The age of spectacles
If nothing else, the ruling party is keeping us all entertained in these depressing days of a global pandemic. In the first fortnight of the month of May, the PTI…
Ramadan, Ramzan, and the crescent
Prior to the commencement of the holy month, it has now become almost a ritual to get drawn into the simmering debates, mainly over social media, on how to rightly…
The moon gazers
Their stern looks put the fear of God into our hearts and make us tremble for our lives. We know that a shout from the pulpit can result in lynching,…
Politics of the moon
“It is the very error of the moon; She comes more nearer earth than she was wont, And makes men mad” — Shakespeare IF for decades we associated Eid with Mufti…
Dawn of a new era
The holy month of Ramazan this year has brought special blessings to the people of the tribal areas – and the whole country. Unlike the past practices of Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman…
One crescent but three different Eids
The people of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa were subjected to multiple Eids yet again this year. It might come as surprise to many, but in Peshawar, Eid-ul-Fitr is usually split into Eids of…
