Womansplaining rights
As women celebrate their womanhood on March 8, and bond in solidarity to define the rights to their lives and choices, many people in Pakistan still actually ask: why do…
Terrorism and drug trade
June 26, 2018 marks the International Day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. The worldwide observance was decided by the United Nations General Assembly in 1987 to raise the level…
Pakistan’s threat landscape in 2019
In 2019, the downward trajectory of terrorist incidents continued in Pakistan. Since the Army Public School attack in December 2014, Pakistan has come a long way in its fight against…
The youth challenge
THE perception has been growing for a while now that Pakistan’s power elites believe in an apolitical society and thus tend to engineer young people’s thoughts for that purpose. As…
Intolerance without boundaries
Intolerance does not have a religion; it is a state of mind and conduct existing in all countries and societies in different degrees. It is also a basic inhuman trait…
Battle of rights and ideas
“The materialist doctrine concerning the changing of circumstances and upbringing forgets that circumstances are changed by men and that educator must himself be educated” (‘Theses on Feuerbach’, by Karl Marx)…
Attaining soft power in Pakistan
Pakistan possesses requisite hard power with sizeable territory, large population, fielding sixth largest army in the world and being the seventh nuclear power. Moreover, it also possesses sizeable paramilitary forces…
Waltzing with Trump
As Imran Khan prepares for Washington there is something he must know. President Trump, IK’s host for the visit - which will include a tete a tete with the man…
Pathways to capitulation
THE events surrounding the resignation of Prof Atif Mian from the Economic Advisory Council for reasons that have nothing to do with economics or advice-giving do not need retelling. Collectively,…
The death of resistance
WITHIN a matter of a few days, a number of events have taken place which reaffirm the truth that most forms of progressive movements and politics, or expressions of resistance,…
