The time is out of joint
Democratic forces in Pakistan can cautiously claim a minor victory in their battle for the supremacy of parliament. Political groups that were ready to negotiate with the Taliban and the…
280 not out
Each one of us as a citizen of the republic has a right to protest. We have a right to shout, yell, raise slogans and take to the streets whenever…
Sex crimes – dare we compare?
Any effort at a comparative analysis between postcolonial and post-Partition progress in India and Pakistan provokes a disproportionately defensive reaction. This is not the usual practice of just Pakistani conservatives…
Viewpoint: Blair’s ‘essential battle’
Tony Blair delivered a keynote speech last week at Bloomberg London on "Middle East Matters", arguing for continuation of interventionist policy in the Middle East and beyond to thwart the…
Struggle over information
Is the relaying of ‘information’ ever ‘neutral’ and ‘unbiased’? Sure enough, it is an ‘ideal’ that every media group must strive for, but is it at present a reality anywhere…
Clash of the titans
Much has been written about the media crisis that has gripped Pakistan in recent weeks. It should not take anyone by surprise considering the environment we live in. These are…
Fault lines within the Right
After the initial persecution of the Communist Party and its various arms, and the socialists and trade unionists by the state, the pure Left in Pakistan continues to remain organisationally…
Censorship: between conservatives and liberals
Even after the remand and continuing trial of Gen Musharraf, few believed that the days of military encroachment over civilian governance were behind us. We aren’t just peoples with short…
Relevance of Maulana Hasrat Mohani
Zainul Abedin’s columns on the life and times of Bhagat Singh – well-researched and aptly articulated published in this newspaper recently, call for immediate attention by those intellectuals, members of…
Tribes and terrorism
Rustam Shah Mohmand, a member of the team appointed by the government to negotiate with Taliban, ignited a debate this week through an article contributed to a national English daily,…
