from the colossal scale...

Feminism is neither an imperial constituency nor illusory cup of tea for any monopolising group in civil society. To me...

Geological forces are immense, perhaps beyond calculation. Science is only now getting certain about what moves the tectonic plates under...

On 01 October, parliamentary elections were held in Latvia, a post-Soviet country, and on 02 October, parliamentary elections were held...

A Baloch woman wearing her bridal jewelry could walk alone from one end of the Balochistan province to the other...

Imagine a spacious house in which four brothers live with their families in a traditional joint-family system. Each brother has...

In his 2015 book The Militant, author and researcher Muhammad Amir Rana published dozens of interviews that he conducted of young...

How does one write about what can only be experienced? As a polity we have lost all empathy: this is...

Nietzsche’s Hammer  Those who romanticise irrationality are convinced that rationality works best when driven by ‘evil’ intentions. To anti-rationalists, passion...

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

In August 1965, Pakistan’s 12th infantry division under the command of Major General Akhtar Hussein Malik launched Operation Gibraltar in...

Last year on August 27th 2021 we lost Dr. Rubina Saigol. Known as a scholar and a member of Women’s...