Road to perdition
A GROUP of politicians from various parties is trying to put together a kind of floating think tank to sort out the country’s ills — political, economic, governance, etc. In…
A nation of angry people
Anger, unfortunately, is deeply entrenched in Pakistan. In its worst form, it surfaced in the crowded Ichhra Bazaar last week when a young woman wearing a shirt with some Arabic…
Remembering Bhutto the writer
In the first part of this article that appeared yesterday on the 40th death anniversary of Z A Bhutto, we discussed his earlier books such as The Myth of Independence…
Tackling terrorism
Bilawal Bhutto, otherwise seen as hawkish on India, seems to have attracted the accusation of subscribing to the ‘Indian narrative’ because of his demand to the government to go tough…
The long shadows of July 5
On the night of July 5, 1977 we were discussing the implications of the coup at Lakshmi Mansion, Lahore. The optimists, mostly jiyalas, were hopeful that it was a smart…
The Pakhtun profiled
The profiling of Pakhtuns in Punjab has created resentment and indignation among members of the community across the country, prompting many to lambast the provincial government for its alleged actions.…
Complicit or ambivalent?
Hafiz Saeed has been place under house arrest under the Anti-Terrorism Act, we are told. Why has he been detained at this time? Is it due to UN Security Council…
To ban or not to ban?
Many in the West view Pakistan as a safe haven for transnational terrorist organisations, and India is attempting very hard to exploit this global opinion. In reality, however, terrorist violence…
Suspicion is in the air
A Young man, all of 21, has been arrested by Okara’s cantonment area police and charged with the most unheard of offences: flying an Indian flag on his rooftop. He…
The reek of denial
Legal eye The army chief claimed that in 2016 Pakistan would see end of terror in all its manifestations. Terrorists responded by launching a spate of vicious attacks in Quetta…
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