Yemeen Ur Rahman (Editor’s Note: There is now a very welcome mushrooming of efforts and avenues through which we can give cash or kind assistance to the victims of the Pakistan floods. A lot of people, in Pakistan and abroad, have risen to organizes collection drives and also are choosing to provide relief goods directly […]

Adil Najam The murder of Dr. Imran Farooq – one of the founders of MQM, a central figure in the development of the party and a key architect of its conceptual and ideological foundations – in London has sent shock around Pakistani political circles, particularly in Karachi. Once second in prominence in MQM circles only […]

Mohammad Ayaz Abdal It was a hot, sunny and sticky day (as if there is any other kind in Karachi) when I got my notice of admission to the IBA. I survived, not just the initial written test but also the dreaded group interview. If you have ever seen a trembling rabbit in the sights […]