True victims of the system
The system ‘Kaptaan’ and his ilk came to change has changed them Budget blues, inflation skyrocketing, the number of perished promises piling up, all pervading disenchantment, and victori
The writer is a law graduate and journalist based in Islamabad.
The system ‘Kaptaan’ and his ilk came to change has changed them Budget blues, inflation skyrocketing, the number of perished promises piling up, all pervading disenchantment, and victori
Moments are the unit by which we measure our joys and sorrowsBefore happiness and beyond the moments of ecstatic joy lies either indifference or sadness. Our achievements, no matter how mighty
Our stories and how each of them tells half of our tale, fraction of our truth Every facet of life, like novels, has a story, a plot, a script, and characters that hide and
Life has lost its sheen in our hyper-connected, Prozac-driven world Madness has many hues and nuances. Solitude removes all the distractions and smoke screens allowing us to peep insi
Making sense of the ongoing saga between state’s power and resilience of society State is power. Society is home. State is law. Society is refuge. State demands obedience. Society a
ColumnsIs the worst yet to come? What are our issues? One can begin by naming everything under the sun ranging from unemployment, a shaky economy, a weak political setup and end up regrettin
ColumnsWhy hopes dash and expectations are bound to hurt More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones, wrote Truman Capote, an American journalist and author. Capote summe
And why to love someone is a process, not an event‘We are all fools in love’ wrote Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice. Fools, dear reader, know right from wrong yet choose to not care one
And how Pakistan and India need to shed the burden of the past Amidst the deafening silence, we await its death by the hands of jets flying, bullets fired, casualty count and hope to
To seek forgiveness for acts done, words uttered and broken promises is the only thing we could do To be or not to be, asked Hamlet. An absolutely apt question, it was. However, it was al
ColumnsAnd what journalists, should do nowPeople trust us journalists. Sorry, they once did. They no longer do. Once upon a time, not long ago, we informed them, educated them, made sense of the events a
UncategorizedAn able, educated and technology-savvy workforce can bring Pakistan out of its dire straitsThe world our children will inherit will be a world fundamentally different from the one we live in. The