Times of India Interview Mohsin Hamid

With an Ivy League education, a quiet charm, and two acclaimed novels that expertly explore the dissonance of a global world, Mohsin Hamid is the face of a literary flowering in Pakistan. The 38-year-old writer — an alumnus of Princeton and Harvard Law School — chucked a job with consulting firm McKinsey in London to return to Lahore to write. Lahore and the velvet lifestyles of its elite ...

Ghora Tram: Historic Horse Tram Returns to Gangapur

Owais Mughal This post has turned 180 degrees in its tone in the past 30 minutes of our editing. Read below how. I found the title photo of this post in a web search and was totally mesmerized by it. I strarted writing this post with an admittedly ignorant view of the subject and almost made fun [...]

Our Police Can Make a Deer an Elephant

Even the newly restored judiciary cried out that they are virtually unable to take action against the atrocities of the police. Justice Javed Iqbal was so glum when he said that he would never joined the police force after watching the video clips of police beating the citizen of Pakistan on the roads.

China supports Pakistan on Kashmir: FM Jiechi

CHINESE Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi’s remark, during a press conference at Beijing the other day, that his country has neither changed its policy on the Kashmir dispute nor would it abandon Pakistan in difficult times, is only an expression of the reality on the ground. The Chinese have gone out of their way to help Pakistan, even losing the lives of their citizens in the process.

Are Taliban Returning?

With the recent horrendously terrible Lahore Suicide attack, the attention of the people has once again reverted to the wearingly familiar pattern of terrorism. After months of uneasy silence, a terrorist struck and killed humans and once again sent a very bad image of the Pakistan across the globe.

Dunya Today – 9 March 2010

Dr. Moeed Pirzada grills Adam Thomson, British High Commissioner on Britain’s visa Policy and questions why Britain’s has Sacrificed its independence to become an American stooge?.

Kal Tak – 9 March 2010

Athar Minullah, Ali Ahamd kurd and Se, Faisal Raza Abidi in Today’s episode of Kal Tak with Javaid Chaudhry.

Off the Record – 9 March 2010

Nasrullah Malik (Analyst), Rana Sanaullah (PML-N) and Sheikh Waqas Akram (PML-Q) in Today’s episode of Off The Record with Kashif Abbasi.

Time for a strategic dialogue

The conclusion of the military operations in Bajaur Agency marks the ach-ievement of yet another milestone by the armed forces of Pakistan, as indeed the entire nation, in their struggle against hydra-headed menace of extremism. The declaration that soon a similar offensive would be launched in Orakzai Agency indicates our national resolve to continue the effort to extract effected areas from ...

Najam Sethi Special – 9 March 2010

Watch Today’s episode of Najam Sethi Special with Najam Sethi and Muneeb Farooq.