Irfan Husain Imagine you have been parachuted to power to run a country of 220 million with myriad problems of poverty, unemployment, illiteracy and malnutrition. You have also inherited massive fiscal problems from your predecessors, elected and uniformed. And to add to your woes, your country — as well as the rest of
Garam Chashma Diary Islamuddin Successive governments have been billing Pakistan as the most attractive place for tourism. However no concrete steps are in sight to promote tourism beyond rhetoric, in which, every government tends to excel. The passion with which Imran Khan emphasized tourism, to jump start our economy and earn the precious foreign exchange,
Rakhshinda Shakir The despair which stems from the unwanted touch, almost the majority men passing by riding motorcycles cause, or down the valley standing at the corners of local shops an immense ugly gang stare seize our comfort. These unwanted and unconsented ridiculous behaviors of men mark our bodies with forever grief that prints in
By Sikandar Shah Is politics in Pakistan a gentleman\’s game? Politics can be defined as the art to operate the affairs of the state. It is stated and argued that politics is a gentleman’s game; it is beyond doubt. When we turn over the pages of Islamic history it becomes plain as pikestaff that Islam
By Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir Prior to Aman-ul-Mulk’s ascension to the throne of Chitral in 1858 the fortunes of this deep valley set amongst the heights of the Hindu Kush were very different. Chitral has long had a tradition of kingship, and indeed the early signs of nationhood, since at least the days of the Chinese
