The power of symbolism
Whether there is eternal glory is known only to Him People appear to be divided between two opposing camps, one that believes there is eternal glory in store for those who give…
Manipulative advertising
Our country does need us Advertising is not meant to be simply inane jingles and cavorting models, although it often is; there is supposed to be some serious psychology behind the exercise,…
Gender incongruence
There is little point in a ruling unless it is enforced The ICD, International Classification of Diseases, is the ‘standard diagnostic tool for epidemiology, health management and clinical purposes,’ directed and coordinated…
QĬNG CHÌ SĀ DÀN
Stop racism please! If Adam and Eve had been Chinese they would have eaten the snake rather than let it live to plague their descendants. Imagine, if you can: no Hitler, no…
The un-breathable air
Burning crops is not the only source of pollution There are several reasons why you’re having a problem breathing in Lahore these days. The air over Pakistan is always polluted, but for…
Too many walls
Not enough bridges It’s an ageless process, building walls in anattempt toprotect oneself from perceived or real external threats, which does not justify the proposed wall between the US and Mexico. It…
Adopt a madrassah?
Good, although these ‘business enterprises’ will need to be monitored The PTI manifesto states as part of a promise to transform education that it will ‘map out and register all seminaries across…
Like sending man to mars?
Pakistan’s record of resettling displaced persons has not been good NASA is preparing to send manned flights to Mars. The pilot of the first human flight to leave earth’s orbit in 1968,…
The way the government functions
Irrational reasons for legislation Basant was the indirect cause of so many deaths and injuries each year it’s been banned in the Punjab since 2005, with several lapses in between. At no…
Fraud vs religion
The persistent persist, such is the power of irrational belief In Germany it seems persons who are superstitious burn hair instead of throwing them in the trash, a practice shared by their…
Defined by a lack of coherence
Ruling by ordinance is not a good thing, Mr PM. Don’t even think about it After a singularly violent birth, Pakistan spent more than three decades under martial law, resulting from three…
Kartarpur: A bright spot on the horizon
In the best interest of the region One gets a petty satisfaction watching Teresa May’s trials, a vicious gratification witnessing Britain’s suffering in parting ways with the EU, nothing as those sufferings…
The power of newsprint
Publishers appear to be unaware of this potent tool in their hands Pakistan, with its poor literacy figures, needs to improve them by making a concerted “one, two, three…Pull!” effort, because literacy…
Education – of the ‘azaan baj raha hai’ variety
U-turns all around? The various convent schools dotted across the country used to produce what we were pleased to consider an elite; in the case of female students that meant women known…
Who’s the ‘they’ they speak of?
When dreams are still somewhere in the dim and uncertain future Anyone following the trajectory of Imran Khan’s rise to prominence must wish, most arduously, that he’d settled back into a semi-private…
Will the real blasphemy please stand up?
What kind of government allows itself to be hamstrung and held hostage this way? On 19 August 2014 Imran Khan was addressing a huge rally in Islamabad during the course of which…