Aankhon Ko Visa Nahi Lagta By Gulzar
Blast from the past: Gulzar pens a beautiful ode to Mehdi Hasan, and remembers Ahmed Faraz–it was written sometime in 2012) when he learnt that Mehdi Hasan has passed away.
Maniza Naqvi on Saving Karachi’s Oldest Bookstore
Maniza Naqvi at Literary Hub: Back in December 2016, I was sitting in my office at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., feeling unmoored and disheartened. Every day, I walked
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Resolutions and Realities: Between 1940 and 2024
Minority becomes majority Javed Jabbar at Dawn: In 2024, as in 1940, we, too, have multiple realities; of another kind, but nevertheless present. In February of this year, dozens of
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The X Ban
Waqas Ahmed at The Express Tribune: Former (Pakistani) senator Farhatullah Babar (chief of PPP’s human rights cell) issued a statement on Thursday, referring to the admission by the interior ministry
Rectifying the Past, Neglecting the Present
Top court endorsed what everyone knew since Bhutto’s hanging: it was a miscarriage of justice or a ‘judicial murder’ and hence an ugly blot on our justice system. by Naveed
Laila and Majnu
Early morning today, while reading Laila Majnu — an age-old love story turned into a stunning musical in the walled city of Lahore at Dawn website, I attempted to look
‘Siri Paye’-by Habib Khan
Habib Khan from Quetta: I had been to the Kaghan valley twice in the nineties and the first time in 1993 when we hired a jeep from Shogran to Naran,
Meanwhile in the PM House
Caretaker PM Kakar Sahib seen simulating his departure from the PM House, as the new setup prepared to grab the baton!
‘Election Heist’
The Economist, March 14, 2024: Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League party (PML-N) is back in power. Following elections last month, the thrice former prime minister’s younger brother, Shehbaz, has been
Skeletons in the Closet
Irshad Salim: In the Summer of 2020, I shared one of the many moments and memories in the context of the on goings back ‘home’ (Pakistan)–after returning from ‘abroad’ (USA).
Z A Bhutto: Incomplete Justice
Will the judges remain in their ivory towers or see the reality of political injustice in Pakistan? Faisal Siddiqi at Dawn: THE state-sponsored judicial murder of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB),
Asif Ali Zardari: The Prince of Guile
Even his rivals acknowledge that Zardari is a deal-maker par excellence. He has been written off and made a comeback so many times that his doubters have simply stopped trying.