Clik here to view.
A lethal weapon or a regular red leather ball?
Cricket, the gentleman’s game, has seen so many changes since its inception, from coloured kits to batting power-plays, from mongoose bats to LED stumps, but one thing that has remained unchanged over...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Karachi: Chronicles of a mad man – the girl who never smiled
Each night starts off the same way. Something is happening. I can feel it. Someone is calling my name. I have no choice. I have no say in this. I must respond. The echoes of the screams bounce off of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What is the difference between an MQM strike and a PTI strike?
It’s that time again. The city’s roads are busy with protestors and crowds are congregating to listen to their political leader. TV anchors and websites of media houses are keeping everyone abreast of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
There is more to us than extremism: 10 extraordinary Pakistanis of 2014
Pakistan isn’t an extraordinary country. But Pakistan is a country brimming with extraordinary people. They are not perfect – yet therein lies their beauty. Extraordinary Pakistanis don’t wait for a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can Pakistanis rise to the occasion?
It’s been a while since I last visited Pakistan; long enough that the kids I knew have now grown up to become functional, responsible adults. The friends I made are descending into the middle-age...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bridge kay us par
As a child growing up in Karachi, in PECHS, I just had one dream, one day I will go bridge kay us par (across the bridge, to the other side). The Kala pull was the Berlin wall of my world. Every...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Memories of Shikarpur, the Paris of Sindh
The news of a bomb-blast at an imambargah in Shikarpur rocked the nation on Friday. But the attack was particularly shocking for my family. They remember a different Shikarpur – a land of peace,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dear PTI and MQM, abuse and vitriol won’t get us anywhere
The recent war of words, clichéd personal attacks and mudslinging between Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership has once again drawn a wedge between the two major...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We are solely to be blamed for the water crisis in Pakistan
The average person uses over 300 litres of water to wash their car at home. The average car wash uses half that amount. Some automated systems use barely a 10th of it, when accounting for water...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Really Pakistan? Haya Day on Valentine’s Day?
It’s that time of the year again. Women are anxious and men are distraught; the day when every guy and girl sitting together are stared at suspiciously; the day when people are edgier than usual; the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lahore blast: When will the barbarity end?
February 17, 2015. Two months and one day after the unimaginable tragedy of the Peshawar Attack, Lahore has been targeted today. Today, at 1pm, a suicide bomber blew himself up right outside the Police...
View ArticleClik here to view.
They came, they saw, they terrorised, and we are doing nothing about it
The screeches of the motorcycles were loud enough to announce their blustering arrival; the cadres jumped from their vehicles, blocked the PIDC Bridge and parked their wheelers in the middle of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The story of my life as a Poetic Scribe
“Hassan would travel the world on foot. By day he would brew tea – maybe Cairo, maybe Morocco. He would find different ways to sustain his travels as he always only moved from city to city by foot,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The end is nigh, when North Nazimabad is the new Clifton
Everyone laughed at me in school for living on the other side of the bridge. Well who is laughing now? Was centuries of affluence really worth ending up in a real life Finding Nemo type situation? No...
View ArticleClik here to view.
#NineZeroRaid: Why is MQM the only one being targeted?
The early morning raid at Nine-Zero, the headquarters of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has raised a series of questions. On one hand, it seemed like a well-coordinated search operation carried out...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is the wicked game of Chinese Whispers destroying Pakistan’s beauty?
Pakistan’s current political situation discussed in dining rooms, gatherings and media is beginning to resemble an advanced version of Chinese Whispers; a popular game played worldwide in which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Will the real Afridi please stand up?
“Of Shahid Afridi, it can safely be said that cricket never has and never will see another like him. To say he is an all-rounder is to say Albert Einstein was a scientist; it tells a criminally bare...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Lahore is the best get away for a Karachiite
I am a Karachiite to the core. I love my city’s hustle bustle. I adore the variety of culture Karachi offers, especially as it is not a unilingual city. I know its sights and sounds by heart. Karachi,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
She was my mistake
I stepped out of the air conditioned car, onto the street which seemed to have been paved with the heat of hell. In a matter of seconds, my sunglasses began to fog from within and I took them off. It...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pakistan’s moral catastrophe – Don’t execute Shafqat Hussain
Shafqat Hussain, the youngest of seven children, came to Karachi from Kashmir in search of work in 2003. Having struggled with a learning disability, Shafqat failed in school. He was 13 years old when...
View Article