TODAY’S PAPER | July 06, 2026 | EPAPER

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  • The rains that were

    If you are on Facebook when its raining outside instead of at a pakora stand maybe your status should say “I cannot spare a moment to live.”

  • One-wheeling: passport to death

    I was sitting outside a local tea shop with friends when a teenaged biker crashed on to the pavement in a pool of blood. He is one of many dare-devils who fail to realize how dangerous one-wheeling can be

  • Making money instead of music

    Half-hearted musicians seem more interested in making cash and having their picture splattered across magazines and on music channels than challenging themselves.

  • Welcome to Pornistan

    Fox News claims Pakistan may be the leading nation in "sexy" online searches. I have no objection on nationalist grounds. I find it offensive as a scientist.

  • Care for a smoke?

    Why does the state permit people to kill themselves slowly by smoking cigarettes but not in one go? It would appear that we have ‘pocket’ ideologies, changing for every scenario.

  • A few American brats you know

    If you place the typical Pakistani male at an American college, then he’ll be sure to fall into one or more of a few broad categories like the bad boy, late lateef and desi boy.

  • Media is not a monster

    When I tell people I worked on a political talk show they attack me!

  • What is she wearing?

    A typical girly conversation will always include question like “What did she wear to the party? Was the outfit attractive? Was it from a boutique? Did she look good?”

  • For Iqbal, women's rights are human rights

    Allama Muhammad Iqbal's philosophy is most relevant for Muslim community because of his understanding of the spirit of Islam as being essentially humanistic and reformative and for his formal arguments that satisfy the principles of Islamic jurisprudence. Iqbal finds ‘Ijma’ as an inherent principle for change in formal religious interpretations.

  • Tere Bin censored

    Tere Bin [Laden] is not releasing in Pakistan. No surprises. In a country with a collective “morality” but no collective “identity”, a film with this name cannot be screened in public.