The writer is a member of staff.
LAHOREImran Khan is hampered at every turn by the malign influence of Nawaz Sharif and the mafias. Did anyone notice the sacrifice he made this Eid of two special assistants? Tania Aidrus and Dr Zafar Mirza
LAHORELAHORE: Well, it seems the monsoon has arrived. On Thursday, as a matter of fact. Karachi is still flooded. Assam has been too. But while Lahore isn’t exactly completely dry, it isn’t flooded eith
SOPs and schoolchildren?The decision-point has come upon governments, about whether or not to reopen schools this September. The present school-year has gone down the drain. Closures in March
LAHORELAHORE: Whatever else they’re doing, they’re reopening the schools. It’s surprising the similarities there are between Trump and Imran. I mean, they’re both married more than the average numbe
Pakistan is not in a good placeAT PENPOINTThe recent clash between India and China in Ladakh highlighted that these two Asian giants are growing increasingly abrasive even in the midst of
LAHORELAHORE: One would have thought that the sacking of Judge Arshad Malik by the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) administrative committee would have won the applause (raucous, no doubt) of the Pakistan Tehree
Literature too will never be the same againAT PENPOINTEven now, even though the covid-19 pandemic has yet to run its course, there is already much speculation on what the world will look l
LAHORELAHORE: Between you and me, I have no intention of being made a shaheed by Insafians, the Tiger Force, or youthias, so I will never mention Osama bin Laden without appending the title shaheed. If Imra
Choosing between lives and livelihoodsAT PENPOINTOne of the unforeseen consequences of the covid-19 pandemic may well have been the breaking of the link between experts and political leade
CITY NOTES There were many blows to the world of show business in the last week, but none due to the coronavirus. In fact, all it managed in Pakistan was a Gilgit-Baltistan mini
Did the pandemic change anything?AT PENPOINTIt was one of the paradoxes of the 2020-2021 Budget that the man responsible for it, PM’s Finance Adviser Dr Hafeez Sheikh, did not seem to be
LAHORELAHORE: Perhaps the nicest thing about our Prime Minister is his courage. While the Supreme Court was rattled by the rise in the number of new covid-19 cases and the deaths due to it, to res
