Category: Columns

“It is a great failure of Pakistan’s state, government, intellectuals, and political elite that, from the inception of Pakistan to this day, they have not been able to establish an inclusive system that could ensure political and social rights for Pakistan’s religious minorities according to their marginalization in Pakistan. There is no such democratic system...

For once it had appeared that the stalemate could be broken through negotiations. The two sides sat across the table last week to find some middle way to end the impasse. Hopes were raised when the first round ended on a promising note. Both sides reined in their vitriol for a while. The next round was...

APRIL 23 marked six months since the death of journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya. This week the Pakistan Press Foundation announced the 2023 Press Freedom Award for the journalist posthumously on the eve of World Press Freedom Day. Although Arshad Sharif’s murder is now over six months old, the mystery surrounding his death remains unsolved. According...

POLITICS in Pakistan is like an Abbas Mastan film (think Race) where twists and turns come faster than an Agatha Christie novel and the end brings so much relief from the edge-of-the-seat moments that no one wants to think of the holes in the plots. The only difference is that no one — just no...

Musarat Bibi, a Christian woman employed as a peon in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School 66 E/B situated in the Arif-Wala Pakpattan Pakistan, has been arrested on the accusation of desecrating Holy Quran, when she was cleaning the storeroom cupboards along with the gardener Mohammad Sarmand on the orders of the school administration. While...

There are several steps you can take to start controlling an unhealthy lifestyle: Start by taking stock of your current lifestyle and identifying any habits that may be detrimental to your health, such as smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, lack of exercise, poor diet, or inadequate sleep. Once you’ve identified your unhealthy habits, set realistic goals...

FAR from easing, Pakistan’s Afghan dilemma has become more acute in recent months. Despite several high-level interactions with Kabul aimed at securing its cooperation to contain the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which resides in Afghanistan, little headway seems to have been made. This is evident from the continuing surge in attacks in Pakistan conducted by TTP...

When young people get to know, how to manage money, they are equipped with a skill that is key to making their dreams a reality and bringing reality to their dreams. I always be a finance person, budgeting, financial systems management from roots to higher multi donor reporting, I always enjoying and passionate about my...

IMRAN Khan holds the key and could jettison the Supreme Court-nudged talks between the government and opposition on a likely same-day election date for the national and the four provincial assembly elections. So, much is riding on the process.   The talks which reported some progress, as we slipped into the weekend, with negotiators on...