Category: Editorial
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Dr Zakir Naik: What a problematic man and what a controversial tour
Dr Zakir Naik spent over a week in Pakistan in a tour marred with controversies. It was as if he was not here to deliver lectures but on a spree of giving politically incorrect and problematic statements. The Indian religious scholar gained respect around the world for his knowledge about comparative religious studies. Seeing him…
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Fact check: Is Swat police’s statement about terrorist coordination on PUBG misleading?
District Police Officer (DPO) Dr Zahid has made a statement that terrorists used PUBG mobile to share information during attacks on a police post in the Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. DPO Swat said, “The three arrested terrorists involved in the police outpost attack have admitted to using PUBG for communication. They had created a…
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Editorial: Ice-cold Power
Last week, when the Karsaz incident came to light, waves of outrage swept the internet as people decried another senseless killing — of a father and his daughter on a motorbike — at the hands of an elite driver in a luxury car, identified as Natasha Danish. People strongly condemned her nonchalant demeanour seen in…
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Editorial: Let the law deliver justice
Everyone is watching the aftermath of the Karsaz accident that took place in Karachi earlier this week, when Natasha Danish’s speeding SUV collided with several vehicles, killing a father and his daughter on a motorbike and injuring five others. Post-accident videos circulating on social media show Natasha being surrounded by a large, irate crowd as…
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What is ‘Firewall’, and how does it threaten freedom of expression?
Since the beginning of 2024, there has been an increase in the targeted killing of journalists in Pakistan, where eight journalists have lost their lives so far. Four journalists were killed in May alone, which, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), is the highest number of journalists killed in a single month since…
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Ab ki baar, 400 nahin hua paar; Why did Modi falter in Indian elections?
Elections in 2024 are surprising, to say the least. Many polls across the globe have given a jolt to political pandits, dismantling their expectations. Be it in Pakistan or in neighbouring India; the results sent a shock wave among observers. In India, particularly, the result defied exit polls and set a precedent of what is…
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A shameful verdict
Last week, former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were handed a seven-year sentence each by a trial court in the iddat or ‘un-Islamic nikah’ case. Senior civil judge Qudratullah pronounced the verdict during proceedings at Adiala jail, on a petition filed by Bushra Bibi’s former husband…
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Is India destroying cricket for other countries?
How India is destroying Cricket of other countries?
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Racist Pakistan, now an apparent reality
Afghan deportation under the Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan launched by the caretaker setup has instigated a huge humanitarian crisis in the country. As people who have called Pakistan home for decades leave unwillingly, their children strapped to their pitiful belongings in small trucks, three sets of views have become prevalent in the country. The first…
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We need to talk about depression and mental health…now
The recent tragic incident involving the son of a prominent religious scholar, Maulana Tariq Jamil, has once again brought the discussion of mental health to the forefront. The heartbreaking revelation that Asim Jamil, son of Maulana Tariq Jamil, couldn’t survive due to severe depression and eventually took his own life, highlights the urgent need to…