Islamist protests are a tried and tested way to bring change in government in Pakistan
November 26, 2017: Islamist protests are a tried and tested way to bring change in government in Pakistan (The Print) Saturday was a day of…
Regime change — the final act?
It seems that the ruling party Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) PMLN has entered the final round of its power struggle. With its party head…
Azad Jammu & Kashmir – Ruling from Islamabad
It is time that we focus on what happens in the midst of our polity rather than churn out propaganda as to how India…
In and out of Isloo
I have waited, walked and sometimes slept…the reluctant memories of lounges live with me When I think of an airport, I envisage chaos, delays…
Islamabad tragedy – a close call
While we were landing, it makes me shiver that another aircraft had lost contact with the control tower in Islamabad and was about to…
Saving the Capital
My piece for The News: The recent decision of the Supreme Court to order closure of a multinational food chain restaurant in Islamabad is…
Unfullfiled Civic Longing
Written for The Friday Times, Pakistan After Mumbai, I have stopped watching television. I will not participate in the senseless jingoism of the Indo-Pak…
Islamabad: This too shall pass
Bemoaning Islamabad’s fall from grace Not long ago, Delhi and Lahore were vulnerable to hordes of foreign invaders. The Mongol fear was overwhelming and…
The pampered Islamabadites
My piece published by Himal Southasian Islamabad is a very peculiar urban space. Though no longer a town, it is still struggling to become…
Delhi and Islamabad blasts: Deadly tale of two cities
A reader directed me to this lovely post. 13/09/08: A series of bomb blasts ripped through the crowded market places of Delhi claiming a…
Islamabad is burning – down with terrorism
What jihad, what Islam and what kind of Muslims these butchers are – they kill innocent people, the underclass outside a posh hotel in…
Capital shock
My op-ed published in the NEWS. This was also posted at ATP and a robust discussion took place there. A week long sojourn in…
The electric, worrisome and meandering Long March in Pakistan
NYT report on Long March highlights the electrifying atmosphere in Islamabad yesterday: The crowd, including an unusual number of women for this Muslim country,…
Direct flight from Delhi to Islamabad
Times of India 16 Feb 2008, NEW DELHI: Four years after the peace process started between India and Pakistan, the two countries are set…
Amit Baruah – Dateline Islamabad
From the DAWN: AMIT Baruah is one of those Indians who have a soft corner for Pakistan and are thus genuinely interested in the…
Window 2×2 without a View
A powerful poem by HUR on the recent events in Islamabad.. Window 2×2 without a View A low 2×2 window, painted dark green. on…
Pakistani Civil Society Confronts Extremism
Thousands marched in the blistering heat on the streets of Lahore; and similar demonstrations were held in Islamabad, Karachi and Peshawar. Full entry here…