Gender relations
Man and woman are the two wheels of human civilisation. They both spring from the same root and draw their life support from the same source. One cannot survive without…
Pak-Saudi ties
There have been some significant exchange of visits between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan post-election 2013 - an exchange that was lacking during the five year-rule of the PPP-led coalition government.…
Life after death
For months, the developing drought in Tharparkar, centred around the town of Mithi, has continued. In three months, at least 128 children have died. And during this time, no one…
Governance on a whim
The topic of this column reminded me of my dear friend and famous poet, Mohsin Bhopali. We both belonged to beautiful Bhopal hence our common background and affinity. He wrote…
Broad brushstrokes
Though the National Internal Security Policy (NISP) was announced in the National Assembly on Feb 26 before being shared with parliamentarians and analysts, the broader contours of the policy can…
One step forward, two steps back
It’s back to the negotiating table, predictably, after a burst of punishing air strikes that are said to have rattled the Taliban. It is, however, not the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)…
Roadmap to internal security
Internal security fault lines have assumed threatening proportions resulting in the weakening of state institutions and confusion developing in society. The belated but welcome development of the National Internal Security…
Inevitable questions
When Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan makes statements such as a “majority of Taliban” are pro-Pakistan and pro-peace, who’d be surprised to find the interior minister in the critics’ cross-hairs? However…
Driving away dark clouds
One of the greatest issues we face today is that of the despondency that has descended all around us like a thick shroud. It appears to drown out hope and…
The Baloch are here
“Lahore 75 kilometres” read the milestone in the picture, but over the Facebook the professor wryly remarked “Lahore is farther”. In the foreground of the image marched a handful of…
