Remshay Ahmed

Remshay Ahmed

Remshay Ahmed is a political realist by profession and a pessimist by choice. She can be reached at [email protected]

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What’s this fervour against Aurat March?Columns

What’s this fervour against Aurat March?

Let there be a real Mard MarchThe month of March in Pakistan had never seen such celebration or deliberation for a counter/narrative warfare. The social processions in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad,

Mar 20, 2019
Middle East hits back!Columns

Middle East hits back!

Leaving the quagmire needs understandingFirst they created them to defeat another imperialist nation. They applauded a freedom ideology, they came against bustling with their surplus domestically-

Mar 14, 2019
Strong leadersColumns

Strong leaders

The balance of power in the international arena is shiftingThe last panel of the much-awaited and celebrated Lahore Literary Festival 2019 was a discourse on the emergence of Global St

Feb 26, 2019
New dimensions, same mistakesColumns

New dimensions, same mistakes

It is time we realise our full potentialThe visit by the Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman to Pakistan has ushered in a new era of international cooperation between the two, and is a sign

Feb 20, 2019
The great Afghan gameColumns

The great Afghan game

The Afghanistan of today stands divided more than everThe second round of Taliban talks concluded on 28th January 2018 with a glimmer of hope for the Afghans, and the world anxiously awaiting

Jan 30, 2019
Moving aheadColumns

Moving ahead

The Afghan peace processThe US war in Afghanistan remains the longest, most-inconclusive conflict in recent history. This 17-year long, largely forgotten war has reshaped how academicians appr

Jan 22, 2019
On sound entertainmentColumns

On sound entertainment

Especially from once upon a timeIn a country where every now and then a few steps taken forward are reversed, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)’s new notific

Jan 15, 2019
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Burden of expectations

The modern in Intrinsic Man has fared far and wide in search of the equations that would ultimately unlock the secrets of the universe, but there is still not a single equation<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/01/09/burden-of-expectations/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jan 9, 2019
Of people and statesColumns

Of people and states

Moving forward Much like personal relations, states also need to depend on each other for a chance at healthy co-existence. In pure neo-liberal terms this comes in the form of economic integration,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/11/of-people-and-states/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 11, 2018
Combating climate change together!Columns

Combating climate change together!

The problem is of human abuse For centuries, warring nations have found some common ground to collaborate on, which is primarily why it has been possible to reach an agreement or negotiated<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/06/combating-climate-change-together/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 6, 2018
On encroachmentsColumns

On encroachments

Right way to go about it?  Encroachment of land or property is illegal, and that is perhaps all one needs to know about the matter. It inhibits the actual owner from using<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/29/on-encroachments/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Nov 29, 2018
The global nature of global warmingColumns

The global nature of global warming

States need directionWe’ve beaten it up and torched it out. Parts of it have been taken and destroyed forever. The rhythmic balance on which natural systems operate has been devoid of their

Nov 19, 2018