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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani: Let the badtameezi begin!
With the music of the Ranbir-Deepika starrer Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, music director Pritam brings to us one of the most widely anticipated soundtracks of this year. There are still two weeks left for...
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LDA fire: Victims not rich enough for your time?
It was our first day back at school after the election holidays. Everyone was anxious and impatient to share their stories. Amidst the rowdy crowd, my classmates and I sat in a laboratory and exchanged...
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My party, PPP, lost because it forgot about the people
One factor which always made me proud to be a part of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was the its representation in each and every nook and cranny of Pakistan. However on May 11, the people’s verdict...
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Why doctors want to leave Pakistan
I was born in a society where the field of medicine was considered a 'sacred' profession. A doctor was called "Doctor Sahib" out of mere respect. Reflecting on these societal views, I too, aspired to...
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The agony and esctasy of PTI
‘’It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light,...
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Abdul Waheed Khan: When a social worker dies, a little piece of Pakistan dies...
Ladies and gentlemen, the conundrum for you today is to guess what March 13, 2013 and May 13, 2013 have in common. Many of you will answer, ‘the number 13,’ but looking beyond this obvious similarity,...
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PCB Central Contracts: When seniority takes precedence over skill
Welcome to the peculiar world of Pakistan cricket; a world where players like Shahid Afridi and Younis Khan are rewarded Category A contracts, shortly after being snubbed from the team announced for...
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Follow your passion: How I became a sports journalist
In 2007, as my ‘A’-level exams were nearing an end, I was confronted with that inevitable question: what to do in life? That’s when I began to assess my options. Engineering wasn’t my cup of tea. I’d...
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Spot-fixing: Why the double standards for Indian players?
Pakistan as a nation was exposed to ridicule brought on it by three of its leading cricket players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir in August 2010 when they were first charged, and later...
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My grandfather died two days after casting his vote
On May 13, 2013 my maternal grandfather Abdul Majeed, died at the age of 85. He was suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. (COPD). As a result of this illness his lungs were not able to...
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Inferno: Another addictive read by Dan Brown
With a Bourne Identity meets Dante meets Harris Tweed thriller, Dan Brown is back with a bang with his new novel, Inferno. With it we again meet the erudite Harvard symbolist Robert Langdon. Much was...
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The dancing girls of Kabul
Blindness takes control and she exhales. She’s been engulfed by darkness and the pleasure of it all just gives her inner peace. She did what she had to. She knew it was all in vain but she can finally...
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From Aadat to The Reluctant Fundamentalist: What makes me proud of Pakistan
Music has been a humbling and character building experience for me and all the melodies I made and sung are witness to this over time transformation. I still remember the day when Jal had recently...
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Sir Alex Ferguson: Unpredictable and unforgettable
For those of you who watched Sir Alex Ferguson’s farewell speech at Old Trafford, I think it would be fair to say that it was an emotional experience. For those of you that didn’t, well, ‘Google it’ –...
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Zahra Shahid Hussain: A woman of substance
Zahra Shahid Hussain was a tour de force. Nothing seemed impossible for her to conquer and she made it all seem so easy. Her ready smile and twinkling eyes lined with kohl will always be in my mind’s...
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SITE: When industrialists are forced to work in a ‘pigsty’
Ironically, the largest sty in the world is located in Pakistan. In fact it is in Karachi, known as Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE) Karachi. It is an industrial estate with over 3,000...
View ArticleWhen ragging in hostels turns to sexual abuse
We reached the university hostel. My parents very were happy because I had been admitted in one of the top notch universities of Pakistan located in Punjab. It was the first time in my life that I was...
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Samina Baig and Mirza Ali: Pakistan climbs Mount Everest!
Amidst the hue and cry about rigging in elections, the political topsy turvy and the mercury rising and crossing the boiling point, there comes good news for Pakistan. Samina Baig and her brother Mirza...
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ICC Champions Trophy: Pakistan is the team to beat!
In the coming days, Misbahul Haq’s men will be up against some of the world’s best ODI teams at the ICC Champions Trophy (CT) in England. It will be the seventh and last edition of the tournament as...
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Will PML-N bring new hope for Indo-Pak ties?
The fact that Mian Nawaz Sharif is certain to take oath as the prime minister of Pakistan in early June and that the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) will exchange places with the outgoing...
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