Pakistan Day musings
Pakistan Day, March 23, 2020, passed this year in novel fashion. The coronavirus pandemic caused the cancellation of the traditional military parade on the day as well as the proliferation…
Our national obligations on Pakistan Day
It has become a practice to write editorials and articles on Pakistan Day, every year, it is inevitable that much of what is written should have become cliched over the…
Pakistan Day reflections
The sufferings of Pakistanis, especially the poor and less privileged classes, will continue unabated unless the society is restructured on the principles of equity, fairness and justice-the fundamental elements of…
Seven days that shook Pakistan
EVEN by the standards of Pakistan’s tortuous history, the high political drama of the past seven days set a new record in power plays taken to excessive limits and the…
Youm-e-Takbeer: the day Pakistan’s defence was made impregnable
May 28 is the special day for Pakistan, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) and the public at large. On this day, the scientists, engineers and technicians of the country delivered…
Pakistani universities rename Valentine’s Day as ‘Haya Day’, mandate fine for interaction between male and female students
Ahead of Valentine’s Day, which is observed on February 14, Pakistani universities put out stern warnings to their students against celebrating the day of ‘love.’ The Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad published a…
Valentine’s Day: Pakistani university issues directives for male and female students
The Islamic International Medical College has banned the gathering of students inside premises and ordered stern directives for Valentine’s Day. At major educational institutions in Pakistan, wearing red on campus…
Pakistan: yesterday and today
“No understanding of contemporary Pakistan is possible without an historical analysis of the first decade after independence, a period of relative flux in the institutional balance of power between elected…
