By Xari Jalil - It is a cold dreary afternoon of December 2006. Kausar Bibi can sense something dreadful coming her way because her left eye has been twitching since morning. What she does not know is that whatever is to come will
By Agha Akbar - Everything seemed to be in place for a two-match tour by Bangladesh on the last weekend of April 2012, the first by an international side boasting permanent membership of the ICC since that ill-fated morning of
By Kamran Rehmat - Siachen translates into “place of wild roses’. In Balti language, the word means “an abundance of black roses.” Regardless of their colour and propensity, the roses here only serve to remind every soldier, who has the
By Nafisa Shah - Women leaders of Pakistan have, in no small measure, shaped the political agenda of the country, especially in strengthening political systems and democracy. Madar-e-Millat Fatima Jinnah, Shaheed Mohtarama
By Hassan Belal Zaidi - Representation is the key to any democratic system of government. The idea that a small number of individuals can, collectively, embody the ‘will of the people’ and represent their constituents in the highest
By Syed Hussain Shaheed Soharwardi - Pakistan and the US are local partners in global war on terror, will it or not, admit it or not. They could not be otherwise. Help is what Washington wants- when and how it decides that help is
By Rahimullah Yusufzai - Afghanistan and Pakistan have had a troubled relationship despite being neighbours with a shared history, religion, culture and certain races and languages. Apart from a few long-standing issues that continue
By Shahzad Raza - It was a joke from the get go. Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif and their top lieutenants signed the Charter of Democracy (CoD) at the palatial London apartment of Rehman Malik. No matter the document reflected
By Kamran Rehmat - Among the collectibles from the dingy room in Abbotabad where once the world’s most wanted man lived is evidence that he was deeply committed to not only grand schemes with a grain of chill about it but also
By Hira Azmat - Recent years have seen a dearth of cultural events in Pakistan. Concerts, now rare, take place in cramped studios, theatre productions have dwindled, and cultural festivals seem to have died (the Rafi Peer Youth
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