The joy of freedom
National Freedom Day is celebrated every year on February 1 across the US to commemorate the remarkable achievement of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the US, who signed the…
The freedom to fly solo
“FEMINISM convinced women they could have it all. Now they’re 40, independent and crying in a very nice empty apartment.” So wrote Nandi on X. The response was swift as the ‘feminists’…
Loss of freedom
It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. The story that has been enacted in Pakistan in the recent past stands out because…
Day for religious freedom
First of all, I am grateful to God Almighty who, like every year, blessed me to start the new year by facilitating deserving people to initiate a new life and…
How was freedom won and lost?
Now that the first generation of Pakistanis is fading away, it is time to record our journey. The present generation that was born as free citizens to parents who were…
Freedom parties
THE role of political parties in winning freedom is well known. But how many of them, on attaining the goal of freedom, put their nations on the path of progress?…
An inconvenient freedom
THIS Monday, Pakistan’s media regulator took aim at one of its top news channels and pulled the trigger. As of writing this, ARY News has reportedly been taken off air across the country. Representatives…
Time and freedom
IN between the cat videos and scenes of Bollywood dances dutifully performed at various cousins’ weddings are a different set of clips. These clips feature colourised images of some of…
Spare me the freedom to live with sanity
It was another of those countless visits to television channels that I have been making in recent times to explain my party’s position to the people regarding various events occurring…
A freedom lost: Part – II
On December 13, 2023, Szabist Karachi organized an event to discuss the state of peasants’ rights in Sindh in 2022. While our mainstream media is nearly always wittering on about…
