The phrase “Only Nixon can go to China” is derived from a statement made by a Democratic Party senator, Mike Mansfield. Updated Mar 17, 2019 09:35am

Are we more concerned about who is saying something than what’s being said? Published Mar 10, 2019 07:57am

There is a need to redefine secularity in the context of Pakistan’s religious narrative. Updated Mar 03, 2019 08:38am

Formulating a cohesive narrative about Hindu nationalism and polity in India has been hampered by reality of history. Updated Feb 24, 2019 08:40am

Did post-modernism romanticise a complex grand-narrative? Updated Feb 17, 2019 08:12am

Imran Khan’s Riyasat-i-Madina may conjure up images of an Arab religious past, but the core tenet of Western welfare Published Feb 10, 2019 07:19am

Sometimes we fabricate a conceptual reality in order to deal with the reality we interact with on a daily basis Updated Feb 03, 2019 10:38am

Trying to find a convincing answer to the question has eluded most who see Pakistani culture as under threat Published Jan 27, 2019 07:01am

In our country, women are free to choose or discard veiling in public, yet it is advocated on public platforms from Published Jan 20, 2019 08:58am

Was the MQM simply engineered by Gen Zia or was there more to its history? Published Jan 13, 2019 07:23am

The Pakistani state has attempted to counter one dogmatic ideology it has fostered by fostering another, Published Jan 06, 2019 06:33am

A history of early Pak-China relations shows that India and the US were key players and catalysts in forming ties that Published Dec 30, 2018 07:08am

Like an impressionable teenager, the PM circulated a video of Dr Israr Ahmed claiming that the Quaid advocated Published Dec 23, 2018 07:24am

Is it time to legalise cannabis and alcohol and ‘sin tax’ them as well? Published Dec 16, 2018 07:31am

Playwright Ashfaq Ahmed’s name provokes two distinct responses — reverence or repulsion Published Dec 09, 2018 07:06am

There is enough reason to believe that, had Maulana Maududi been alive today, he would have disapproved of the Published Dec 02, 2018 07:03am

The traditional sweetmeat has a long history in the subcontinent but its political history is surprisingly short. Updated Nov 25, 2018 07:38am

Much has been written about the damage that Gen Zia’s regime dealt to the country, but few talk about how it co-opted Published Nov 18, 2018 06:57am

State institutions may believe that a policy of appeasement avoids conflict, but in reality it offers nothing more than Published Nov 11, 2018 07:06am

According to Das when a word or phrase is vigorously repeated, it loses its meaning to the listeners. Updated Nov 04, 2018 08:29am