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

In Karachi, good theatre is hard to come by, especially when one looks for literate entertainment. Olomopolo Media dared to ...

In the world of music, there are only two prestigious levels that musicians aspire to achieve. With vigorous practice (riaz), ...

After the pandemic, we haven’t fully recovered but we did survive 2020 and 2021. And trust me when I say ...

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

Khanspiracy While commenting on PTI’s stunning victory in the recently concluded Punjab Assembly (PA) by-elections, almost all analysts agree that ...

43 years ago in April 1979, a former prime minster of Pakistan, Z.A. Bhutto, was executed for allegedly ordering the ...

“Benazir Bhutto has been killed, and we want you live on BBC television straight away, please.” It was early morning ...

Mr. Imran Khan welcomes the Judiciary’s decision on Article 63-A as it positively impacts his politics, especially in Punjab. Political ...

Dead Man’s Prisoner is a fascinating novel by a former provincial bureaucrat of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province. It addresses the despicable ...

There are Sufi shrines in almost every old locality of Rawalpindi which belong to different Sufi orders. A few of ...

Showing signs of exhaustion and complacency during its last few seasons, Coke Studio (CS) returned this year looking refreshed, rejuvenated and ...

Figurative art is one of the oldest forms of human expression and it is the art of realistic representation. This ...

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

I heard about Aijaz Ahmad – who passed away at 81 earlier last month in the United States on March ...

The ‘explosion’ that has taken place in Pakistani politics at the moment is in front of everyone. With the passage ...

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

Jiyala (جیالہ) is an Urdu word meaning a passionate devotee. It is often associated with diehard supporters of the Pakistan ...

A car drives down a dusty road in Sargodha district and stops at a little village. From the car alights ...

“What might it be like to live without cinema?” Pakistan has had a complex relationship with cinema and by beginning ...

Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, a Pakistan-based jurist serving as Supreme Court judge, issued a powerful and debate-provoking judgment on ...

Almost one year on, Ali Wazir, an elected MNA from the erstwhile FATA (now merged into the province of KP) ...

By war and battles here, I do not mean actual armed conflicts. What I mean is a tussle between various ...

The past three years have finally ended my complicated one-sided relationship with my hero Imran Khan. As a diehard believer, ...

Paulo Coelho, in his novel The Alchemist considers the importance of the journey. The quest for novelty is overwhelming in ...

The leader of a major religious party; a former princely ruler; a major feudal grandee; a leftist intellectual; a Baloch ...