Narratives and self-glory
IT is not unprecedented in Pakistan’s history for a government to blame internal crises on external forces. Yet Prime Minister Imran Khan’s claim that the no-confidence move against him is…
No tears for Indian Muslims
A senior friend of mine who spends much of his time online, passionately airing his strongly-held views on the issues and challenges facing India, its Muslims in particular, is surprisingly…
Twenty years of the PTI: the road to glory
There is a reason for all of us to celebrate the PTI’s 20th founding anniversary. Pakistan’s youngest political party is no more a teenager, at least chronologically, and we can…
Lessons For The Muslim World
I usually write about poverty and project management-related issues but thanks to Donald Trump tirade against Muslims I thought it appropriate to share the details about the glorious culture and…
Ah! The Muslim woman
The occasion was an event held to mark International Women’s Day, a couple of days after it is celebrated on March 8 every year. The venue was a public university…
African asylum seekers in Sicily dream of soccer glory
Like many young men in Italy, the soccer players who put on their cleats for an afternoon match in this small Sicilian town dream of international stardom on the field.…
Historical and socio-cultural antecedents
During the rule of imperial Russia and under the Soviet Union, Russian was the common language of public life in Ukraine. Although Ukrainian had been afforded equal status with Russian in the…
Shackles of stupidity
The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan is a profoundly dangerous development. This is true regardless of how angry you may be about the way the United States has treated Pakistan. It…
What students think
PAKISTANI universities are not contributing enough in the areas of research and development or to the knowledge-based economy. The reasons are not difficult to comprehend. For one, the environment of…
The JI’s deviation
Poet Muhammad Iqbal visited Spain and prayed in the old mosque of Cordoba in 1933 where he wrote his famous poem ‘Majid-e-Qartaba’. Gen Ziaul Haq visited Kashghar in 1984. He…
