Archive for September, 2014

The slow but steady dissolution of civilian authority  Institutions last, people do not. The damage done to Nawaz Sharif or Imran Khan’s political careers during this, the longest march, may be irreparable (it concerns few people but them), but the damage inflicted upon civilian state institutions is unforgiveable, and not so easily repaired either. Imran […]

The House of Sania Maskatiya is set to represent Pakistani fashion with a debut invitational show in India at the much coveted Lakme Week W/F platform in Mumbaias presented by POPxo.com Sania Maskatiya showcase 'Sakura'

By Mirza Khurram Shahzad - Established in January 1975 through a special act passed the year before, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is a prestigious investigative civilian authority. The main objective of this agency was the

By Rabia Ahmed - Ineeded clean currency notes, so this year found me as usual at my bank the day before for Eid, clutching a service number (1576) waiting for 1465 and up to be dealt with at the counter. The single teller, an earnest

In conversation with Sheikh Waqas Akram “He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.” When Sheikh Waqas Akram speaks about the state’s shortcomings in combating sectarianism and militancy, he speaks as part of the resistance, as someone experienced and battle-hardened; he is a politician twice elected from a constituency which has […]

By Yasir Habib Khan - Reality always bites and it is a souring fact that almost 90 percent products consumed in Pakistan are not Halal (permissible to be used under Islamic Sharia) catching everyone off guard and raising a big

Pique Report –  Can BOL Deliver Where Others Have Failed?

By Shehryar Khurram - The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), have historically been the most impoverished and least developed constituents of the country, with 60 per cent of the population currently living below the national

By Ali Waseem Hashmi - Pakistan clinched four medals in this year’s edition of the Commonwealth Games, 3 silvers and 1 bronze. Three of these medals came from the same sporting event, wrestling. Wrestler Qamar Abbas grabbed a

By Rabia Ahmed - Following on ‘Cuckoo’s Calling’, the first book in the Cormoran Strike series by J K Rowling aka Robert Galbraith is ‘The Silkworm’, so called because it is English for ‘Bombyx Mori,’ which in turn is the name of a novel