

K K Shahid
The writer is a member of staff
Published Work(109 articles)

Comment#SindhRejectsForcedConversions trends as minority girls continue to be targeted
KARACHI: Over the past week, the hashtag #SindhRejectsForcedConversions has been trending in Pakistan. The hashtag, which was initiated by the Twitter users largely encompassing the youth of Sindh, ai
NATIONALBalochistan University scandal underlines marginalisation of province
LAHORE: On October 14, a harassment scandal surfaced in Balochistan University in Quetta, when the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested security and surveillance officers for blackmailing stude
ColumnsReverse swept
Demonetisation jarred the BJP just as much as it had hammered the economy The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) losing elections across five states earlier this month, most notably Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/18/reverse-swept/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ColumnsPost-carbon
Running out of time, indeed! During the UN Climate Change Conference 2018, COP24, currently underway in Katowice, Poland, PM Imran Khan’s Advisor on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam said “we are running<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/12/post-carbon/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ColumnsInvesting faux pas
Of course there are few better guilty pleasures than finding reassurances in other’s failuresAs December begins and the year 2018 draws to a close, many of us might be looking forward to the
ColumnsNot Trump’s throne
But his world! On Nov 2, US President Donald Trump tweeted an image of himself captioned ‘Sanctions Army Coming November 5’ in an obvious, and outlandish, use of Game of Thrones imagery<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/15/not-trumps-throne/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ColumnsWhat China wants
And how it’ll get it Prime Minister Imran Khan left a burning country back home to visit China last week just so he could get a bailout package along the lines of<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/07/what-china-wants/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ColumnsSidelining the sultan?
President Arif Alvi met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday amidst a crisis in the Middle East that involves the country that Erdogan rules and the country that Pakistan just got a
ColumnsRising Afghanistan
A story of Afghan scholars Over four million people cast their votes in the parliamentary election in Afghanistan over the weekend, despite the violence that ensued. That is, around half of the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/24/rising-afghanistan/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Ukraine’s red alert
Russia’s old attitudeThe long ongoing proxy warfare in Ukraine formally entered the religious realm this week when the Russian Orthodox Church severed relations with Patriarchate of Constant
SportsDubai Test: Pakistan miss out with Australia there for the taking
Pakistan needing seven wickets on the fifth day of a UAE Test to win the match, with runs superfluous, is as nailed on a position to win as any in all of<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/11/dubai-test-pakistan-miss-out-with-australia-there-for-the-taking/" title="Read more" >...</a>

