For women in Pakistan, just staying alive can be a struggle
The writer laments, "For women in this country, the challenges are that much harder and life that much coarser."
Abbas Nasir
Can Saudis help reduce tension?
Matters between India and Pakistan are exacerbated because there appears to be no dialogue mechanism.
Gaza’s defiance spurs hope
Today belongs to the Gazans who have sacrificed everything — homes, schools, universities, hospitals, life and limb — to keep alight the torch of freedom.
Two sides of the social media coin
Where the Pakistan hybrid set-up’s near-total control of traditional media platforms has meant compliance and the dissemination of a view favourable to it, it has had to turn…
Gaza and the Muslim world
But committed as the US administration is to supporting Israel come what may, it is not clear what leverage it may have in order to exert pressure on Tel Aviv to agree to a deal…
Of man’s murderous ‘honour’
Where a man has been ‘dishonoured’, axes are among the weapons of choice. Kudos to a society where the conviction rate for ‘honour killing’ ranks near zero and often the…
Extremism gathering pace
When the state makes religion its business, groups with vested interests take it upon themselves to decide the interpretation of faith, says the writer, a former editor of Dawn.
South Africa has shown the way to impotent OIC countries by taking Israel to World Court
True to Mandela’s spirit, South Africa has gone and stood in the corner of the oppressed.
Imran Khan in pole position
From where we stand today, it is clear the Khan narrative is effective, is being beamed professionally and winning.
The Pakistani state has always had brutal tendencies and been intolerant of dissent
The writer says the Pakistani state has always preferred a unilateral sledgehammer approach to engaging with dissidents.