Impunity and the crisis of governance
As Shahbaz Sharif sat triumphant with the depressed father of young Zainab – the girl so brutally assaulted and then murdered by a man belonging to her own neighbourhood –…
Random thoughts: The Rohingya massacre
For the past few weeks, we have been seeing and hearing about the horrific persecution of Muslims in the Arakan district of Myanmar (formerly Burma). Fanatic Buddhist monks and regular…
Panama and Mashal
How are Panama and Mashal’s case linked? They reflect varied ways of pursuing justice. But both show how far we are from the rule of law. The Supreme Court could…
Faith, love and justice
Love conquers all. Hadiya is an inspiring example of what the love for faith can accomplish when it is pitted against the greatest of odds. The frail young woman, a…
Captain Aladin and religious minorities
We know that religion is the last refuge of a scoundrel. However, we did not know that our national son-in-law, Captain (r) Safdar, was so keen to join the league…
Hindus, Muslims and colonial blinkers
At a time when Muslims find themselves under siege in India and are being hunted like animals on the benign watch of the BJP government, two brave new books by…
Trump and Cuba
The latest country to be targeted by Trump is Cuba, thus continuing with his agenda of dismantling his predecessor Barack Obama’s legacy – whether his healthcare plan at home or…
East and West
Abdul Sattar Edhi and Malik Riaz Hussain, both great personalities, are as different as East and West. What they have in common is a kind heart, philanthropic work and service…
Truth and deception
It is the age of disinformation as much as it is the age of information. Unless one has strong cognitive filters to deal with all kinds of information – authentic…
Between a rock and a hard place: safe from war, Yemenis struggle
Under a scorching sun, refugees who fled Yemen's war struggle on in a camp on Djibouti's rocky shores, a year after Saudi-backed air strikes began devastating their homeland. Over 2,000…
