Salman Khan’s hit-and-run case: Was the car drunk?
Prem acquittal dhan se payo, Salman Khans iconic screen name was trending on Twitter minutes after the High Court allowed him to w…
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Pakistan-India series: Waiting for a ‘mauka’ to play again :)
They say cricket is our religion. Not just in India but also across the border. We give our teams the same do-or-die pressure, we …
Aamir Khan — A ‘traitor’ for fearing extremism in India?
Aamir Khan and his wife, Kiran Rao are not the only ones to have despaired and wondered, if they should leave the country because …
‘This is not my job’ — Why aren’t we letting our children work odd jobs?
Long ago on one very cold day in Beijing, China, we were issued a warning of heavy snowfall. My father told our Chinese housekeepe…
How would Pakistan treat Syria’s refugees?
It is convenient to scold the Western nations for their racist antipathy towards the incoming refugees, when the refugees arent Af…
Retaliating selective humanity with selective humanity?
Blood. Corpses. Mayhem. Terror. For those of us living in terrorism-riddled countries, these experiences are all too familiar. And…
Fight like a girl: How the Punjab police is breaking stereotypes with its new recruits.
Sub-Inspector Shahida is one of the many young women who have recently joined the Rawalpindi Police Force after clearing the Punja…
When Iqbal called for a Muslim India, within India
For too long now there has been a parochial understanding of what Pakistani history as an academic discipline entails, as there is…
Beirut, Baghdad, Paris — Are some tragedies more tragic than others?
Loss is but a statistic, until it leaps across the fence to the West. I have no intention of concern-trolling scores of people acr…
Time to Decide: Quaid-e-Azam or Zia's Pakistan.
We recently marked the 68th Independence Day very fervently and zealously, because of a surprisingly placid and secure environment…
