Shifting the focus
So, the UK authorities decided to go with a money laundering case, and the question now is whether the arrest will be followed by legal charges. This is the procedure…
Eyes on Modi’s India
The whole world is watching, literally with bated breath and for obvious reasons, as to how India will fare under Narendra Modi’s stewardship. The students of politics want to find…
Look who had the last laugh
No Pakistani politician would ever admit looking to India for inspiration. And yet, in the broad sweep of history, Partition was a recent event and the two South Asian electorates…
My right is their right
Geo did what all our intemperate private TV news channels have done since their inception. The evolution in terms of intellectual maturity and journalistic responsibility is coming about slowly, to…
Beyond sound and fury
It is worth asking what distinguishes west-based Pakistani academic-activists from the native liberal-activists that they berate. Products of the same class, privilege and educational opportunities, the only obvious distinction seems…
Learning to learn
Enter a school and within 10-15 minutes you can tell if it works or not — whether it is an exciting place where children learn and are keen to learn…
Drivers of growth
The next budget needs to articulate a vision because a growth revival has become urgent. What should be the contours of this vision and how can it be realised? In…
A nation’s narrative
In a recent essay ‘Draws and Drawbacks of Success’ in the New York Times, author Mohsin Hamid discusses the conundrums faced by writers. Questioning the somewhat arbitrary nature of commercial…
The battle of Armageddon
The nineteenth century reformer, Jamal ad-Din Afghani (1838-1897), wrote, “Every Muslim is sick, and his only remedy is the Quran.” But to some writers in the west, notably the Irish…
The grievance of Pakhtuns
Sophocles, one of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived the ravages of time, was convinced that “Of all the ills afflicting men the worst is the lack…
