Musings on Kashmir
New ban on students: More than two months after her rape and murder, Asifa’s ordeal finally registered on India’s conscience when the international media took up the story following open…
A new turn in the freedom struggle
The freedom movement in Indian Occupied Kashmir has traditionally attracted young people – especially those who fail to obtain gainful employment even though they are educated. Some youth face discrimination…
Death by the dozens
As I sit down to write this column with a very heavy heart, there are bombs going off at some distance. Although I feel I might be away from harm’s…
Can the PM transform our fiscal culture?
It seems like several senior government officials are convinced that Pakistan may avoid an IMF programme altogether. The suspension of talks with the IMF till January 15 certainly indicates the…
Muskaan, Hiba and the unknown
November has been a gruesome month, full of nothing but extraordinary mourning. Almost every day was marked with several violent deaths – of young boys who impulsively took up arms…
Drain the swamp of sectarian hatred
The past week has been one of the deadliest in Afghanistan’s eventful history. It was particularly bloody even by the tragic standards set in the country over the years. More…
Gun control
In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, as in the wake of all the high-profile mass shootings that preceded it, the big question looms: Why? John Whitehead puts the…
Death by the dozens
As I sit down to write this column with a very heavy heart, there are bombs going off at some distance. Although I feel I might be away from harm’s…
Violence and development
Pakistan is currently faced with a grim economic situation as its economic indicators are getting murkier by the day. The rupee is dipping against the dollar, exports have been reduced…
State of the budget
The main faultline of Budget 2017-18 is the failure to provide a roadmap for self-reliance to collecting taxes as per the real tax potential and achieve a growth rate of…
