Aminah Mohsin

And there is nothing we wish to do about it   It is not a tale of yore when failures of students were associated only with incompetency and clumsiness. No other reason w

Making life fairer for everyone   No one is incognisant of the pre-Islamic Age of Ignorance and mistreatment faced by the fairer sex in that particular society. From com

The gentle breeze that is swaying away conservatism in Saudi Arabia It was only last year that Royal Brunei Airlines dared touching down plane with first all-female pilot crew on a stretch<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/10/08/a-prince-crowned-with-clouds-of-evolution/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Remembering Hussain’s sacrifice with mouths that speak Yazid’s words  Yazid, like any other Arabic name, is still considered as an option by many parents when it comes to cleping

And what now?  With the ten Asean countries obligated not to criticise each other about theirinternal affairs, little could be expected from the country’s neighboursThe

A city that was once venerated as the ‘Paris of Asia’ has now been ranked fourth among the least liveable cities of the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit in the Global<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/03/the-sad-tale-of-karachi/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Which did the people want? 23 March 1940. The resolution adopted by the All-India Muslim League in its general session in Lahore called for independent Muslim states by demarcating geogra

Songs of Pakistan Mehdi Hassan in 1962, using the honeyed voice he had, sang to the nation Yeh watan tumhara hai, and with it disseminated the passion to own the land’s existence, asso

Setting it straightThe claims of being ‘elected’ and ‘preservers of democracy’ are still being chanted by supporters, but the judgment has put a huge question mark on the validity of these a

Is tomorrow’s Turkey today’s Pakistan?The concept of philosopher-king, as given by Plato, diverges from its fundamental principle when the chosen ruler turns out be as whimsical as the ruled sub

A matter of priorities“Tumhein hum yaad aenge, zamana beet jaane do (you will remember me, let the tides of time brush off the shores)”. This was one of his last statuses on Facebook. I wonder

Accountability is a responsibility, not an act of kindnessWhile those at the centre of the spectrum, with much suppressed greed, believe justice to be, in Plato’s words, “giving to every man his