Pakistan is facing multifaceted problems like extremism, violence, hate and injustice for last few decades which has not only polluted its national image but also defined some new roles for state actors. The responsibility to ...
My uncle was a well to do man. He nevertheless lived a modest life in Jain Mander, Lahore. In my childhood, as my older cousins were coming of marriageable age, anxieties were rife about what ...
Why poetry? And does it have anything to say to you, is it even your inclination at all? How would one know the answer to these questions, without taking a piece of it home – ...
Eid al Azha (also known as Bakrid) is being celebrated in India and Pakistan today. In this connection, I may narrate a story. This incident happened soon after I was elevated a Judge of the ...
After I finished the short story “Itr-e-Kafur” (The Essence of Camphor) by Naiyer Masud, I sat wondering about it – as if the separate items of the story had become a perfume, intense and empty ...
Whereas UNICEF and global partners define an orphan ‘as a child who has lost one or both parents’; laws of developed countries like the US refer to a child as an ‘orphan’ if either both ...
“Free my Ranjha, free the Ranjha of Heer,” these slogans have been echoing in the streets of Naseerabad city for the last twenty days. Heer holds a poster at every protest rally for the release ...
According to National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS), the estimated population of Pakistan is 215.25 million with population growth rate of 1.80 percent in 2020-21 and population density of 270 per Km. The current projections ...
I am a resident of F7 markaz in Islamabad which is situated adjacent to the famous Christian slum, known as, the France colony. Due to a close proximity, my daily commute involves crossing the area. ...
It was upon Nadeem Aslam’s recommendation, (in “Where to Begin”) that I looked up the Urdu short story “Sookhe Saavn” (Dry Rains) by Zamiruddin Ahmed. I read it a couple of times to orient myself ...
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