An icon of the left: Part – II
Saeeda Gazdar’s short stories are not all about politics and repression; some are full of nostalgia and recall the pre-partition days. Her story ‘Hindustani, Pakistani’ is one such story that…
SCO: a debating society?
The capital of Islamic Republic of Pakistan was shut down for the recently held (October 15 to 17, 2024) Shanghai Co-operation Organization summit. While the decorations and parties were good…
SCO: a debating society?
The capital of Islamic Republic of Pakistan was shut down for the recently held (October 15 to 17, 2024) Shanghai Co-operation Organization summit. While the decorations and parties were good…
Self-imposed poverty
AMONG the comity of nations, Sweden stands out for its high standard of living, technological innovations (Spotify, Minecraft, Skype, Saab, Volvo, Ikea), outstanding environmental activists like Greta Thunberg and famous…
Where are we on population?
The year 2018 saw a significant moment in the history of population discourse in the country when the then-chief justice of Pakistan took suo-motu notice of the high population growth…
Trouble across the western border
Given the paucity of ideas and strategy to deal with the induction of the Taliban government in Afghanistan in the aftermath of the US withdrawal, one could long foresee heating…
Young lawyer or net loss?
In Pakistan’s legal corridors, a generation of young legal minds grapple with distinctive trials, stoically bearing the weight of a profession that pledges justice but recurrently falters in its delivery.…
Ah, but there’s the rub
An ‘Alhamdulillah’ moment it was for Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif when Pakistan reached a nine-month $3 billion staff-level agreement with the IMF on Friday, the second day of Eid. And…
The wrath of blood
It is difficult to make much sense of what is happening around us within the precincts of logic and reason. But not only is this enactment of desertion and desecration…
An anatomy of paralysis
Pakistan’s politics has assumed the form of a circular movement which keeps coming back to the starting point after exhausting all possible forms of abuse and invective. There is nothing…
