Bacha Khan’s resistance
I have been writing in my column for these pages about different modes of resistance to the British Raj in India. Among these was a unique movement launched by Abdul…
Scorching heat
ANEESA Abdul Sattar knows how to keep cool to reduce thermal stress — drink plenty of water and bathe. Yet both these measures are beyond her. She lives in that…
Journalism: an alternative history: Part IV
In this last part of the series we discuss three reports published in 2018, and one book by Dr Tauseef Ahmed Khan, ‘Pakistan mein sahafat ki mutabadil tareekh’ published in…
Random thoughts: Good books
Today, we do not talk about politics, about which enough has been said already. Today, we discuss some good books and some fine people. The first is written by Sirajuddin…
Treasures of information
Today I would like to talk about two very informative books. The first is ‘Quaid-e-Azam and the Armed Forces’ (in Urdu), written by well-known columnist and friend, Jabbar Mirza. He…
Mapping religious groups
Extremism and terrorism pose an existential threat to the peace, progress and prosperity of the country. Unfortunately, we have failed to eradicate terrorism despite the fact that we have spent…
Pakistan keeps chugging on
Every day, dozens of great stories in Pakistan get buried underneath the enormous flood of bile that seems to be of national importance. My favourite recent story is the one…
Comparing media
Mir Hasil Bazinjo, Javed Jabbar, Asad Qaiser, Mian Mehmood-ur Rasheed, Rana Afzal, Gen (r) Abdul Qayum, Senator Saud Majeed, Munzza Hassan, Mehtab Rahidi, Senator Nauman Wazir, Shehryar Afridi, Dr Shoaib…
Literary masterpieces
The country is passing through difficult times. We hear and read about nothing other than terrorist attacks, murders, suicide bombings, shootouts, etc and the press blows everything up. Any one…
