Missing link
Spurring innovation while stifling thought leads nowhere.
Huma Yusuf
Urban sovereignty
Karachi is the dystopia that other world cities will want to avoid.
Deep divides
This is a politics that hates analysis and nuance.
Closing spaces
Each year, PEN highlights the cases of five persecuted writers.
Protests & women
The JUI-F apparently disinvited its female members.
Increasing curbs
The media is meant to be a mouthpiece, toeing the official line.
Change is needed
A mobile app to track child abuse is not a panacea.
Crushing the media
The government has no understanding of the role of a free press.
A wide gulf
The OIC provides a convenient platform for doublespeak.
Kashmir lessons
The crisis shows how far political opposition in India has been eroded.
Apolitical youth
A process to disengage from the political sphere is on-going.
Murky spaces
Nothing about leaks is clear-cut.
Normalising sport
Sport should be a grass-roots activity.
Tourism highway
Even the best plan will backfire if not handled well.
A neutral posture
Pakistan must entrench its ties with Iran.
Modi’s threat
When it comes to nuclear warfare, words matter.
Notre Dame lessons
Our leaders should take note: grand gestures no longer compensate for venality, incompetence, or dissemblance.
Pakistan has nothing to gain from falling into rhetorical traps laid by external actors
Modi is merely elaborating on Vajpayee's existing trajectory.
Nature of the threat
Modi is merely elaborating on an existing trajectory.
Death of dialogue
You cannot reflect if you don’t know how to reason.