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Abdul Quayyum Khan Kundi: Politics of Flags
As humans emerged from caves to engage in agriculture, there emerged a need for protection of their surplus wealth from robbers and looters. This became a prime mover for the creation of a tribal culture. It had some prominent features, including...
Irfan Hussain: Syria-right to protect
As images of the death and destruction being visited by Bashar Al Assad on his own people continue to flood TV screens across the world, the demand to “do something” is growing. But nobody is clear about exactly what to do.
With the UN Security...
Abdul Q Kundi: Fighting Corruption
The soap opera that started on the 27th of Ramzan has been a positive development so far as the nation got to see the true faces of its leaders and appreciate their capabilities. This is very important as it is the guiding hand of these leaders...
Irfan Husain: Death and spark of life
BEING on the wrong side of 60, intimations of mortality are to be expected, especially at birthdays. This year, my birthday coincided with a brief illness, so I was more aware than ever that time is running out, and everything must come to an...
Ayesha Siddiqa: Role of Women
The other day, I happened to be part of a television debate regarding the appointment of one of the highest offices of the country. The anchor, however, squirmed at the idea of debating the issue of sexual harassment of a female colleague by...
Irfan Hussain: Elephant in the room
FOR the last few years, ever since I began spending more time in the UK, I have been using taxis during my frequent and extended visits to Karachi.
Most of my conversations with the drivers are about the problems they face. Invariably, they...
Abdul Quayyum Khan Kundi: Freedom of Expression
Freedom of expression can be
unsettling if used without paying attention to the choice of medium or grasp of the context of the message. Socrates had to drink a chalice of poison for his dissenting social views. Galileo was incarcerated for...
Ayesha Tammy Haq: Prey no love
Social media is the place to be these days and Twitter is this whole world of friends and detractors. A space where thoughts, images, ideas, love, hate, culture, anything are compressed in a hundred and forty characters. In our world where there...
