Columns

There is no ‘honour’ in killing Sep 2, 2008

Whether the women were buried alive or whether they were already dead when buried is not the point. They were murdered.

A New Kind of Charity this Ramadan Sep 1, 2008

Being vigilant and demanding transparency is not optional but imperative. We must learn to treat our donations as investments in the future of Pakistan.

Nadeem F Paracha

Free to Breed Aug 31, 2008

How come there is no "talk" on TV when a group of fanatics attack a concert, a painting exhibition, a "mixed function" at a college, or force the way the fanatics deem "correct?"

Shandana Minhas

How real is your politik? Aug 26, 2008

According to many political pundits and media luminaries, people like you and me don’t understand it so we should mutely accept the PPP’s push for Zardari as president!!!

Prashant Bhatt

In the Face of Adversity Aug 14, 2008

Three courageous persons who are in compromised positions –physically, financially and socially, but have not lost their spirit.

Khalid Sohail

Olympic Dreamers Aug 11, 2008

A famous American novelist Henry Miller once wrote, “Humans work while gods play”. But there are some humans who like to become gods as they love to play all their lives.

Pervez Hoodbhoy

Anti-Americanism in Pakistan and the Taliban Menace Jul 1, 2008

The Taliban are waging an armed struggle to remake society. They will keep fighting this war even if America were to miraculously evaporate into space.

Saima Shah

The Global Self-Help Addict Jun 17, 2008

Self help is the hallmark of the global professional. Words that inspire, soothe, comfort and motivate are powerful and popular forces of support in an everchanging workplace.

Mohammad Gill

Musharraf’s Days are Numbered Jan 24, 2008

From all political portents, it seems it’s time for Musharraf to go. If he doesn’t leave voluntarily, he’ll be helped out by force – by the army of course.

Veeresh Malik

Why Have This Train At All? Feb 19, 2007

The complete Samjhauta Express scenario as it operates now, with a full night for the bad guys and their cohorts to create havoc between Delhi and Attari, as well as on the way back, is all about smuggling between India and Pakistan

Jawahara Saidullah

In the Company of Women Jun 27, 2006

For I knew that across the North American landscape, in large cities and small towns, there were others.

M V Kamath

The Violent Face of South Asia Dec 7, 2005

All of South Asia is violent. Murder and mayhem may strike terror in the hearts of the few, but the great middle class will always have the final word

Farzana Versey

The Argumentative Amartya? Oct 25, 2005

He may have rejected “voodoo economics”, but he paid his taxes to America. Cambridge glorified his work because it did not have to live with the reality he spoke and continues to speak about. So, what do we preen about?

Revathy Gopal

A Certain Age Oct 11, 2005

Everything one reads seems so dire. Endless implications for the fate of civilization and the way the world turns and is going to go in the next ten, twenty, fifty years.

Bina Shah

Earthquake Relief Efforts Oct 10, 2005

The organizers told viewers that they had received enough clothing; what they needed now was medicine and volunteers to come help sort out the items.

Zehra Rizvi

The Alternative Muslim Identity Jun 19, 2005

We are not planning on going back home someday. We are home!

Aniruddha Bahal

Lahore Diary Mar 11, 2005

Basant in Lahore, Cooco's Den, Gurudwara Dera Sahib, and Visa advise after a recent visit to Lahore

Anil S Arora

Talking to Sabiha Sumar about Khamosh Pani Feb 23, 2005

Anil Saari Arora talked to Sabiha Sumar at New Delhi, where the Pakistani filmmaker and her husband, producer S. Sathanandan, have presently set up base.

Anniqua Rana

Of Rites and Rights: An Interview with Asma Jahangir Sep 23, 2003

'Vajpayee took the effort to come to Lahore and in some ways it was not such a good experience with the army turning their back on him and Jamaat Islami going and washing Minare Pakistan after he left.'