The Path & I
When I stop, the path raises itself a bit Looks at me and says: “Why did you stop? To get rid of me? You know,...
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The woman with a shaved head (An abridged draft)
AN ABRIDGED ENGLISH VERSION (See French and Spanish versions also.) “Schmoozing with a head is no-nonsense matter,” She said, and I kept quiet for I...
A Crazy Jane-Jamalo Poem
Yates wrote a series presenting Crazy Jane as a Wise dame. I present Crazy Jamalo as a deranged dame....
Religious Fanaticism
We are a confused generation due to our less direct curriculum. We are developing a factor of narcissism among our generation through the subject of...
Violent or Non-Violent Resistance? A Historical Analysis
Interestingly, one of the books that I am reading these days is 'They Lived Dangerously: Reminiscences of A Revolutionary' written by Manmath Nath Gupta. The...
How we can make psychotherapy work
The charlatanism of a charlatan psychotherapist has nothing to do with the gruesome and grisly killing of Noor Mukaddam in Islamabad. The information available to...
Copy paste culture
Stealing the ideas of others is a very common practice these days. In other words, it is also called plagiarism. Plagiarism is about reproducing other...
AJK Legislative Assembly Elections and Refugees Settled in Pakistan
People in Pakistani-administered Kashmir or Azad Jammu and Kashmir are going to elect 45 Legislative Assembly members on July 25, 2021 and these lawmakers in...
Pakistan Admits profiting from vaccine trials on citizens
Major General Amir Ikram – Executive Director, National Institute of Health (NIH) – has recently disclosed that Pakistan earned around Ten Million USD from a...
Habib Tanveer – A Memory Chary
My association with the doyen of Urdu theater, Habib Tanveer, is more than half a century old. I first met him back in 1962, at...
Future of Afghanistan
The democratic future of Afghanistan will bring peace and prosperity in the region. Better health facilities and good living which are inevitable for the existance...
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction or drug abuse is a major social problem in Pakistani society. Health damaging drugs and abusive substances are available everywhere in society. Illegal...
Melody Queen Shamshad Begum
She was a senior to me by 17 years. I was just a lad back in 1955 when I met her for the first time....
Remembering Faiz Ahmed Faiz – Part 1
On a one-to-one basis, my personal contact with Faiz has been fewer than a dozen times. All these get-together meetings for a personal powwow took...
When Faa’iz Comes Home
Written By: Rubina Faisal Translated by: Javed Chaudry Fourteen years ago, the Afzaal family would have thought about leaving Pakistan in the face of the...
The Gentle Mufti
Worry not my child, for thou service shalt be rewarded well. Up, keep the good work up, and twerk, for thou shalt please thy religiously...
Climate Change and Children’s Health
By Murad Muhammad The planet’s climate is changing with the passage of time, with considerable fluctuation in global average temperature. Climate change not affecting our economy...
‘We are witnessing a crime against humanity’: Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid catastrophe
By Arundhati Roy Courtesy: The Guardian During a particularly polarising election campaign in the state of Uttar Pradesh in 2017, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi,...
Two Books- Two Great Gifts to English Readers
Written by Gopi Chand Narang & Translated by Surinder Deol Reviewed by: Rahman Abbas Right now when the world is passing through the curse of...
Minority community demands allocation in party tickets on general seats
Press Release (Faisalabad): Minority wings of mainstream political parties are a representative model that is by no means serving influential minorities’ political participation. For passing...
