Al-Bakistan – My Land of pure, its confusions, its lovely contradictions & its Arithmetic! – By Maleeha Hashmi
Maleeha Hashmi | Oct 25, 2016 When I’m happy, I eat. When I’m sad, I eat more. Yes! I’m a Pakistani. Welcome to Pakistan –...
Cyril Almeida’s Story Points To Old Fault Lines And New Strains In Pakistan Army-Govt relationship
Ayesha Siddiqa | The media in Pakistan and outside was abuzz for some 48 hours over a story published by the English newspaper Dawn, regarding a...
Love letter to Ishaq Dar from a fan
Maleeha Hashmi | Oct 17, 2016 Dear Ishaque Dar sahib! This nation has not only disappointed you but everyone with an exceptionally good sense of...
Why you must read: ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell?
Why must you read: Animal Farm by George Orwell? Let me tell you a short story or call it an example. I had posted...
Telescope: The Ironic Defence Of Cyril Almeida
Shailaja Bajpai | Since Tuesday, the English news channels fiercely and rightly so, criticised the Pakistan government’s action: “Pak muzzling media”, “Journalist targeted by Pak...
Pakistan’s Civil-Military Relations: Internal Battlefronts Exposed from Media Leak
Adnan Qaiser | Between Traitors and Politicians History of nations is often dull and boring; not so Pakistan’s, whose civil-military power-politics and internal brinkmanship remain full...
Scotland Yard drops charges against Altaf Hussain? Why?
Moeed Pirzada | Scotland Yard, the investigative arm of British Police has dropped all charges related to money laundering against MQM leader Altaf Hussain. Charges...
Nawaz, Modi, Dawn & Pakistan Army: What is happening & Why?
Pakistanis, Indians and the world at large may disagree on many many things; its almost impossible to count how many, but on one thing,...
Is Modi government busy creating war hysteria across India?
Moeed Pirzada | Indian TV giant, NDTV’s website reports that Indian NSA, Ajit Doval, has briefed Indian PM Narendra Modi that 100 Pakistani trained terrorists...
Modi’s ‘Surgical Strikes’ On Whom? & Why?
As I write these lines, in the early hours of 3rd October 2016, initial reports are pouring in of ‘yet another fidayeen attack against...
Kashmir Bleeds: A Proxy Battleground and Nuclear Flashpoint in South Asia
Adnan Qaiser| Horace said, “Brute force bereft of reason falls by its own weight.” Not in Kashmir – which continues to bleed under Indian rule....
Indian Blustering On The Indus Water Treaty
Indian right wing BJP Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in his speech at Kerala, talked of ‘one country’, implying Pakistan, which was stopping Asia from...