Inventing cultural nostalgia
I HAVE just finished watching a short smartphone video of seven- to 10-year-old kids playing in some dusty, Seraiki-speaking village of south Punjab. Each boy has fashioned for himself a…
Gilgit-Baltistan: after the elections
Amidst claims and counter-claims of transparency and rigging, the general elections in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) took place in a relatively peaceful environment in all 24 constituencies of its legislative assembly. It…
Bleak prospects fire protest mood for young Algerians
Suffering from lack of work and affordable housing, Nasredine and 40 of his relatives live squeezed into a three-room flat in a poverty-hit housing project outside Algeria's capital. On Friday,…
A collective vision for Gilgit-Baltistan
Gilgit-Baltistan has recently seen peace, tranquility and social harmony after being plagued by sectarian violence for nearly three decades. Many people think that this peace and tranquility is schematic and…
PTI’s LG system
PRIME Minister Khan has prioritised plans to replicate the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act in the other provinces. The 2013 act is similar to Musharraf’s 2001 model, but with further…
Weak Turkish lira draws Greek, Bulgarian shoppers
Greeks and Bulgarians are flocking to a border town in north-western Turkey, travelling by bus, car, motorbike or even on foot in order to shop in Edirne, their purchasing power…
Govt promulgates ordinance calling for 17-member PMDC council
The government has promulgated an ordinance for establishing a 17-member council for the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), which has been run by an ad-hoc council for a year.…
Govt promulgates ordinance calling for 17-member PMDC council
The government has promulgated an ordinance for establishing a 17-member council for the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), which has been run by an ad-hoc council for a year.…
Govt promulgates ordinance calling for 17-member PMDC council
The government has promulgated an ordinance for establishing a 17-member council for the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), which has been run by an ad-hoc council for a year.…
What’s next for Gilgit-Baltistan?
“I cannot afford to think about big political issues but I know that I carry the identity of Pakistan and I am told that I belong to a disputed territory.…
