Life responsibility
“It’s my life” sung by Jon Bon Jovi was a Chart buster song in 2000. Everybody loved the theme. It started the millennial era. The 21st generation rebels just adored…
Fires of brutality
Every year on the occasion of Eid, numerous tourists from all over the country visit the northern areas. Unfortunately, this year a heartbreaking barbaric incident happened in the beautiful valley…
The big fat wedding business
OMG. Incredible. Astounding. Mindblowing. Stunning. Mesmerizing. And, you can go on and on with adjectives that laced the unfolding of the wedding of the century. The Ambanis are mega rich.…
A temporary ceasefire
Eid is a festival of peace, love, brotherhood and equality. This year, we practically witnessed the positive impact of Eid in Afghanistan. On June 7, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced…
Militants’ language
Pakistan had braced itself for a ‘bloody’ election. It’s bad enough that being resigned to this reality was a prerequisite for further democratic consolidation. But the carnage that is unfolding…
Rethinking charity in Pakistan
Pakistanis take immense pride in being among the most charitable people in the world. Whether it’s distributing food, giving money to those in need or supporting religious institutions, our culture…
What Pakistan should do next
Water has always been used as the ultimate weapon – more powerful than armies, more destructive than bombs. The ancient kings of Mesopotamia understood this brutal truth when they diverted…
The maleficent
Empathy and compassion are human defining attributes yet no other living being remains ever-seduced by the primal urge of enslaving one of its own. We are fortunate indeed to have…
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…
Modi’s new abnormal: Part – II
India’s strategy ignores the costs of provocation in a landscape already scarred by extremism. It also ignores the fact that Pakistan’s counterterror operations have evolved significantly since the era of…
