An older, scarier version of ‘tabdeeli’
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has become quite a talking point these days. Its chairman, Imran Khan, has been giving ‘dharnas’ for the past 50 days (though one must question the legitimacy of the...
View ArticleCan the Pakistani education system stop catering to political agendas please?
The issue of school curriculum has been under discussion in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) for some time now. The 18th Amendment devolved the education sector to the provinces but that has yet to bear fruit,...
View ArticleThe well-remembered Gandhi, but the oft-forgotten Bacha Khan
When we look back at our history, almost every country in the world has experienced some form of foreign occupation, colonisation, massive violence and bloodshed simply based on either regional,...
View ArticlePaying homage to the heroics and prowess of Pakhtuns
On July 10, 2015, some of the most illustrious and high achieving Pakhtuns were given a grand tribute by Twitteratis. People on twitter, like minstrels, were praising the heroics and prowess of...
View ArticleNo Action Plan
This poem is dedicated to all the martyrs of Pakistan who have lost their lives at the hands of terrorists, especially the martyrs of Army Public School (APS) and Bacha Khan University. Is naye...
View ArticleOne month after the Bacha Khan University attack and we are still stuck in...
Just a year after the Army Public School attack which shook the entire country to its core, prompting collective declarations of #NeverAgain, we are staring into the abyss yet again. It has been one...
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