While a number of political stakeholders have ridiculed his statement, there is a lot of research on how and why this intervention can work. The people who are mocking the initiative are actually far......
Aqleema Who is the sister of Cain and Abel Their sister But differentDifferent between the middle of her thighs And in the swell of her breasts…… Look carefully at this impression Above the long......
At Kartarpur Sahib, outside the main shrine which contains Guru Nanak’s samadhi, is his grave. He might be one of the only people in history to have both a samadhi and a grave. Legend has it that......
Calls for awareness ought to be accompanied by a push for an increase in professional mental healthcare services.Given my association with a tertiary care hospital, such requests often come my way,......
A recent piece I wrote on the transactions ban on non-filers and its impact on car buyers, as well as on the housing market, generated a series of interesting responses.Some of us would like......
There was a recurring sketch on the old BBC comedy, Goodness Gracious Me, which featured a father who would counter his children’s enthusiasm – whether for Jesus or Santa Claus – with “Indian!”.It......
The ghara or earthen pot acquires particular significance in the love story of Sohni and Mahiwal.In the climax of this Punjabi folk story, as Sohni crosses the Chenab river to meet Mahiwal, who is......
I have been an avid cyclist for over three years and on my cycle, have explored areas of Lahore I would have never seen otherwise.Needless to say, it is one of my favourite pastimes and has added a......
Removal of illegal construction has been ongoing in Karachi since the past few weeks under the directives of the Supreme Court.The most prominent and visible exercise in this respect was carried out......
In a time where the long-debated return of the Afghan refugees to Afghanistan, Imran Khan’s recent pledge to grant citizenship to 1.5 million Afghan refugees living in Pakistan and the ongoing......
Pakistan’s public officials, politicians and corporate investors routinely boast of the coal mining megaproject underway in Tharparkar, Sindh, asserting how it has already brought major......
Feminists are often charged with being too serious, of not having a sense of humour, and of not knowing how to have fun.While this certainly does not apply to my personal life, I have to admit my......
As Prime Minister Imran Khan returns from his trip to China, one thing is becoming glaringly clear: the Pakistani state is completely clueless regarding the larger objectives of the Belt and Road......
For all our collective apathy towards history, it is mind-boggling the centre stage history acquires in South Asia.I say ‘collective apathy’ because compared to other more commercially viable degrees......
'Reforms', as a buzzword, seems to be back in fashion again.Ever since the new government was sworn in, the one constant we have heard repeatedly is their urge to push through reforms.Committees have......
