Judicial surrender
IN October 2023, when the Supreme Court struck down the military trials of civilians, the detailed judgement began with the following quote: “even amid the clash of arms, the laws…
Tough choice awaits
HAVING returned from a four-year, self-imposed exile, the path to power for PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif may appear paved but it is also true that within the next few months…
Resume of a doer
PML-N's sympathizers spent all of Thursday – July 13 – on social media reminding us about a most significant event in the party’s history. Exactly five years ago, on July…
She kept the torch aflame
History has an inscrutable way of recognizing great souls, even if they are ignored in their own times. Those who serve humanity in one way or another, those who dedicate…
The enlightenment of Waris Mir – Part II
Waris Mir pointed out in his writings that as long as Muslim societies used rationality and reason, they were paramount, and as soon as they embraced irrational thinking and worked…
On being called a traitor
In an ironic turn of events, the Sindh Assembly paid a historic tribute to the late Prof Waris Mir on June 15. The resolution condemned the remarks of Punjab’s Information…
Asma Jahangir: A fighter against injustice to the last
The entire country is reeling from the shock of Asma Jahangir's sudden passing away on February 11, 2018 and in mourning. Her unexpected death has elicited an unprecedented outpouring of…
An officer and a gentleman
I was walking towards the School of Physical Fitness (SPF) run by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), along with my uncle who coached the PAF hockey team there when I…
Asma Jahangir, my fearless friend
It is hard to find a measure of Asma Jahangir’s greatness. She was a brilliant intellectual, a superb humanist, a great political leader, an epitome of kindness, a personification of…
Haunted by a distant past
There was a joke doing the rounds on social media wherein it was said that a Pakistan offshore account holders’ convention was being organised this week at one of London’s…
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