Media Watchdog

Most hairstylists in Pakistan tend to learn three or four basic haircuts and cut your hair according to the one they personally had fun learning. We live in a country where the literacy rate is low and the service industry, when it comes to fashion, seems like its run by drag queens. Thus, I decided to write the ultimate guide to deflecting the pain of trashy hair.

Karachi has nine medico-legal centers in public sector hospitals with only 8 female medico-legal officers. For cases of rape there is no separate facility for examination and recording of such cases. There is no equipment or kits as required by the WHO guidelines for recording and storing evidence and a serious lack of awareness.

For a week or two different clusters in the parliament have been criticising the media for revealing the issue of fake degrees and the incompetence of parliamentarians. But unfortunately it is also the media that has been debating problems and solutions of national economy more than our honored parliamentarians.

A marriage application form in Dubai may contain a humiliating tenet for women - declaration of virginity.

The police has recently been equipped with brand new 1000 and 1300 cc cars with the latest digital sirens

The banning of the film in which a nationally heralded youth icon is featured, is a manifestation of a myopic attitude.

The antagonism which spawns divisions along ethnic, religious and ideological lines is a scourge which has been rampant in the world since time immemorial. It has been a cause of great unrest and a precursor of grave injustices committed. The prevalence of this phenomenon is no different in our part of the world. I often see myself holding my head in frustration over the incessant bashing of Hindus, Jews and other cultural groupings.

Exactly what aspect of the Chinese 'model' does our President want us to copy - economic freedom and political repression?

Senior Middle East Editor for CNN, Octavia Nasr's forced resignation following a controversial tweet raises important questions about media freedom

Let me be your guide to the walled city. I will walk with you to the narrow lanes of Lohari Gate through Lahore, the city I was born in. Walking towards the gate, we are surrounded by the Lahori bazaar. You can see outstanding ancient architecture, wooden balconies, beautiful carving on doors and windows but this architectural heritage has been brutally defaced.