Remembering Sartaj Aziz
Pakistan has lost one of its most outstanding sons and indefatigable soldiers; the nation just a few days back said goodbye to one of the last surviving soldiers of the…
GB: the resource curse?
When we set out from Gilgit for Sost, the last town in Pakistan on the fabled Karakoram Highway – KKH – at about eight in the morning, we saw sights…
The view from the left
Almost all leftist parties and a broad spectrum of progressive intelligentsia in Pakistan have unanimously expressed serious concerns about what many call ‘systemic election engineering’. In a recent joint resolution…
Bridging the chasm
A recent resolution urging South Asian giants India and Pakistan “to take all steps possible towards improving relations” aims to counter the prevailing atmosphere of hostility between the two nuclear-armed…
The LLF in New York
Pakistan’s vibrant art scene is creating colourful ripples in the New York landscape. Last month a Pakistani art exhibition that documented three generations of Pakistani painting was held at the…
Pakistan abroad
Discussions about promoting a positive image of Pakistan abroad are not new. In their more frequent and familiar iterations, they have involved choreographed presentations by one or another politician, or…
How are the Hindus facing Hindutva?
Indian intellectuals claiming to be concerned for Pakistan’s Hindus accosted a Karachi journalist in Delhi recently. How was the minority community coping with the onslaught from Muslim extremists, she was…
