Swinging Sialkot
Sialkot is in the news again. For the wrong reasons. As an alumnus of Sialkot, let me cast some light on swinging Sialkot of the 1960s. My father was posted…
From Sialkot to where?
THE silent majority of Pakistan is silently sad. It is also scared. Even the chronic optimists are failing privately. What happened in Sialkot is a symptom of an underlying cancer which has…
Lessons from the Sialkot tragedy
THE attackers were all young. Many of those who watched the gruesome spectacle were teenagers. No one showed any sense of shock at the bestiality that was taking place. Several…
Sialkot no surprise
IT’S a hallmark of the times we live in that we must document everything we do; from vacations to functions and events — down to our breakfasts, lunches and dinners…
Sialkot speaks
IT was a small by-election by all standards and in normal times would have gone unnoticed. But these are not normal times and Sialkot has turned out to be anything…
The meaning of Sialkot
IT was Aug 15, the day after the country’s 63rd birthday, a day already mired in misery as hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis roamed the land in search of dry…
Storm clouds over Sialkot
The recent focus for Panorama, the BBC’s flagship investigative programme, was the deteriorating quality of surgical tools used by the 180-odd healthcare trusts in the UK. They tracked the source…
The war of liberation
What should we make of the War of Liberation of 1857 whose 166th anniversary is today – May 10? Looked at from the side of the freedom fighters it is…
The welfare of minorities
EACH year, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom publishes its annual report, which normally includes a chapter on Pakistan. In its 2022 report, the Commission focused on blasphemy and…
Death and garments
THIS past Monday marked the 10th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse. Rana Plaza was an eight-storey building that housed five different garment factories in Dhaka. On the morning of…
