Archive for December, 2012

By A Rahim Khan - There’s something to being ‘cult’, an epithet that though often reserved for the celebrated minor, nonetheless represents a certain standing, a status that despite its size holds many in loyalty.

By Moeed Pirzada - Mantras of foreign policy — laced with juicy terms like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran — may have been mentioned in presidential debates but Barack Obama fought and won his re-elections against Mitt Romney on

By Mushahid Hussain - Two political transitions, within the span of ten days, are likely to influence the course of global politics, impacting on Pakistan as well, given our ties with the United States and China.

By Wajahat Ali - Pakistan’s security concerns have always been the most important factor in determining its foreign policy. This is because the army has long been a dominant political player in the country and has strongly influenced

By A Rahim Khan - This Eid, dressed in ‘slacks’ as they like to say and a plain shirt, our quota of goodwill came in the form of U.S. Consul General Karachi, Michael Dodman, who on the second day of Eid, appeared on local cooking

The two countries can, yes, help each other out to achieve the will of the people. And what is what the people need? They need to have a functioning economy, to have jobs, to have prosperity. On the economic side,

By Swati Dasgupta - If you know today’s Bollywood, you would Shreya Ghoshal, too. The voice has such an irresistable appeal, you simply can’t miss it. Even though she is the leading playback singer of the world’s largest film industry,

By Rabia Ahmed - The pretty little town of Pagford is any small English town, with cobbled streets and tidy houses, and this is how the residents wish to keep it. But in an act seen as a betrayal by its residents, land belonging to Pagford is

By Rabab Khan –  A lowdown on the Miserable Republic, the lot who would find life such a bore if they couldn’t lay it on thick — on the politicos! I’m serious. What other profession or career choice gives you the opportunity to make boatloads of money help people? If you think politicians are greedy […]

By Harris Bin Munawar –  So difficult is it to define smut that even a U.S. justice had to resort to the vague “I know it when I see it” Posters hanging in narrow gloomy Hall Road alleys show dancing girls with wide cheerful hips. Not too far from Laxmi Mansion where Manto once lived, […]