Increasing intolerance in society is of grave concern as the state seems oblivious, indifferent or worse still complicit
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Does Tabari have anything to teach us?
The foremost idea common to the Kharijites and the modern movement of Jihad is that of takfir. So what does Tabari have to teach us on this…
Read More »Why big projects taking so long?
The government lacks foreign investment to start big power projects
Read More »Editorial
Till such time that well-meaning “deep seated structural reforms” are put in place, the average bill-paying consumer will keep getting a rough and unfair deal
Read More »Greater return for greater risk
Improved security and end to energy crisis must top the government’s agenda to lure foreign investors
Read More »A unique voice
Irfan Malik’s diction and thematic experimentation may be western but his poetic sensibility is rooted in Punjab and he still belongs to his native land Lahore
Read More »As Ghazi looks on
Many cyclones, storms and blasts after, the myth of Abdullah Shah Ghazi as the protector of Karachi persists
Read More »Crime in infancy
Different government hospitals in Lahore have recently seen many incidences of abduction of newborns
Read More »Reimagining this country
Of picking the easy battle, never the hard one
Read More »Properties of tourism
Is the tussle between PTDC and TCKP over the ownership of motels anything more than a blame game?
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