Houbara bustard hunters are back
It has become an annual ritual for the concerned citizens to raise protest voices against liberal issuance of permits to Arab princes, sheikhs and wealthy businessmen for hunting the houbara…
View Point: Saving the houbara bustard
Migratory birds, including the rare houbara bustard, have returned to their wintering grounds in Pakistan, so have the Gulf States princes and sheikhs along with large entourages to hunt the…
Cultural invasions
LAST week, Karachi and Lahore were invaded by cohorts of culture. In Karachi, the Endowment Fund Trust, managed by A. Hamid Akhund and Hameed Haroon, reincarnated Alexander the Great by…
Are Muslims the only victims?
FIVE Muslim men went to meet the head of the Hindu revivalist RSS. The idea behind the visit was wrapped in the cliché that there’s no alternative to dialogue. The…
White noise
SECURITY at the White House tends to take its job pretty seriously, and so when a packet containing an unknown white powder was found somewhere in the White House, it…
Decolonising the museum
IT is sad that a visit to many of the most famous museums in the world feels like a visit to the treasure trove of a global looter. When one…
King in waiting
IT has taken 64 years and 44 days for him to become King Charles III. No heir apparent in history has had a longer period of training nor ascended a…
After the queen
BEYOND the sometimes grating obituaries and pending obsequies, the demise last week of the British monarch has sparked a more interesting conversation in nations still constitutionally wedded to a deservedly…
Behind the glitter
It thrills but kills. They are people you love to hate but hate to leave. It is a fairy tale. It is a tragedy. It is news and breaking news.…
The BRI as disruptor
If the often-used Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Silk Road analogy is true, and indications are that it is, then by bringing some ancient Silk Road history to bear,…
