Archive for March, 2014

Imran Khan is one of those rare politicians that seem to only invoke extreme, diametrically opposite reactions. There is simply no middle ground with the former cricketer, you either love him unconditionally, or hate everything he stands for. Either way, Imran Khan has undeniably changed the face of Pakistani politics. From a fiery election campaign […]

Lt.-Gen (R) Talat Masood :  All for stability of Afghanistan Gen. (Retd) Stanley McChrystal recently in an interview to the BBC referring to Afghanistan said, as the Taliban did not have the strength to take over all of Afghanistan “the greatest danger facing the country was the possibility of different groups vying for control which […]

By Najam U Din –  Why should it always happen in Balochistan? Forced displacement amid tribal feuds and armed conflict in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan has been going on for at least a quarter of a century. The last major wave of displacement occurred there around nine years ago when a military operation […]

Celebrating 100 Years In line with their international fashion week dominance, global trend setter Maybelline New York is celebrating their 100 years of taking trends from the catwalk to the sidewalk. Conceptualized by Maybelline’s makeup artist of the year, Raana Khan, The Fashion Pakistan Week 6 Spring/Summer 2014 was held recently. The Maybelline New York […]

By Hira Azmat –  Innocently ignorant may find it salacious ‘Karachi, You’re Killing Me!’ By Saba Imtiaz As much as I despise the term “chick-lit”, with Saba Imtiaz’s debut novel, I had the undiluted “chick-lit” experience, which is an overwhelming sense of recognizing one’s own thoughts and traits reflected back from paper in a light novel’s […]

By Nadeem Alam –  Successful without successors Printmaking is an old technique of producing and reproducing high-value images. It has been used to reproduce the valuable work of masters and notable artists in order to create replicas of original paintings. Through an evolutionary process, the art of printmaking earned so much respect and value that it […]

By Sher Alam Shinwari –  Art and culture in KPK craving for attention In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, conditions have never really been amenable for art and culture to thrive. And at best ambiguous and at worst hostile policies of successive provincial governments have added to its woes. The wave of militancy and extremism since 9/11 further aggravated an […]

By Taha Siddiqui – Secret Talibanization of North-West Pakistan The hub of distinct indigenous cultures and peaceful beautiful valleys of North-West Pakistan have recently come into a lot of limelight unfortunately, for the wrong reason. There are new threats of rapid Talibanization of areas like Chitral, Gilgit-Baltistan and other parts surrounding this belt. In a […]

By Shaiq Hussain –  Media reports claim U.S. action against militants crossing into Afghanistan in case of North Waziristan operation Advisor to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security, Sartaj Aziz and Secretary of State John Kerry held key talks last month in Washington DC that marked the resumption of the Pakistan-U.S. ministerial-level […]

By Sidrah Roghay –  Transforming culture for social acceptance of transgenders Riffy Khan is back from a 10-day trip to rural Sindh. There, with a bunch of her friends from the transgender community, she lead demonstrations, held protests and campaigned to get accepted in mainstream society. Riffy is general secretary of the Gender Interactive Alliance, […]