TODAY’S PAPER | September 12, 2025 | EPAPER

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  • I am not of your sect

    If we are killing then let me be the first to die for I am not of a sect that considers itself superior to another. I consider every one equal and all of us guilty.

  • Don't chew on this

    Which is worse cigarettes or chewing tobacco? The answer may surprise you. It may take decades for cancer to hit smokers - for chewers of tobacco it takes only years.

  • When desperation knocks

    If my children were hungry and without a roof over their heads would I have the patience to receive just one bag? Sheer desperation leads to the chaos during aid distribution.

  • Shabana's baby didn't have to die

    Shabana, a victim of the floods, gave birth to baby boy on a charpoy kept beside a road, aided only by her mother-in-law. The new born only survived a few hours.

  • Murphy's law of terrorism

    Ever heard of Murphy's Law of Terrorism? It says: “If a suicide attack can take place, it will.” And the likelihood rises in sectarian-torn Punjab.

  • The beat of Farhad Humayun's drum

    Only a handful of good drummers play the live circuit. Overload's Farhad Humayun happens to be one of them.

  • The keyboard mafia

    Comments are currency in the big, bad world of blogs - and everyone wants to be rich. Some commenters know just how to manipulate the system to keep competition away.

  • A headless revolution

    The last time the country saw a personality capable of changing Pakistan’s ideological foundations was Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto - and he was hanged...

  • As the world changes around us

    The country's first climate change policy is being formulated - and it is about time. Pakistan has already lost Rs365 billion due to environmental disasters.

  • What is young Pakistan thinking?

    The educated youth in Pakistan do not support militancy but do hold out a soft spot for religion (although half do not pray regularly).