Category: Pakistan

Conversation: Who Leaked the Judges Letter?

Syed Ahmad Hassan Shah, Advocate Supreme Court at Dawn News discussion the aftermath of six…

Welcome to Pakistan: Democracy’s Decay: The Senate’s Descent Into Deception

by Rabia Azfar Nizami in The Express Tribune: The democratic structure of governance rooted in…

Why Isn’t Pakistan Exploiting Its Energy Assets?

Oil Analyst Syed Rashid Hussain (Toronto-based) shares his views on Pakistan’s energy assets and discusses…

Aankhon Ko Visa Nahi Lagta By Gulzar

Blast from the past: Gulzar pens a beautiful ode to Mehdi Hasan, and remembers Ahmed…

Maniza Naqvi on Saving Karachi’s Oldest Bookstore

Maniza Naqvi at Literary Hub: Back in December 2016, I was sitting in my office…

Resolutions and Realities: Between 1940 and 2024

Minority becomes majority Javed Jabbar at Dawn: In 2024, as in 1940, we, too, have…

The X Ban

Waqas Ahmed at The Express Tribune: Former (Pakistani) senator Farhatullah Babar (chief of PPP’s human…

Rectifying the Past, Neglecting the Present

Top court endorsed what everyone knew since Bhutto’s hanging: it was a miscarriage of justice…

Laila and Majnu

Early morning today, while reading Laila Majnu — an age-old love story turned into a…

‘Siri Paye’-by Habib Khan

Habib Khan from Quetta: I had been to the Kaghan valley twice in the nineties…

Meanwhile in the PM House

Caretaker PM Kakar Sahib seen simulating his departure from the PM House, as the new…

‘Election Heist’

The Economist, March 14, 2024: Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League party (PML-N) is back in…