When the heart becomes whole

When the heart becomes whole, it will know the flavors of falsehood and truth. When Adam’s greed for the forbidden fruit increased, it robbed…

Pakistani cricket hero Imran Khan’s rally in Lahore

Washington Post quoted my tweet “Today’s rally shows that the old political configuration is changing. You have to factor in the young, urbanized Pakistan…

Book review: A psycho-social perspective on terror

The launch of Dr Unaiza Niaz’s excellent book in September was most symbolic, as the world commemorated the ghastly incident of 9/11 and the…

The History of Hate

Today, Thursday, October 6, Luis Bernabé-Pons, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Alicante in Spain, will be speaking about Islam…

Social media: Good, bad and the ugly

Despite the threats and risks, the Internet has provided a useful platform for people-to-people contacts. It has also facilitated issue-based engagement among South Asians…

That easy intimacy

A Pakistani re-discovers Bangladesh. As a Pakistani, there is a part of you that reacts instantly to the word Bangladesh: guilt, remorse or, in…

Death Sentence in Slaying of Pakistani Governor

From the New York Times: “Today’s judgment is a positive development whereby norms of justice have prevailed. Pakistan cannot be allowed to become a…