The writer is a member of staff.
LAHOREI suppose we should begin celebrating. Asad Umar is back in the federal cabinet as planning minister, which is a sign that our economic woes are over. Now all we have to do is wait for the dollar to p
The PTI wanted to keep Nawaz backAT PENPOINTMian Nawaz Sharif has become the first convict to get bail and permission to go abroad for medical treatment. Has there been an NRO? Or has he m
LAHOREBolivian President Evo Morales proved that he is an idiot, a lamebrain and a loser. Imagine, he resigned just because there were protests against him. Just look at our own Imran Khan. Maulana Fazlur R
Hindu fundamentalism triumphsAT PENPOINTThe Indian Supreme Court may have tried to satisfy both Hindus and Muslims in the Babri Masjid case, but the decision has opened the way for a Hindu
The Azadi March has happened, but to what end?AT PENPOINTJUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has carried out his Azadi March, and has delivered his ultimatum, that the Prime Minister must re
Al-Baghdadi headed a military organisation, not a politicalAT PENPOINTBy killing Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the USA might well have disposed of the greatest threat it faces, but it has also kil
LAHORENawaz Sharif was struck with a strange ailment that was finally diagnosed as Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), but which was at one point suspected to be dengue, for which he was at one point tes
Ireland has been a problem since 1169, and still isAT PENPOINTThe UK did not find it easy to get into the European Union, and is not finding it easy to get out. It appears that the UK’s
LAHOREWell, we Lahoris got our fill of royalty, with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spending a day in the city. Prince William is not exactly the heir apparent to the British throne, as that would be his
Kurds are the latest victim of typical US abandonmentAT PENPOINTThe humanitarian tragedy of what amounts to the Turkish invasion of Syria may be more prominent, but the way the USA has thr
LAHOREThe district of Kasur is still in the news, and for all the wrong reasons. After the revelation of the kiddie porn ring in village Hussain Khanwala near Kasur city, there was the assault-cum-murder of
LAHOREThe country has not yet recovered from Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech. Kashmir has not either, it seems. The Nadrendra Modi government has though, and the initial reaction of fleeing from Kashmi
