Archive for April, 2014

Porsche Pakistan presented the Porsche Polo Diaries Fashion Show that featured 15 of Pakistan’s leading fashion designers. A celebration of lifestyle that bought together the spirit of Porsche, Polo and Fashion, the showcase featured an exhibition of capsule design collections which endeavored to capture the majesty of the sport of polo as the source of […]

By Sidrah Roghay –  The freedom of the media is at stake in Karachi Every journalist knows that some lines are best not crossed in Karachi, the commercial hub of Pakistan. After all it is better to be safe than sorry, or dead. In the newsroom before a story goes to print, editors check each […]

By Rabia Ahmed –  Speaking to the Times of India, Kamila Shamsie said that it was not easy to compare the writings of the various writers of Pakistan in terms of style or form, ‘except we’re writing about Pakistan.’ She also said that many of Pakistan’s English-language novelists are looking at history or politics in their work. […]

By Amar Guriro – The government delayed taking preemptive measures and providing timely relief to the poor people of Thar and their livestock The Thar area of Sindh, being a much smaller part of the vast desert that stretches well into India, is no stranger to drought. Rain rarely ventures along this way, there being […]

By Shaiq Hussain –  Pitfalls and perils for Pakistan of Saudi, Iranian, Qatari divide As the world sees the dawn of another Cold War between the United States and Russia hotting up, the member nations of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) also face a similar situation. The leading actors of this regional hostility and antagonism are […]

By Ali Aftab Saeed –  Do we idolize our heroes for their talents or only for the free handouts they give us? I caught a glimpse of one of the episodes of a channel program called Pakistani Idol where singer Sajjad Ali turned up as a guest judge. All contestants paid him tribute by singing […]

By Agha Akbar – Sterling T20 World Cup performances With only the second round of the event having been completed at the time of writing, it is early days to comment on the ICC Twenty20, 2014 and which way it would tilt. Even so there have been eye-catching performances – some have come from quarters […]

By Afia Salam –  The rate of deforestation in Pakistan is the highest in the world. Unless this is reversed we will just be taking one step forward at any plantation drive The rate of deforestation in Pakistan is the highest in the world. Unless this is reversed we will just be taking one step […]

How many more daughters of Pakistan will be defiled before we wake up? 17,075 That’s how many women have been raped in our country over the past five years. This means that on average, nine women were defiled in the land of the pure every day since 2008: a statistic that should make any sane […]

By Mirza Khurram Shahzad In Pakistan, nine women were raped, on average, every day for the last five years. Then why is everyone turning a blind eye to these horrors? When Aamina Bibi, a teenage first-year student from Muzaffargarh, was coming back from college on that fateful day, the 5th of January, she might have […]