WhatsApp’s new privacy policy: Experts explain why you should care
WhatsApp, Pakistan’s most widely used instant messaging application, has stirred controversy since announcing a change in its Privacy Policy for users, which will roll...
The satirist and the state: Stand-up comedy in Pakistan
In a country whose greatest derogatory slurs are rooted in the acts of singing and performing, artists seldom lead easy lives. Words like 'miraasi'...
Afghan cricket’s tragic-comedic rise
It was a compact evening in the cricket stadium, the moist air of Sharjah was already heavily charged with sensational chants but as the...
The Imran-Khan Effect
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.” (Charles Darwin)
We all have that one friend or cousin who talks at length about any topic trying...
Why are Pakistani authors doing better in India?
With the third largest English-speaking population in the world, one would expect Pakistan to be teeming with novelists unravelling the threads of existence in...
Interview: What is happening with the CanSinoBIO vaccine in Pakistan?
State ministers and government officials have given conflicting dates for when the coronavirus vaccine will be available in Pakistan, with estimates ranging from as...
PDM confident it can topple government; history shows a different story
The Pakistan Democratic Movement - the grand alliance of opposition parties - held its first rally on Friday, declaring it a referendum against...
What does the new LPG Policy 2021 entail?
In the wake of a hike in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices, the Petroleum Division has come up with a new policy that eradicates...
A Suitable Ploy: Hindutva’s Love Jihad morphs into a precursor for marginalisation
Published in 1993, Vikram Sethi's 'A Suitable Boy' leisurely unspooled the tangled threads of communal tension and conservatism in post-independence India as many had...
Sugar price hike: the not-so-sweet story
But maybe that’s the irony of sugar. It does not give us sweet words to articulate rather a sharp tongue that is only used to criticize others. Maybe sugar only truly reflects itself in the form of our older generation injecting insulin in their tummies.
