FORMER prime minister Imran Khan was shot in the leg during an assassination attempt last week while participating in the long march. He survived. But Pakistani politicians seldom survive assassination attempts, which…
Sound educational institutions remain a proven predictor of a nation’s success. Schools being brick and mortar structures, the medium to this predictor remains the teacher. Historian and educator Henry Adams…
This year, I had the honor to visit Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, where an impressive ceremony was organized in connection with the 16th martyrdom anniversary of Ms Benazir Bhutto, the first…
THE Taliban victory in Afghanistan is a reminder that Pakistan is, to a significant degree, defined by its relationship with outside influences. And perhaps more important even than those parts…
July 3, 1972 – a historic midsummer day when the Simla Accord was signed between Z A Bhutto and his Indian counterpart Indra Gandhi. The Accord was a milestone success…
Among the All-India Muslim League’s (AIML) second-cadre leadership, Abdullah Haroon, who died on April 27, 1942, has a prominent position. What sets him apart is his role in conceptualising Pakistan…
September 13, 1977 remains an unforgettable date in our history. The reason: It was on this day that Lahore High Court’s Justice K M Samdani released former Prime Minister Zulfikar…
So most of us got it wrong...I certainly did, expecting an Imran Khan surge that did not come. Just a fortnight before the voting the received wisdom on most pundit…
So most of us got it wrong...I certainly did, expecting an Imran Khan surge that did not come. Just a fortnight before the voting the received wisdom on most pundit…
It has been exactly 100 years since the world came to know about the splendor of Mohenjodaro. Not that the Indus Valley civilization was not known to the world; it…
