An Electronically Transmitted Disease

This government has seen fit to give us teeth to bite with. After the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO) you will see how miscreants will simply start vanishing

The master of the talk show circus has a gargantuan ego and is subject to little or no editorial oversight

Munawwar, do you recall what Clemenzo once said about war? No. I don’t think I do, Shahid, no.

2013 saw the publishing of some fantastic books in Pakistan. Many of them were based on great insights on whatever has been haunting Pakistan for decades. Here's a review of these amazing books

Imran’s latest statements leave a bad taste

Why almost every sentence uttered by my fellow Pakistanis is punctuated with an Inshallah?

Offering Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayeed a ride back home was just a start to a lasting embarrassment

Moving country may seem like a great idea to start with — until the desis and desi-isms hit you. There’s just no escape

The story of the “average” Pakistani — that specie of great convenience — and scrutinizing the candidates for him/her

“Ask your mom if I am burden? She will say hell no.” From Abid Sher Ali’s Twitter account

If it looks like a bus, walks like a bus, talks like a bus, then it is the answer to all our problems, apparently

When fact becomes funnier than slapstick, it becomes tougher, not easier, to look for comedy

Welcome to who’s who of the preposterous and the downright ridiculous. From Bush to Raisani, the reign of loose tongue is legion

There’s colour to what the civvies, khakis and robes carry. Some are walking statement, others simply as if someone had walked over them

Anchorgate or Mediagate is symptomatic of the malaise afflicting our talk show hosts – all (performed) talk, little show

The pen, they say, is mightier than the sword. While historically there is a distinct lack of writers who jump into swordfight to prove their point, there is a need of truth there. Words are what ...

We should thank the first-among-cons for adding more seats to the cabinet dinner table. The caterers will be most pleased

….and other observations from one Mazhar Fakhr

A surfeit of awards