Arifa Noor
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
The sartorial choices of politicians reflect the larger political culture of the party they head.
Updated 19 Nov, 2024 09:40am
Cities cannot become concrete jungles of flyovers and interchanges and still have clean air.
Updated 12 Nov, 2024 09:57am
Will the voters be as disillusioned with Imran Khan as they were with Nawaz Sharif?
Updated 05 Nov, 2024 09:56am
While CJP Chaudhry had space to call officials to account, CJP Isa’s court couldn’t take such liberties.
Updated 29 Oct, 2024 09:35am
A seat in parliament is apparently worth a lot more than the rights of the people of Pakistan.
Updated 22 Oct, 2024 09:39am
Perhaps one can say that the three transitions are now the main cause of instability in Pakistan.
Updated 15 Oct, 2024 09:38am
The powers that be seem to have evolved as much as the country and the people have.
Updated 08 Oct, 2024 09:29am
Is it only recent governments that deserve to be called ‘hybrid’?
Updated 24 Sep, 2024 09:05am