Match Point

Why didn't anyone try to save the Butt brothers? For an individual, being part of a mob, means subconscious security. He is one with the mob. The individual stands blinded.

Being an Islamic republic, the idea of fun somehow ends up sparking debate on “shariah compliant” ways to take pleasure in anything. The word ‘fun’ can trigger conflict.

Our political elite have made the presidency of political parties a hereditary business - a system that has reduced democracy to mere rhetoric in Pakistan.

Did I hear someone support the next martial law to be imposed by “any patriotic general” who is willing to clean Pakistan’s political mess? Pure genius!

You probably think that the milk you drink is healthy. After all, it comes in a clean looking box. You think you are loading up on calicium and vitamins. Think again.

For the first time in my life I met a person who was probably extremely hungry, didn't have enough money to buy anything, and yet did not ask anyone for help.

Yet another writer cum journalist scores by developing a ‘soft image’ of Pakistan for the world - but let’s quit the semantics and fluff shall we?

The footage of the murder of two brothers in Sialkot was played in court and the howls of the victims' family were as painful as the horrific scene itself.

Reminiscent of the spirit seen in the 2005 earthquake, youngsters gather at Imperial Lawn at Shahrah-i-Faisal to pitch in their part to help the 20 million affected by the floods.

At some stage of our lives we ourselves have indulged in corrupt practices, encouraged them or at the very least, not resisted them.