Partly Facetious: Difference between Mushahid and Fahim
"Amin Fahim reminds me of Mushahid Hussain." "That is so unfair. Amin Fahim has a whole set of hair..." "Whole?" "Well, more than Mushahid does anyway." "Genetics, I say." "No…
Tale of Alipur destruction
ALIPUR tehsil of district Muzaffargarh, 80 per cent of whose population has been marooned for weeks, is situated between two mighty rivers and is close to Panjnad where five rivers…
Caring for Karachi
A long time ago, I fancied myself as a chronicler of Karachi, pretending to be able to interpret the experience of living in this chaotic and forever-evolving place. In my…
A saffron-clad sly old devil
The animal kingdom will most likely protest and take a serious offence if they were to be compared with the deceitful and conceited human species. Smaller the mind greater the…
Discussing South Asian peace: Part – I
The Black Hole is a community centre in Islamabad that holds engaging discussions, conducts informative sessions, and offers entertaining performances nearly every day. Established in March 2022, it will soon…
Economic growth
THERE are indeed signs that the economy is stabilising. The PSX share index has, for the first time, crossed 100,000 points. The rupee-dollar exchange rate has remained stable over the…
Thriving South Asia a pipe dream?
SOME two weeks back, the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), a 23-member inter-governmental organisation, held its annual meeting in Colombo. Pakistan has been intentionally kept out of this forum despite…
Sindh revisited
KARACHI lost its primacy in August 1967, when the capital of our country was shifted from there to Islamabad — our own Brasilia. Ever since its earliest identification in 1646…
Election karma
A few days ago, an interesting interview of senior politician Mushahid Hussain Sayed was aired on a private TV channel. Keeping a close eye on international politics and current affairs,…
Academia from Iran, Pakistan urged to collaborate in multiple domains
The two-day international conference on ‘Iran-Pakistan Academic-Cultural Dialogue’ concluded on Wednesday with a commitment from heads of academia from both sides to collaborate across multiple domains, leveraging academic and cultural…
