Nadeem F. Paracha

The band's strengths are their vocals delivered in ghazal mode, mixed with jazzy interplays between the band’s talented musicians. Published 24 Sep, 2021 10:41am

Aam Taateel’s strengths, as evidenced on their debut album Khudsar, are their vocals delivered in ghazal mode, mixed with jazzy... Published 19 Sep, 2021 07:44am

Privileged sections of society use it as a ‘safety valve’ when the continuation of their own power is threatened by social strife. Updated 19 Sep, 2021 08:28am

Flags can evoke powerful emotions, as can be seen in the flag protests in Afghanistan. Updated 12 Sep, 2021 08:42am

Leaders have begun to look backwards, promising to bring forth a past that was apparently better and less complicated.  Updated 05 Sep, 2021 08:57am

The defenders of the Single National Curriculum are not addressing the real criticism directed against it. Updated 29 Aug, 2021 08:43am

A wide-ranging consensus was last struck by most political stakeholders and the establishment in early 2015. Updated 22 Aug, 2021 08:30am

Leaders often fail to anticipate just how damaging their amoral, politically motivated and cynical rhetoric can actually become. Updated 15 Aug, 2021 04:01pm

Mandatory vaccination is the only way out of the pandemic. Updated 08 Aug, 2021 08:31am

Before the late 19th century, the area which became Afghanistan was populated by various competing tribal and ethnic fiefdoms. Updated 01 Aug, 2021 07:51am

Instead of questioning the Zia regime, the new post-9/11 academics often rationalise piety and morality in this Church. Updated 25 Jul, 2021 08:43am

To maintain a public perception of an Islamic society, govts sweep certain socio-cultural products and spaces under the carpet. Updated 18 Jul, 2021 07:51am

All eyes should be on US and on how a new govt there is trying to restore public reason, democratic norms shattered by Trump. Updated 11 Jul, 2021 02:19pm

Identifying ourselves as Muslim first indicates that something went wrong in constructing our national identity. Updated 04 Jul, 2021 07:53am

Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi is seen as an influential Islamic scholar and the founder of the largest sub-sect among Sunni Muslims. Updated 27 Jun, 2021 08:38pm

Contrary to common belief, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s government did not criminalise the Ahmadiyya from calling themselves Muslims. Updated 20 Jun, 2021 08:30am

Conservatism has become an easy excuse in countries like Pakistan for not doing what is required for a modern nation-state. Updated 13 Jun, 2021 08:27am

Does Israel have something in common with apocalyptic terror groups, for whom killing children is simply collateral damage? Published 06 Jun, 2021 08:37am

Israel no longer faces an existential crisis. But it faces amoral opportunism from its leader Benjamin Netanyahu. Updated 30 May, 2021 08:42am

Crushed between Israel’s intransigence and belligerence of Gaza’s Hamas, is the rational space that PLO’s Fatah wants to explore. Updated 23 May, 2021 08:34am