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Spotflux blocked in Pakistan, what’s next?
George Orwell’s classic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four describes a dystopic nightmare set in a totalitarian one-party state called Oceania. Its ruler – Big Brother – is omnipresent with telescreens...
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I am a Pakistani woman and there is nothing wrong in letting men help me...
Recently, I came across a blog titled I am a woman and I can carry my own luggage. By the looks of it, the writer clearly seemed frustrated by how porters at the airport behaved with her and it is...
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Losing our culture and identity, one drama at a time
Gone are the days when families would sit together and watch Pakistani dramas. Instead, today we get to see the ‘not-so-moving’ storylines that seem to be inspired by Indian soaps. What is worse is...
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Kashmir may never become a part of Pakistan…
Kashmir has always been a hotbed of political discussions as far as our foreign policy goes. Even though the issue has lost a lot of its steam off late, it is something that remains etched in the mind...
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Do you know where ‘chai’ came from?
The food we eat today is influenced by several cultures. I learned this after reading the highly informative book called Curry: A tale of Cooks and Conquerors by Lizzie Collingham. The historical...
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Pervez Musharraf: Defending a patriot from cowards and liars
Many people like to ask me questions about why I support former president Pervez Musharraf. As part of the questions, they like to pepper in the misinformation that the Pakistani media has presented to...
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A woman’s perspective: Pakistan must not negotiate!
As a woman, you grow up under the shadow of men. You look up to them to make important decisions for you. Ranging from how you have to eat and address your peers to what you should be studying, who you...
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Saying ‘That’s just the way it is in Pakistan’ is not going to help bring...
Jonathan Lethem is a renowned author and a fellow alumnus of Bennington College. In 2005, he advised the graduating class to ‘abandon Rome, if you think you can’. These words may just be the remedy to...
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Four things in Saudi that remind me of Pakistan
Al-Khobar is the most modern city in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). It is a bustling economic centre and is home to two of the biggest shopping malls in the kingdom. I have been living in Al...
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Maqbool Butt: Kashmir doesn’t want any of it, no Indian rulers and no...
Kashmir is the epicentre of Pakistan’s foreign policy in the region. The state of Pakistan continues to take pride in portraying itself as the most prolific advocator of the freedom for Kashmiri...
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10 ‘argh’ moments with a Pakistani tailor
You’re a Pakistani and you’ve never made a trip to the tailor? I find that hard to believe. Whether it’s a job interview or a high school farewell party, tailors are the ones who can make every little...
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Free the PCB from government intervention
If Saturday was a black day in the history of international cricket, Monday was much of the same for Pakistani cricket. On Saturday, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) lost out in its opposition to the...
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Indian leopard on Pakistani soil? Kill it!
I was skimming through the newspaper when I read about how an Indian leopard was shot after it ventured into Punjab and injured two villagers. Now it is one thing to be a bystander to animal cruelty,...
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Does the Pakistani media love to hate the US?
Last week our media showed a shocking side of our ‘friend country’, claiming that the US authorities were going to shift a comatose patient, Muhammad Shahzaib Bajwa, from a US hospital to Pakistan...
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Vital Signs 1: Bringing vitality to Pakistani music since 1987
The generation that grew up listening to Atif has always associated Salman Ahmad with Junoon, completely oblivious to the fact that he was a part of Vital Signs first and had it not been for a bust up...
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Lost in translation: 12 signs you’re new to Pakistani culture
Recently moving from Canada, where I’ve lived practically my entire life, to Pakistan, I’ve had to do a lot of learning. Here are few of the things I have learnt since coming to Pakistan: 1) My...
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Don’t cheer for Pakistan’s cricket team if you are in India, you may be...
In a bizarre demonstration of overbearing nationalism, a university in Uttar Pradesh suspended 67 Kashmiri students for cheering for the Pakistani cricket team. This may be a clinical sign that the...
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Aerial firing: “If Shahid Afridi’s brother can do it, so can I!”
After an indubitably glorious victory against India in the Asia Cup this past Sunday, ardent Pakistani fans, all across the world, have indeed found various ways to celebrate this euphoric occasion....
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Total Siyapaa: Despite a Pakistani groom and an Indian bride, the movie could...
Ali Zafar’s fifth Bollywood film, Total Siyapaa, is an outlandish comedy of errors which unfolds on a single, wild night. The movie is another version of the popular cliché of what happens when a boy...
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Slapping sedition charges? Must have been BJP’s idea!
Doting on Pakistan is apparently a heinous crime in India. Why else would the Uttar Pradesh government slap sedition charges on 67 Kashmiri students in Meerut for cheering the Pakistani cricket team...
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