Dir Needs Development
By Muhammad Hussain Azad Dir is situated in the north area of the province of Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa. It is comprised of two districts, Upper...
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Shashi Tharoor as usual gets his facts wrong
By Yasser Latif Hamdani India is attempting to pass a controversial citizenship bill which will in essence bar Muslims from seeking asylum in India. Shashi...
Snowden’s “Permanent Record”, Rule of Law & Privacy
He has criticized the paranoia emerged in United States post 9/11 in the name of security and antiterrorism that gave rise to deep state, defeating...
I Will Meet You There….Naeem Ashraf
Nigahein mila ker baddal jaanay waalay Mujhay tujh se koee shikait naheen hai (Casting a loving stare, you changed the ways I have no complaints,...
Dervishes’ Inn…8th Dream…
Hello, Adaab, Salaam 14th May 2018 Dervish presents to Rabia a friendly Salam! Since the start of his correspondence with Rabia, Dervish is perpetually pondering...
Arjuna’s Dharma and Kashmir
Courtesy Saud Amin Khan Does the end justify the means? Despite centuries of debate, we do not quite know. How is one to decide whether one’s...
‘We are enemies in the eyes of India’
Courtesy BBC News Dozens of mainstream political leaders and workers have been under detention in Indian-administered Kashmir since August, when India stripped the region of...
Meet Yourself: Yoga
By Fatima Saleem Mirza Sometimes, I think it’s good that my father is not a wizard, otherwise, the way he brings wonders out of his...
The Red Revolution Propaganda
By Aatif Afzal Dreaming about an ideally fair world running under political and governance systems that ensure equity is a very humane deed in nature...
Khalida Shah interview: ‘Every Kashmiri leader should think of uniting. That includes separatists’
Courteay Safwat Zargar Khalida Shah, who says she has been under house arrest in Srinagar since August 5. | Safwat Zargar Since August 5, 84-year-old...
Two days before Royal visit, Sweden sends tough statement on Kashmir
Courtesy Suhasini Haidar Two days before the arrival of the Swedish Royal couple King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia, and senior Ministers, including Foreign Minister...
How an educated man can turn out to be #UsmanKhan?
By Iqbal Latif To see children turning from a ‘parent’s delight’ to a ‘parent’s nightmare’ is a dilemma every parent who sees these pictures confronts...
Life is good!….Naeem Ashraf
I first met Yusaf alias Leader when he was arrested for quarrelling with policemen outside the university gate. I went to see him in the...
Brits Must Stay Away from Kashmir.. Ananthram Singh Rathore
Mr. Germy Corbyn, during his election campaign, has tried to please his pakistani and kashmiri voters by giving an interview on Kashmir. I think that...
Digital media and formation of political choice in Rural Punjab– Asad Rehman
Last ten years is a water-shed moment in the political history of Pakistan. The return of civilians, even if nominally, to the political hotseat, geo-political...
Dervishes’ Inn…7th dream
Seventh Dream The Dream Realizer 13th May 2018 Rabia presents her greetings to Dervish! Its midnight here, like any other summer night, short and crisp....
Time to bridge the gap
October and November are the months of “Dharna” and “Jalsas” for Islamabad. It is now more of an annual tradition and the people of Islamabad...
Why I did this.. Omer Dabaa
Some thoughts are easy to write down. While others are much more difficult. Difficult because there are a lot of emotions. Difficult because there are...
Time and the Religion of Liberalism
By Ayyaz Malick In the constantly repeated debates between “modernity” and “tradition”, it is often asserted that modernity distinguishes itself by secularising time. That modernity...
Are These Water Resources Catalyzing the Conflict in Jammu Kashmir?
The tension between India and Pakistan over Jammu Kashmir has its traditional rivalry over the ownership of entire Jammu Kashmir State, while the majority of...
