Agha Akbar

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On the verge of eradicationOn an unseasonably hot mid-April day at around high noon, one negotiates the narrow and circuitous back streets off Beadon Road (a neighbourhood of the-then New Lahore d

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ISLAMABAD-Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has pledged to carry forward the great mission of the Father of Nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Jinnah which he had entrusted to us with dedication, ve

Scholarship is alive and well, but in the West!There are some works that, considering the writer’s foreign background, the many cross-cultural diversities he must have faced in his various res

Recounting Pakistan’s great sporting successes in Asia  Once upon a time, Pakistan was truly an all-round sporting nation – producing podium performances at the Asian and the Commonwealth Ga

Interview: Dr. Amjad Saqib That is the business of Akhuwat, and in the process it has given microfinance a whole new dimension, an entirely different meaning   He is the progenitor of<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/02/08/creating-little-islands-of-hope/" title="Read more" >...</a>

‘The game is far bigger than the three boards’ self-serving interests’ ‘Lust for money and power is taking precedence over preserving and protecting the game’  Amongst administr

Mira Phailbus has remained at the helm of Kinnaird for the longest, and this makes her account a compelling readAgha AkbarThere are instances when an institution and its leader are synonymous in p

We need to move to a new system that promotes competition and meritNadeemul Haque was deputy chairman of the Planning Commission from 2010-13, during which he presented his Framework for Economic Gr

From friendship to fiendship. An interview with Hussain Haqqani  Husain Haqqani, the author of Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military and India and Pakistan: Is Peace Real This Time has just pu

The prevailing system is not good enough to lift the national sport from its bootstraps. An interview with Tauqir Dar. Former Olympic gold medallist of the 1984 vintage, Tauqir Dar comes from a f

Hell hath no fury like the establishment scornedThe battle lines have been drawn. All the usual suspects of the ultra right are in the corner that they were supposed to be: none missing from the l

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The issues in Karachi having been resolved rather amicably, with the MQM as usual patching up with the PPP though with some un-cried for blood spilt in between, and the longest-serving Ishrat-ul-Ibad<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/21/on-the-home-stretch/" title="Read more" >...</a>