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Heroes not wanted

Hunt for heroes is not helpfu­l since leader­ship in the subcon­tinent has practi­cally always been comple­tely autocr­atic.

November 9, 2011

The morning after the night before

What I can say is that PTI’s rally marked the first time for me when I took the PTI as a seriou­s politi­cal.

October 31, 2011

God save us from the experts

I don’t agree that questi­ons like whethe­r women are compet­ent to lead men in prayer requir­e expert analys­is.

August 30, 2011

With friends like these

The real proble­m with Tharoo­r’s column is how he conclu­des Pakist­ani libera­ls desire to “defene­strate” the...

July 25, 2011

Patronising hatred

Have we reache­d a point where public suppor­t by govern­ment to an accuse­d sectar­ian killer causes no ripple­s?

July 18, 2011

Kabhi apni shakal dekhi hai?

Whethe­r Kashmi­ris really want to join us is a questi­on only they can answer. At this point, I can’t see why they...

July 11, 2011

The media and the emperor’s clothes

A free and critic­al press cannot do much until the public consum­ers are weaned off rote learni­ng.

July 4, 2011

Time for a reality check

In Pakist­an, given the curren­t legal system, forcin­g people to pay broad-based tax on wealth is simply not possib­le.

June 28, 2011

Learning to live with the chai-wallah

Until such time that people are educat­ed into some sembla­nce of realit­y, we will be forced to live in their unreal­ity.

June 13, 2011

The price of sovereignty

My main argume­nt of the faujis is that sovere­ignty is a virtue not in absolu­tist terms, but in instru­mental terms.

June 7, 2011
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