What should Pakistan’s Christians do?
Once upon a time under-class Mohajirs in Karachi, residents not of Clifton and Defence but depressed localities, used to be an object of scorn for other communities, regularly picked upon…
The challenge of being human
A challenge it has always been to be human in this country. And the task is continually becoming more difficult in the face of religious extremism, militancy and intolerance at…
The tragedy of Pakistan
Breathless with apprehensions about what might happen on August 14 and thereafter we all seem to be. And D-day, with its tryst with D-Chowk in Islamabad, is almost here. It…
When hype meets reality: the great climb-down
Things not shifting, General Headquarters as silent as the Sphinx, and Raiwind rattled but not fallen, the genius with the gift for the tall statement, Imran Khan, has had to…
Culture of impunity
On May 27, two crimes that shocked the world took place, one in the morning in Lahore, Pakistan and the other at night in Uttar Pradesh, India. Three young women…
A land of death
We have become so accustomed to death, and the many forms it comes in, that it no longer frightens us or creates anything more than a few discussions, some shaking…
Attacks and amnesia
The faith we Pakistanis repose in judicial commissions would have been funny had it not been so pathetic. It’s almost like an adult announcing his belief in djinns and fairies.…
Bigotry, big money and India
Two weeks ago, many public-spirited Indians complimented the country’s Election Commission for banning public campaigning by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Uttar Pradesh chief election manager Amit Shah, and the Samajwadi…
Economic disasters in Pakistan
This might come as a surprise but it is worth exploring. How much has Pakistan spent on Board of Investment and how much foreign direct investment have they brought to…
Target the corrupt
What good is a constitution that does not prevent the unscrupulous from looting the till? For a man whose children remain hungry, sick and uneducated, it is a meaningless piece…
