The Reappraisal of Our Worldview
As a birthday present on my 26th, Fazal and Ain, my two good and close New Jersey friends, showed me the Indian comedy-drama film, PK. Amani, their 5-year old granddaughter, accompanied us as well to the cinema.
In the Country of Men- Book Review
In the Country of Men is the debut novel of a Libyan novelist Hisham Matar published in 2006 and short-listed for the year's Man Booker Prize. Matar tells a painful yet powerful story of a 9 years old boy, Sul...
YouTube and Islam in Pakistan
Lately, I watched a video on YouTube, which I have watched hundred times since then, about a poem 'Mori' (Mother in Pashto language) by the great Pashtun poet-philosopher Ghani Khan that made me cry. The video ...
Pakistan’s Responsibility to Protect
The deadly assault on central Imambargah in Shikarpur on January 30, allegedly by the TTP splinter Sunni militant group Jundullah, which killed more than 60 Shia Muslims and left as many severely injured, is no...
Reframing the Narrative: If not Now, When?
If there has to be a single incident that must get us alert, focused, and united to defeat terrorism in Pakistan, it is the deadly act of terror and butchery of 16/12 on APS children in Peshawar. And it is inde...