Disrupting the journey from normalcy to terror
The writer is an analyst and commentator. A number of arrests have recently been made in the Safoora Goth terrorist attack investigation. The social and economic stature of those being…
Father figure
Throughout history, humanity has been guided by the prophets of Allah through their exemplary lives. Most prophets led a family life. They were fathers, tasked with the care and responsibility…
Pakistan of the Ismailis
The past is another country, and 1906 is located at a distance of more than a century. In that eventful year, the imam of the small Ismaili Muslim community led…
Tax Directory of all
'All lawmakers are taxpayers'-Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar, Business Recorder, January 7, 2014: On the first day of 2014, the Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), while appearing before Public Accounts…
The greatest gift
Allah has blessed humanity with innumerable bounties to be grateful for. But the most important of them all is the human body itself. A body with all its organs intact…
Business as usual
Almost every member of the small group of hajis that I formed an acquaintance with seemed to have paid a slightly different rate for the pilgrimage package we had purchased.…
An elitist Pakistan
The sufferings of Pakistani poor and less privileged classes will not end unless elitist structures are dismantled and the society is restructured on the principles of equity, fairness and justice…
Predatory elites
Pakistan is ruled and controlled by predatory elites in whose hands power and wealth are concentrated. The ruling elites - comprising indomitable military-civil-judicial complex, unscrupulous politicians, mighty religious party leaders,…
A pipeline to some sovereignty
Just last year the leading national flavour was anti-Americanism... and the heroic assertion of national sovereignty. After the Raymond Davis affair, the stealth assault on Bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad…
Caring for the earth
The earth and its environment are the most valuable assets for all creation. Be it the tiniest insect or a gargantuan creature, all are dependent on the earth`s resources. Among…
