Gaza and Instagram make an explosive mix in Hollywood
Hollywood celebrities are paying the price for taking sides in the Gaza war — plastering their social media accounts with slogans such as “Free Palestine” or “I stand with Israel”.…
Instagram departures add to woes for Facebook
The departure of Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger adds to the woes of parent firm Facebook as it tries to repair its image hurt by privacy scandals and…
Internet outages and economic development in Pakistan
The emergence of social media has changed the manner in which people express themselves and their opinions. In Pakistan, the virtual public square has become Facebook, X, and Instagram. These…
Inauguration Day, Trump-style: What will happen?
Every four years America’s president is sworn in on Inauguration Day, whether newly elected or returning to office, in a long-established ceremony held amid pageantry shaped by the incoming leader’s…
Et tu, Maryam?
HOW much should we know about Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s health? As a public official, should her health be up for the media’s scrutiny? The media dictates so; the…
The country of the ‘leftovers’
‘Abey yaar!’ – a phrase ubiquitous across the country. This is our safe-for-work alternative to other words to show our frustration when things go awry. ‘Abey yaar!’ in the 2000s…
Pakistan’s ‘brain rot’
We are increasingly living in a post-truth world. But what does it mean? Well, Oxford Dictionaries define it “as relating to and denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less…
Defeating fascism
Pakistan’s politics remains a vicious circle degrading with each rotation. The 2014 horror movie was re-run this week. Fascist hordes descended once again upon D-Chowk in a paralysed Islamabad amidst…
Cyber sovereignty
FOR a modern society, the intersection of rights and governance in the digital sphere should become an area of pressing concern. As scholar Evgeny Morozov observes, “the internet is a…
The stories of Mall Road
Stars and Birds: Last week, our group of university students walked towards Nasir Bagh as the first stop in our tour of Mall Road. As I took a look around…
