Is PSL a Distraction from Real Issues?

By Lala Hassan Media is pushing a strange narrative around the holding of Pakistan Super League (PSL) Final match in Lahore. Listening to news updates and talking heads on…

Pakistan’s Greatest Missing Person

Islamabad – After years of activism for citizens’ rights especially on the issue of missing persons, I got an epiphany about the biggest case of forced disappearance in…

LeT / JuD Jihad Mill in Pakistan

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was established in 1990 as militant wing of Markaz-al-Dawa Wal Irshad (Center for proselytizing and guidance). Prior to this, Hafiz Saeed alongside his associates Zafar Iqbal…

Why ‘Good’ Terrorists are Bad for Pakistan

Despite the Government’s claims of effectively implementing National Action Plan for counter terrorism, the activity of some terrorist organisations keeps baffling the people of Pakistan as well as…

Another London Plan

It was last week of October when some seventy odd people of Pakistani origin gathered for ‘The Future of Pakistan’ Conference in a cozy meeting room in Hilton…

Peace on Terror

Even after a much-hyped Peace Agreement between Afghanistan’s National Unity Government (NUG) and militant leader Gulbadin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-i-Islami Gulbadin (HIG), peace in Afghanistan remains elusive. Amidst criticism from…

Sources of Embarrassment for Pakistan

Over last few days, politicians from all hue and colour have been dropping the hint multiple times about their unwillingness to clean the mess created by, well, the…

The Problem With the Narrative

The deafening noise of warmongers roaring non-stop on both sides of the Pak-India border is being consumed by powerless but prone to citizens of both countries regularly, every…

Kashmir: Heaven on Fire

This article was originally published by The Nation on July 19, 2016 In my last article on these pages, I tried to raise academic question on the circumstances…

Edhi and Wani

This article was originally published in The Nation on July 12, 2016 Edhi has left a country behind in which his funeral prayers in absentia were offered jointly…