Adil Najam
These pictures from the Associated Press need no commentary. They demand our attention. Our empathy. And, wherever we can, our action.

Yasser Latif Hamdani
Ours is a mismanaged country but one with potential to amply fulfill the needs of its citizenry. In so far as our economy goes, there is nothing that is wrong with it structurally.
Prima facie Pakistan’s current economic difficulties emerge out of high import bill and corresponding lack of investment.  The huge rise in [...]

Darwaish
A powerful earthquake has hit different parts of Balochistan this morning. The current confirmed death toll is 165 and thousands of people have been injured who have been shifted to local hospitals. Thousands of homes have been completely destroyed leaving at least 15,000 people homeless in extremely harsh cold weather.

Officials are saying there were two [...]

Owais Mughal
The scene below is from June 01, 2008 where people are seen pushing a broken down bus near S.M. College, Karachi. The photo is a very good representative of our society in literal as well as philosophical way.

Let me tell you why I think so..

Zakintosh
Continued from Part 1, here.
When you have had the benefit of a 25-year stint at sea (1959-1984), there is bound to be much that is narratable and shareable, with some of it even of interest to a few people outside your immediate family.
But this post is, primarily, about Gupta Cha (and his family) - so [...]

Raza Rumi
There was a Lahore that I grew up in, and then there is the Lahore that I live in now. Recovering from an exile status for two decades, I find myself today turning into something of a clichéd grump, hanging desperately on to the past. Yet I resist that. Writing about Lahore is a [...]

Owais Mughal
I have recently started reading the internet editions of Sindhi newspapers and I find the standard of journalism there at par, if not better than Urdu and English. While Urdu and English media gets all the attention, Sindhi press is lesser recognized.

Sindhi newspapers cover all those items that one finds in national newspapers. Besides [...]