Arifa Noor
Men get uncomfortable when women begin to stake a claim to the political stage.
Updated 22 Apr, 2025 09:24am
With their legitimacy crisis, the rulers are scrambling to ‘fix’ the economy rather than reforming it.
Updated 15 Apr, 2025 09:02am
The bouts between political parties and establishment take a toll on country far more than they do on political parties.
Updated 08 Apr, 2025 09:13am
Few of the Baloch "politicians" in the provincial and federal legislatures advocate dialogue.
Updated 18 Mar, 2025 09:57am
If even opinion is unacceptable, where does this leave us as a people?
Updated 11 Mar, 2025 09:22am
The government let its jitters turn a low-profile event into a successful effort of resistance.
Updated 04 Mar, 2025 09:55am
Recent moves simply reveal the attitude of all governments towards education.
Published 25 Feb, 2025 08:36am
Little attention is paid to any long-term strategy which might prevent vulnerable children from working in homes where they are in danger.
Updated 18 Feb, 2025 09:05am
In reality, much power has to be exercised to prove that power is power.
Updated 11 Feb, 2025 08:52am
It is a worrying assertion that accusing Afghan refugees of serious offences is the norm.
Updated 04 Feb, 2025 10:10am
Other than their mission creep, there are some jitters behind closed doors.
Updated 28 Jan, 2025 09:12am
The significance of the Peshawar meeting should not be lost among other national headlines.
Updated 21 Jan, 2025 09:25am
For one side, social media is full of lies; for the other, mainstream media is biased.
Updated 14 Jan, 2025 09:17am
The authors point out how the Mustafa Zaidi case was given more attention than the events of East Pakistan.
Published 07 Jan, 2025 07:53am
Discussions on Pakistani politics can be so focused on personalities that little else seems to matter.
Updated 31 Dec, 2024 09:04am
The real decision-making in Pakistan takes place behind closed doors; always has and always will.
Updated 24 Dec, 2024 03:54pm
It has always seemed that the madresssah debate and prescriptions were not based on solid efforts.
Updated 17 Dec, 2024 09:06am
Do we truly have a reincarnation of Nawabzada Nasrullah amongst us?
Updated 10 Dec, 2024 10:22am
Despite the differences between the BYC, PTM and PTI, the events show a pattern.
Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:57am
The PTI is comfortable in the knowledge that the government is scoring an own goal.
Updated 26 Nov, 2024 09:44am
