Tag: Arifa Noor

IT has been almost a year since May 9. In the coming days, much will be said and written about this unfortunate day, its significance and tragedy. There will also … Read More

SUNDAY is a day of rest but not for the hardworking people running the government of Pakistan. These men, and a few women, never rest. This Sunday was no different, … Read More

A CLIP from a recent television talk show is doing the rounds on the banned platform, X. In it, a journalist/ commentator discusses how rumours of a possible extension for … Read More

IT’S time to be worried. Really worried for Pakistan. Our political engineering formula has come undone. The hawa which was clearly blowing hard couldn’t secure a win for the blue-eyed … Read More

THE people of Pakistan waited long enough for this election, part of which should have happened early last year — in KP and Punjab — and part of it late … Read More

SHAKESPEARE may have come up with a line for all times when he wrote “to be or not to be”, but in Pakistan we have found a dilemma just as … Read More

DO stories of martyrdom and suffering still resonate? The question came to mind as the daylong transmission of the Lahore jalsa proceeded; especially as the state was seen to be … Read More

FINANCE ministers in Pakistan are familiar faces, as familiar as SRK was to those who were young in the 1990s, and Bachchan to those who grew up in the 1970s. … Read More

THE PTIs juggernaut has been slowed down; the crackdown has had its effect as politicians and electables around it are exiting quickly, leaving Imran Khan alone and isolated. With his … Read More

SOMETIMES one wants to simply write about events long past. Out of sheer boredom with current events or perhaps because it is so difficult to make sense of what is … Read More