Hasan Aftab Saeed

Political correctness gone overboardTaking offence is the new national pastime. And desi liberals are every bit as nauseating as fundamentalists in this respect. In fact, the more one looks a

Addressing them on a fundamental levelYou have doubtlessly heard or asked these questions at one time or another: Why a Muslim man may take a Christian wife, but a Muslim woman is not permitt

Some observations regarding its immense popularityWhether you were a fan of the recently concluded Mere Paas Tum Ho, hated its guts or were simply indifferent to it, there’s no denying that

The devil is in the detailsPrime minister Imran Khan has directed the HEC to add mysticism to university curricula. Khan attributes his famous transformation to spirituality, and there’s no

Never goes out of fashion While there are countless ways to mislead oneself (and others), arguably the easiest one is to quote a part of the scripture out of its context and give it

Fictions, all In a discussion on economy a few years ago, a colleague had passionately announced that the universal solution to all economic woes was the ‘Islamic economic system’. When I asked<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2020/01/06/on-islamic-economy-islamic-sports-and-islamic-nuts/" title="Read more" >...</a>

The good, the bad and the ugly from 2019The year 2019 had many things in common with past years. As usual, it was a year replete with mutually contradictory conspiracy theories. There was the

Thanks, but no thanks Flashback to the days when I was a member of seven work-related WhatsApp groups and innumerable family and friends groups:IA particularly raunchy joke has b

It’s probably in ours stars Pakistan has suffered yet another clean sweep Down Under. This was the first overseas tour under Misbah-ul-Haq. In all fairness, considering past tours o

No student unions, please Last week saw demands for revival of student unions, amid a lot of ‘Asia is red’ poppycock. The latter merits no response except mirth, but after the twe

With a detour to media incompetence/dishonestyImran Khan inaugurated the Havelian-Mansehra section of the Hazara Motorway last week. The N-Leaguers, as expected, are claiming that the credit g

Aka, what the hell was that?The Azadi March is over. Well, technically it’s still going on in the form of Plan B: blocking of highways ‘across the country’. (Or is it Plan C?) Interestin