Surviving death
It is hard to understand how our political parties can continue their activities and grow in capacity and ability when leader after leader is being blown apart, leaving behind scenes…
Politics of smear campaigns
On May 17, an advocate representing Mashal Khan’s father in the Supreme Court of Pakistan disclosed that the sisters of Mashal Khan had been facing difficulties in continuing their education.…
Turangzai vs the Raj
In one of my previous articles, titled ‘Frontier and resistance’, published in these pages I focused on the armed resistance in the frontier where a number of freedom fighters, including…
Breaking the shackles
Former president Asif Ali Zardari’s long awaited arrival in Pakistan in December 2016 was not very remarkable. The co-chairperson of the PPP made his short appearance in the country only…
Imagine if Gandhi had a gun
Black American writer Charles E. Cobb Jr has set off a strange and unexpected train of thought in my mind with his 2014 book: This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed:…
A quagmire of mutual treachery
The attack on the Torkham post by Afghan border forces is perhaps the worst ever since the Pakistani side increased its efforts to enforce border management across the Durand Line…
The anger and the rhetoric
Part - III What will then address the issues of our intellectual despondency and knowledge deficit? Subsequently, how will we meet the technological and material challenges posed by living under…
More pain, no gain
As intended, last week’s terrorist attack at Bacha Khan University in the KP town of Charsadda evoked memories of the December 2014 massacre at the Army Public School in Peshawar.…
Another wake-up call
Visibility was very poor when four terrorists attacked the campus of Bacha Khan University in Charsadda on Wednesday morning, making rescue operations difficult. An interpretation of how this happened and…
Can Imran change?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be justified in conferring India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, on Imran Khan. Last Sunday at the PTI rally in Islamabad Imran threatened to…
