Hasan Aftab Saeed

A brief history of our constitutional amendments The smokescreen of the month has come in the form of a new debate on Ahmadis. The architect of the current controversy, quite predictably,

Many of my liberal friends are losing much sleep over the fate of democracy in the country. Personally, I don’t see what the fuss is about; but if saving democracy is indeed such a life-or

Or the power (and limitations) of logic Those who have been there would know that few things can match the unpleasantness of being expelled from school. I have had that experience at<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/10/05/once-upon-a-time-in-bahawalpur/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Things they don’t teach at the driving school any moreWell I take that back: they probably still teach these things at the driving school. But most graduates of those schools fail to give a very

What to do about them?Articles 62 and 63 of the constitution cover the eligibility criteria for parliamentarians: lower limit of age, nationality, mental well-being, character and general piety, e

Makes no sense at all. Or does it? It’s 2017, and we observe the ladies continuing to obsess about gold jewellery. And this makes less and less sense with each passing year.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/08/for-the-love-of-gold/" title="Read more" >...</a>

And five other moustaches that shook the world August 25 marked Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche’s 117th death anniversary. It is said that growing a moustache is one of only two t

A dispassionate analysisThere’s a rich tradition in Pakistan of loving and hating Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, in some cases simultaneously. Laypeople do it as well as politicians, many of whom love to

Because it’s amazing how many people have no clue There’s no documentary evidence to suggest that the capacity to enjoy ghazals can change one’s income for the better; if anything,

Are you? Being a Pakistani, and having followed events for some years, I am no more shocked by anything that happens in the social and the political spheres. Of course, I am<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/04/no-i-am-not-shocked-any-more/" title="Read more" >...</a>

DIY making-it-bigVisit any bookstore or the internet and you will find numerous cook-books and recipes on how to build a dream house, or to be a leader of men, or to develop a six-pack that is the

After the JIT report The JIT report on Panama is out, and it’s pretty incriminating for the first family. As far as I recall, out of hundreds of investigations over the years this is on