SMOKERS’ CORNER: WHAT HINDERS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH?
Pakistan's once promising scientific order was invaded and then littered with pseudoscientific hogwash.
Nadeem F. Paracha
SMOKERS’ CORNER: AN IDEOLOGICAL DEATH?
Almost every regime is struggling to grapple with the spread of this virus.
SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE CORONAVIRUS AND ITS DISCONTENTS
Many believers in Muslim, Christian and Hindu societies do not see any dichotomy between faith and science.
SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE COUPS OF SAUDI ARABIA
The recent reports of the discovery of a plot against the Saudi king may not be as surprising as they seem.
SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE JOURNEY FROM KHUDA HAFIZ TO ALLAH HAFIZ
Could Pakistani culture’s gradual ‘Arabisation’ finally be reaching a point of unexpected and ironic turnaround?
SMOKERS’ CORNER: WHOSE HISTORY IS IT ANYWAY?
Politicians are known to adjust and readjust their words according to political and cultural orientation of audiences.
SMOKERS’ CORNER: PREACHING WITHOUT PRACTISING
The history of state subsidies for performing Haj is not ‘centuries-old’ as some woud have us believe.
SMOKERS’ CORNER: BOOKS OF WAR
Some commentators suspect many of these tomes are still out there.
SMOKERS’ CORNER: ALLIES AND FRENEMIES
Over the years, Pak-Afghan relations have been influenced by the changing political climate of the region
SMOKERS’ CORNER: HOW SHOULD THE STATE DEAL WITH PTM?
PTI needs to find common ground between Pashtun nationalism and the state’s evolving post-Islamist narrative.
SMOKERS’ CORNER: CREATING PSEUDOHISTORY
Much has been written about the dubious claims which became part of Pakistani textbooks and nationalist narratives.
SMOKERS’ CORNER: STUDENTS OF A FEATHER
What makes a university campus left wing or right wing?
SMOKERS’ CORNER: PAKISTAN AND IRAN’S THIN RED LINE
Since 1981, relations with Iran have remained tense and enigmatic, in contrast to their earlier unqualified warmth.
SMOKERS’ CORNER: EULOGISING NAZI GERMANY IN SOUTH ASIA
The curious case of ‘brown’ folks fawning over Hitler and his policies.
SMOKERS’ CORNER: A ‘PRIVATE MATTER’ PUNISHABLE BY DEATH
When the British introduced the blasphemy law in India in 1860, it did not carry the death sentence. How did the law
SMOKERS’ CORNER: HOW ADJUSTABLE SHOULD A CONSTITUTION BE?
Constitutional amendments made in bad faith prove tough to reverse when they become tools in hands of political lobbies.
SMOKERS’ CORNER: VAGUE IDEALS AND WORD DANCES
The New Left’s relativist and psychological critique of capitalism made intellectual vagueness ‘hip’ in the postmodern
SMOKERS’ CORNER: WHEN DID STUDENTS BECOME VIOLENT?
It is important to debunk misconceptions about Pakistan’s student politics history.
SMOKERS’ CORNER: WHY DO EXPATS VOTE DIFFERENTLY?
Are Pakistani expatriates far removed from the changing reality of domestic politics?
SMOKERS’ CORNER: WHO'S AFRAID OF STUDENT ACTIVISM?
Organised student politics needs brand new strategies and newer models instead of those from bygone times.