Nearly two decades of ‘slow but steady’ struggle which sometimes looked like a ‘one-man’ show and labelled as ‘just a fan club’ by critics has surely turned the tables in one big show of strength. “The Lahore Jalsa” has shaken repeatedly tested corrupt giants. There is a fear in their tone, and you can sense […]
My Generation grew up at a time when colonial hang up was at its peak. Our older generation had been slaves and had a huge inferiority complex of the British. The school I went to was similar to all elite schools in Pakistan, despite becoming independent, they were, and still are, producing replicas of public school […]
For years ‘France’, to a common man in the Muslim world was associated with the Eiffel Tower and the French Fries, however in recent years it has started to be associated with negative connotations. Having already banned wearing of Hijab in schools, this year in April, France imposed a fine of 150 Euro on wearing […]
From grandpa’s diary: ‘My six year old granddaughter Zara is all excited to celebrate the 64th birthday of Pakistan. Every year when this day arrives, it brings back many beautiful memories. Poverty, homelessness, travelling in the worst circumstances, leaving behind our homes; nothing looked ugly, nothing felt difficult. I was a young and energetic teenager, […]
Call him an assailant, an attacker, a gunman, a guy with a bad temperament; anything but a terrorist. After all, does he look like a terrorist? No, not at all! He has blond hair and white skin. He’s not Muzzlim. Well he did kill above ninety people, and yes he should not have done that; […]
River Indus the life line of Pakistan, rises up in Tibet China, enters Indian held Ladakh region before entering Pakistan up north. It flows from east to west before turning its course southwards in Gilgit Baltistan region towards Arabian Sea. It runs the entire length of Pakistan, snaking pass some of the highest mountain ranges in Himalaya and Karakoram; […]
I am a doctor by profession; I took my five year training at a private university hospital in Karachi, with an adequate amount of clinical exposure. I opted for public setting to work because I already had some experience of electives in the government hospitals, and I loved the experience. I particularly enjoyed being thoroughly […]
So many of the Ramadan have passed without benefitting the soul much. This could be a different one. The periodic break from reality is refreshing. Almost musical; mystical. To consistently be able to get up before dawn for Fajr prayers, timing your midday to slip in to the hospital chapel to bow down in prayer […]
There are 4,861 universities in the United States whereas Pakistan has produced only 6,478 PhDs since its birth. The number of living PhDs in Pakistan are far less than the total degree awarding institutions in the United States. Mr. Hussain Haqqani, who happens to be Pakistan Ambassador to the United States (or some say its […]
Ten years ago, rumor has it that a phone call arrived from an unknown American number at Presidential Palace in Islamabad. The tone and demeanor was particularly intimidating; somebody was threatening the President to destroy something very dear to him – no, not his regime (which he would nevertheless lose), but the very country that […]
