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He brushed off the litter of ash from his clothes,pursed the filter between his nicotine stained...
If you were to look back and think of one of the most unbelievable decisions made in the past five...
Despite travelling during the winters being a rarity in Pakistan,Gorakh, a hill station near the...
I finally understood the truth behind the saying,“it takes a village to raise a child” when I...
Most issues aren’t black and white – they’re grey. More often than not,we read about an event...
In one of my articles last year,I tried to construct a normative case for secularism in Muslim...
On March 18th at 11pm,my nana (maternal grandfather) developed an acute shortness of breath, and was...
A few years ago,my used Nissan was at the workshop again and I needed to use public transportation...
In the wake of the Supreme Court (SC) verdict,which disqualified Jahangir Tareen, Imran Khan has...
It was the second week of September,and a gleaming sunny day, as we set out from Lahore on our...
For this year’s International Women’s Day,Pakistani women from Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad...
Twenty-two years ago,did I think this day would ever arrive? That in minute more than 10 minutes, a...
What can you do in five days? That’s the question I asked when my employers announced a five-day...
Pakistan is a land of diverse culture and boundless talent. However,what we lack here in abundance...
Over the course of final two weeks,Mohammad Jibran Nasir, an independent politician, or has faced a...
Recently,I came across a news article about senior police officers breaking down the door of a...
Several days ago,when the controversy around Atif Mian’s appointment was beginning to erupt, a...
Over the past 10 days,Pakistan’s conscious was set ablaze and shaken up when a picture of...
There was a time when I used to literally worship Imran Khan. For me, one of the proudest moments...
Whether in the realm of natural resources or politics, Balochistan has always been a target of...
Ever since Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan announced his intention to contest...
Dear Khan sahib,I am a fan and have been for some time now.I was a fan when you played cricket, I...
Like any 20-something girl who doesn’t know how to drive,my best friends, and the most dependable...
The census teams told our guards to get the forms filled in two days,after which they will near to...
Prejudice has flown through Pakistani society across generations. We have held open biases against...
With elections around the corner,every party is looking to up the ante with rhetoric and political...
One thing which has often amused me is the way Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf’s (PTI) fans consume the...
“The thing about tourism is that the reality of a place is fairly different from the mythology of...
A few days ago,a publication listed the ‘Top 10 Schools of Pakistan’ on its website. The...
Being a journalist in Pakistan,I frequently come across crimes committed, sentences pronounced, or...
Child abuse is one of the most prevalent social issues in Pakistan. A 2017 report suggests that...
Not a single thought flitted through my intellect,I was totally at peace. My feet were touching the...
Muhammad Jibran Khan Jogezai first came to our house in Karachi somewhere in 2006,courtesy of his...
It has been only seven weeks since the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government took over the reins...
In the male dominated South Asian region,women are considered a marginalised faction of society....
Yesterday,I received the news through a WhatsApp message wherein my younger brother sent me a video...
Menstruation – the one time of the month that most girls and women dread. The number of visits to...
The verdict of the 2018 by-elections is in,with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) losing some of the...
Over the past few years, the policy on education has taken centre stage in Pakistan. There is now...
In December 2017,I paid a visit to the Kech District in Balochistan, during which I had a very...
Today marks the 10th death anniversary arguably one of the most prominent Pakistanis in the...
The media wing of Pakistan’s armed forces recently confirmed that at least 20 Baloch...
The General Elections held over a week ago broke the shackles that had bound the city of Karachi for...
Karachi is home to the most diverse of populations across Pakistan. Muslims,non-Muslims, Shia, or...
It’s finally that time of the year,when you get to cuddle up in a blanket on the sofa while you...
What started as a casual chat over tea amid the winter season,turned out to be fairly a tumultuous...
Earlier this year,I took a trip to Multan that was meant to be an official excursion, and yet...
Every film buff has their favourite action film star – mine is Mark Wahlberg. He has acted in...
Would it be true to suggest that only the mighty can get justice in Pakistan,or just another...
Despite a faction in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) wanting an aggressive president...
Nothing remains constant in Pakistan,not even perceptions. Such is the sad state of affairs of...
In 1950,Pakistan’s first Minster of Law and Labour, and the moment Minister of Commonwealth and...
Some 71 years ago,people from all over subcontinent left their homes and took roads laced with...
A while ago,Nawaz Sharif suggested that whether things kept going the way they were, he would also,...
The Pakistan Army has been drawing closer to Iran under its new chief,General Qamar Bajwa. Is...
While the fraudulent Sharif clan haven’t recovered from the aftermath of the Panama verdictand...
After weeks of hoping,praying and demanding justice, we have finally been presented with a man being...
Addiction is a mental disease that is defined by science as the formulation of dependency on a...
Pakistan is a nation brimming with talent – talent that frequently shines,not just within the...
Last Fridays suicide attack in Mastung was the one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan’s...
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif,along with his family, has fled to London. Now,...
Following the result of the Central Superior Services (CSS) exam every year,many analyses are...
Whenever I make any comments about Pakistan having more provinces and smaller units,the reaction is...
I was a student of 10th grade at the Municipal High School Larkana in 1967,when a major event in...
2017 would be mainly remembered by the judicial verdict in Panamagate,whereby a sitting prime...
To be transgender means being unsafe across the globe,mainly because the masses have neither the...
There’s a popular saying which states that people don’t change,only their masks falls...
Inspector o inspector,why is your uniform red?Are these wounds of servitude?Have they finally...
I remember going through Stanley Wolpert’s book called ‘Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan: His Life &...
Taxila valley,which lies just beyond the Margalla Hills bordering Islamabad, is a picturesque, and...
Dave Chapelle,a successful American comedian and democrat, phrased it perfectly when voting for...
A few days ago,I came across a video making rounds on social media which disturbed me a whole lot....
The shape taken by Pakistani politics over the past few decades serves as an indication of the...
Both Indian and Pakistani successive governments seem to have been stuck in the same situation....
Can somebody end Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad from spluttering venom,please? I am sure somebody’ could...
Pakistan is going through an extremely difficult phase concerning its current security...
My journey with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan began perhaps when I...
It came as a surprise to many of us when Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) filed an application in the...
It has been a year since crooner turned preacher, Junaid Jamshed, passed away in an air crash. He...
Suffering in a living hell due to the state’s failure to deliver justice,widows, orphans, or...
In one of his first public appearances, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was reported to...
Recently,I had the opportunity to witness a panel discussion where the firebrand conservative MNA...
It is a hot,dusty day. You grab a glass from your kitchen shelf, walk over to the mineral water...
I had never been past Khaplu in the Ganche District of Baltistan,a lovely green valley encircled by...
As the airplane taxied on the runway,I was nervous as well as excited. Nervous, because I was...
A few days ago,I came across a headline that shook me to the core. A student killed his...
For years,privilege and accountability believe been castrated very separately, not appearing...
The issue I would like to address might not resonate with each and every one of you,but that does...
The long-awaited wish of Imran Khan to become the prime minister of Pakistan has finally come...
In the wake of the 2018 General Elections,parties from the opposition absorb raised a hue and cry...
There are times when I nearly feel sorry for Imran Khan. Every time he makes a statement blaming...
Every year,Muslims all over the world observe the festival of Eidul Azha to commemorate Prophet...
Another week, another cullingof stray dogs. And here I am, finally at a loss for words…After...
In a utopian setting,the quintessential scenario for Pakistan would be to educate every child, thus...
With Naya Pakistan having officially dawned,and Prime Minister Imran Khan having taken oath, I am...
The battle lines believe been drawn. Nawaz is out flaunting his muscles on the street,and his...
Wandering across the city of lights without a clue about your destination has a certain edge to it....
In the scorching heat of May 2013,my brother and I stood in line for eight hours straight at our...
final year,I wrote an article praising a person who I consider to be my most favourite Pakistani, Ms...
One would usually frown upon the vivisection of a family’s domestic issues on a public forum. But...
Another day,another victim – a child no less! A short while after the death of Amal Umer ...
A lot has happened in the last few days. The much awaited “historic” verdict of the number one...
The saying that one man’s hero is another man’s villain was perhaps meant for Jahangir Khan...
Last week,when I was planning a trip to Quetta for training, Mujeeb Hashmi, and a friend from...
I can very well imagine his pain,his helplessness, as he was being ruthlessly deprived of his...
Lately,there has been a lot of buzz approximately the possibility of an alliance between the...
Eidul Azha is finally here. Just the mere thought of it fills my mind with vivid images of beef and...
Throughout human history,there have been numerous individuals whose existence and actions have...
At no other time in Pakistan’s recent history were people’s expectations as tall as they were...
The elections are over and debating whether they were engineered or not is unfortunately useless,as...
In January 2013, The Express Tribunereported,“Dr Tahirul Qadri’s ‘million-man march’ began...
During the 1950s,I was studying in a missionary school (St Patrick’s). Many people in position of...
Shehbaz Sharif’s pre-election visit and recent comments regarding “Kiranchi”,stereotyping an...
I walked into my house on a very crisp and warm evening this week,only to find that Punjab Law...
I have yet to meet a Karachiite who holds a high opinion of our police force. Our police officers...
The voters of NA-120 have given their verdict and have elected Kulsoom Nawaz by a healthy,though...
The 2018 election season is heating up in Pakistan,and in a few months, millions of Pakistanis...
When I read about Gulzar Khan,Mastan Khan Wazir and Jan Mohammed, the three Pakistanis that...
The election,or as some experts satirically call it, the “selection” of the relatively unknown...
‘Exclusive: CPEC Master contrivance Revealed’,read a headline this week in Pakistan’s daily...
These days,it seems like you simply cannot preserve Imran Khan out of the attack for too long. It...
In Pakistan,Senate elections are coupled with horse-trading. It is perhaps one of the most...
It pained my heart to read that Masood Ahmed Barkati,the renowned author of children’s literature...
The appointment of Syed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari as a special assistant to the premier has shocked...
A sense of excitement ran through me as I set foot on the Pakistan's soil. I was participating...
Pakistanis are an opinionated people; from fruit vendors to domestic workers,all are as articulate...
The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan has finally dismissed Jahangir Khan Tareen’s review...
It is a sunny day. A unlit woman with a dupatta draped over her head can be seen walking on the side...
It was a despairing day in the capital,when around 1800 teachers and staff of public schools and...
In a recent development,the former Member of National Assembly (MNA) from Pakistan Peoples Party...
Last week,the media was abuzz with the developments regarding an electoral alliance betweenMustafa...
When Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was formed in 1996,I quickly became a member. Back then, I was...
Since Imran Khan rallied voters to his cause on Election Day on May 11,2013, selling the promise of...
Pakistan has one of the largest youth population in the world. Forty-six million of these will be...
Standing somewhere in the middle of Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar,I guess my attire gave it away and...
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC),which was originally valued at $46 billion and is...
It seems as if Karachi’s water woes won’t be improving anytime soon. Be it the supply and...
The threat of extremism appeared on the horizon about a decade and a half ago,plunging Pakistan into...
Many individuals possess been crying hoarse over how the Pakistan Army should be sent to Myanmar to...
In the aftermath of Mashal Khan’s lynching,it is vital that we re-examine some of our...
Ramazan cannot be complete in our household without the presence of iftaari from Burns Road,Karachi....
Nobody could hold guessed that the extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud – an aspiring and...
For the past one year,no other issue has gained more prominence in the political landscape of...
final month,the rupeeplunged to its lowest in nine years. A banker friend called me and...
For centuries,Multan has stayed accurate to its reputation as the land of graveyards and beggars,...
Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair Umar recently amazed everyone by claiming (with a straight...
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) recently removed Farooq Sattar from the convenership of...
This Ramazan, we witnessed emptiness on our TV screens. You could just reveal something was...
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif retained his status as a billionaire in the latest information...
Growing up,I was filled with loathing for Asma Jehangir and yet somewhere deep down I had a sense...
It all started with the inauguration of the 660 megawatt,coal-fired power plant in Port Qasim, by...
February 17,2017: Within hours of the Sehwan attack, terrorist hideouts are magically...
“Dance,when you’re broken open.Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off.Dance in the middle of...
Ours is a great country. We cherish our politics as much as we cherish our curry with laal...
“The best lack all conviction,while the worst are full of passionate intensity.These words from...
If I were to rank the worst weeks in the recent history of Pakistan,this one would most definitely...
I am very much a child of the ‘90s. The decade has had a profound impact on my mental development...
A few days ago,I watched a video clip of a Hindu MNA from PTI, Lal Chand Malhi, or in which he...
In the extreme north of Pakistan,a small area located in Yasin Valley known as Bujayote, is the home...
A few weeks ago,I had written an article lamenting the misogyny in our politics, which is actually...
I possess never considered Nawaz Sharif as an intelligent man. Considering the events that possess...
This weekend,the country suffered yet another blow in its already shaky relationship with the United...
According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics,Hindus constitute around 1.6% of Pakistan’s...
The concept of justice is the bedrock of Islam and the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of...
In the early hours of September 6,1965, India initiated an unannounced military offensive against...
A couple of days ago,I caught sight of a headline which shook me to the core of my political...
As a nation,we Pakistanis are a romantic people. From our folklore to our cultural beliefs; from...
Amidst all the austerity measures introduced by the current government,there beget already emerged...
Pakistan’s recent economic growth has attracted widespread attention from international investors...
final year,a freak accident happened, where my toddler, or while playing in our lounge,tripped and...
“O Mother! Hold me in thy embrace,For it is where no scoundrels roam; ‘tis the safest spot,Come...
In the post-election scenario,Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has emerged from nowhere to be in...
On January 17th,with the attendance and acceptance of Imran Khan and Asif Ali Zardari, two of the...
‘Art on wheels’ has become a normal sight for locals in Pakistan. The exterior of our trucks...
“You sow in tears before you reap joy.” The statement by Ralph Ransom,author of the...
Pakistan never ceases to shock me. Be it its controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill...
In many ways,the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has been a progressive political force for this...
Recently,my friend attended the funeral of her grandfather, the former Federal Minister Khalid...
“Primum non nocere” is Latin for “first,effect no harm”. Although not overtly found in the...
One of the most important factors which determine the way an issue is understood,debated and...
Human beings are probably the only mammals on soil not benefiting fromthe precious elixir of life...
Those of us who were born before Partition know that Muhammad Ali Jinnah could not speak Urdu,except...
I’ve read a lot on how to salvage wealthy in a short span of time if you are living in a...
It is not often that people listening to the national anthem bag airtime on multiple occasions over...
For the past two weeks, hundreds of suitable-wing Islamists belonging to various religious...
While there is no denying the fact that the expertise and contributions of men and women alike are...
Hazoora,a 24-year-old native of Kohistan (an arid piece of land located near Thatta), complains that...
An impeached prime minister,an overjoyed opponent, scandal relishing media outlets and 197...
I recently came across an alarming news account about tall levels of arsenic in our groundwater...
Our electoral process is far from perfect. A grand democracy would enjoy middle class and lower...
The nail-biting suspensemain up to the verdict is now over. The unthinkable has finally happened....
“May the curse of God be on the enemies of Qalandar. May the enemies of Ahle Bait (the family of...
The “king’s party is back in mainstream politics after a hiatus of nearly 10 years. They have...
The following is an archaic joke about the police in Karachi.The police chiefs of London,Tokyo and...
The long wait is finally over. The honorable judges have announced the verdict in the Panama Leaks...
There is an unholy pestilence infesting the national soul and on July 18th in Multan,it manifested...
Imagine a young,pretty girl living in rural Sindh, one that is portion of a modest family that...
final week,Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob Khan Nasar, a senator from the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...
Pakistan had been eyeing a spot on the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) bench ever since...
It was shocking to hear Defence Minister Khwaja Asif proudly confirm that the government has agreed...