Abdullah Niazi is a member of staff currently studying Literature at LUMS. He also writes and edits for The Dependent.
FEATUREDThere wasn’t any new music. In fact, the closest thing to ‘new music’ that ‘junoon’ has produced in recent times were Salman Ahmed’s ravenous attack on the band’s classic track ‘Sayone
FEATUREDLet’s cut to the chase with this one. We’ve never seen a Chief Justice like this. But as judges tend to do, he might just be setting a precedent, one for judicial (over?) activism.Jurists, es
FEATUREDPakistan’s first native Air Force Commander in Chief, Air Marshal Asghar Khan’s relevance did not wane in his lifetime, so how could it have waned after his passing? Even in 2018, Asghar<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/01/01/newsmakers-2018-asghar-khan-influential-even-in-death/" title="Read more" >...</a>
FEATUREDIt has been one, long, year for the Sharif family. Let’s take stock. In February, Nawaz Sharif had to step down from his position as PML-N party President after a Supreme Court order. His brother Sh
FEATUREDThe Me Too movement didn’t hit Pakistan until April last year. The global movement against sexual harassment and sexual assault took down giants including the likes of Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/01/01/newsmakers-2018-meesha-shafi-pakistans-metoo-leader/" title="Read more" >...</a>
FEATUREDHe seems to stir around winter time. In 2017, it was 20 days in November when Khadim Hussain Rizvi’s men held the capital hostage over the minor change in the parliamentary oath. In 2018,
NATIONALLAHORE: The federal government has challenged Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Mohsin Kayani’s order seeking the production of a missing person, Abdullah Omar, before the court. This now becomes the second missing<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/13/govt-goes-after-families-of-missing-persons/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALISLAMABAD: Lawyers of the incumbent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) government on Wednesday faced the family of a missing person as they appealed against a landmark verdict of the Islamabad High Court
FEATUREDPublishing is always the greatest obstacle that faces any writer. The where, why, when, how, who of what is going to happen with a piece of writing, any form of it, is<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/08/aleph-review-steps-up-its-game/" title="Read more" >...</a>
SportsPlaying his 55th Test international for Pakistan, Mohammad Hafeez walked away for the final time in test whites having scored 8 runs from 20 deliveries with a single boundary in the mix.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/07/saying-goodbye-to-the-professor/" title="Read more" >...</a>
FEATUREDThey say the first year after the death of a spouse is crucial for the surviving partner. It is often the case with couples that have been married long, that when one<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/02/obituary-bush-41/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ForeignThey say that the first year after the death of a spouse is crucial for the surviving partner. It is often the case with couples that have been married long, that when<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/01/obituary-george-h-w-bush/" title="Read more" >...</a>
