Bade Ghulam Ali Khan’s yoga mudra
Indira Gandhi had many flaws but vacuous boastfulness was not one of them. She never growled at Pakistan; never shouted ‘I am going to fix you’. When the time came,…
Indira Gandhi had many flaws but vacuous boastfulness was not one of them. She never growled at Pakistan; never shouted ‘I am going to fix you’. When the time came,…
Last week, Pakistan lost its veteran labour unionist, Karamat Ali. The values embedded in him revolved around human rights, labour associations, regional peace and social justice. His assumption was simple:…
As the US military began formally withdrawing from Afghanistan Saturday, some residents in Kandahar — the former bastion of the Taliban — were optimistic the exit will bring peace to…
By July 2007, General Musharraf had started feeling nervous. He felt he needed to reach out and build a good opinion of himself among those with a voice in society…
Regionalism refers to institutional cooperation amongst countries of a region. Any country has to be first regionally integrated if it has to efficiently integrate globally. This is particularly true for…
In my previous columns of this series last week, I thought I had discussed all the books by Zamir Niazi, but thanks to Dr Syed Jaffar Ahmed, former director of…
IT was a happening week. All thanks to the prime minister who finally put aside his indecision and shuffled the cabinet portfolios, as he had been meaning to do for…
Federalism is again under attack with a persistent campaign against the 18th Amendment or via irresponsible talk about the imposition of Governor’s Rule in Sindh. Already three provinces are being…
Ghulam Nabi Ganai, a 67-year-old retired executive engineer, is elated about Imran Khan’s victory. As I enter his home in Frisal, a village in Kulgam district, eight kilometres away from…
“It is…just as little necessary for the saint to be a philosopher as for the philosopher to be a saint.” That is how philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer replied to the cutting…