Category : Opinions
Role of Litterateur in Pakistan
By Saeed Sadhu translated by Fatima Saleem Mirza (An extremely crisp piece of writing which does not bother mind at all!! Better to stay away...
KANGROO COLUMN: JEDI JUSTICE
Note: Events described here are from a galaxy far far away…. any resemblance with any events on planet Earth would be purely coincidental or due...
Dervishes’ Inn…Ninth Dream
Ninth Dream Fragrance of Friendship 15th May 2018 Rabia says Salam to Dervish! Rabia seeks pardon for a late reply. She was trapped in useless...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
South Asian Rivals have no Respect for Human Sorrows
Nayyar N Khan It was late October 1947 during one afternoon when she heard of violence, ransack and killings in her parental village. She got married just...
KASHMIR: Binding Resolutions– Ahmer Bilal Soofi
IN a recent seminar in Islamabad on the Kashmir dispute, a senior official remarked that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions on Kashmir were...
