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Your ‘new’ Pakistan
Pakistanis are forced to expire slowly every day.
F.S. Aijazuddin
Stinging rebukes
Religion is not the opiate of the masses; security is.
NON-FICTION: STAMPING POSTERITY
A sumptuous volume is not only a tribute to a legendary stamp designer, but also a visual chronicle
Summer woes
As the general elections draw near, the knuckle bones of prediction are again up in the air.
History counts
In turbulent times like this, it is wise to stay silent.
Fake elections
The public interest has become a Rubik’s Cube rotated at will.
Much maligned
Did Aurangzeb spend his last 50 years destroying Hindu temples?
Ice sculptures
The love he nurtured for Ruttie was deep, sincere and sustained.
Best left unlived
Mobs suffer from double defects: hysteria, and amnesia.
Housing in-laws
The Bhutto mausoleum is a monument to retroactive devotion.
Apron strings
For Trump, Pakistan has all the stale allure of a spent spouse.
Annual amnesia
Should one expect to see a change in 2018?
The playing fields
To Modi, Pakistan is the equivalent of Trump’s numerous demons.
A game of stones
Today, Pakistan competes with Indonesia’s Mount Agung.
Be forewarned
Analysts have viewed the balance of power here as a seesaw.
The great divide
Politicians still conduct “the dialogue of the deaf”.
Seeing orange
Can Lahore survive this latest attack?
Waiting for Godot
Is Imran the all-purpose panacea the public is waiting for?
Alternative cure
Maryam’s ‘uncles’ are already giving her gratuitous tutorials.
The fourth horror
The ex-PM is growing in similarity to King Charles I.