Category: Opinion
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Gentleman takes dramatic turn with latest episode
This week’s episode of Gentleman and the one preceding it have become the turning point for the drama that explored Karachi’s underbelly. The narrative now belongs to Zarnab. With her brilliant acting skills, Yumna Zaidi aced the emotional scenes as Zarnab praying for Muna at the Hospital. Zarnab’s father stays beside her and the bonding…
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Review: Umr-o-Ayyar: A marriage of convenience between debilitating story-line and topnotch VFX
Umr-o-Ayyar is everything I could not have imagined: badly written fanfic and a thrilling display of VFX-laden action unknown to Pakistani films. Invited to the premier on behalf of The Current, I recalled all I had ever known about the character of Umr-o-Ayyar. Having been an avid reader of the legendary series of Dastaan-e-Ameer-i-Hamza and…
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Khodâhâfez Raisi – Remembering the Iranian President live on GCU’s stage
Ebrahim Raisi is no more. Newspapers and various other outlets have published countless obituaries both coming from the tainted western lens and that of religiously coloured frame. I, on the other hand, want to present an account of listening to Raisi’s speech once and was inspired by the depth of his words and the resolution…
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Why we are voting PTI
by Hareem Nauman and Huba Shahid Being young adults, we never participated actively in politics. PTI’s election 2018 campaign was so effective that it captivated the attention of young people and encouraged them to get involved in politics. The voter turnout among young people was incredibly high, with an estimated 20 to 30 percent of…
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Why was Pakistan defeated by India in World Cup 2023?
There are the some reasons behind Pakistan’s defeats against India
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Nepal, Pakistan: anything better than cricket to bring people together?
Pakistan v Nepal from Moorhead to Multan: A Journey of Friendship and Fervour Picture this: a chilly midnight in Moorhead, a tiny university town near Fargo. Amidst the freezing air, two cricket fanatics — me and my Pakistani roommate, Shehzad — walk to the end of 20th Street just off campus to a house full…
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Kaproon say accent tak: leave Malala alone
Malala has managed to become an irreplaceable part of national discourse. She hasn’t said anything controversial aside from speaking up on causes close to her heart – gender activism and education – yet the women-hating awaam loves nit-picking every bit of her existence and somehow escalating it to the point that it becomes an emergency…
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The Minister for Human Rights Should Resign: Here is His Resignation Letter
Last month, a 24-year-old woman was gang-raped at gun point by two men in Islamabad’s F9 park. The First Information Report (FIR) filed by the victim stated that after she was raped, the assailants gave her Rs1,000 and told her that she should not have been in the park at night. How did the federal…
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In Bannistan, slaps get more praises than hugs
Bannistan: the name that keeps circulating every now and then on social media, because it defines what it means to be a resident of Pakistan. In an era of inflation, robberies, the never ending rise of lynch mobs and rape cases, rather than looking for ways to encourage joy and laughter, we’ve pointed our pitchforks…
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For Pakistanis, happy brides aren’t the prettiest
Was there an earthquake on our Instagram account last night? We found some distressing comments bunched under the old war cry of ‘Is This The Islamic Republic Of Pakistan?!’. Some people declared that they will unfollow our account for posting such content. At first, naturally we thought this was in reaction to a murder story,…