PTI and the thaana

    http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=76155&Cat=9 Far too many have characterised the PTI rally at Minar-e-Pakistan as Imran Khan’s moment. But a more accurate description would be to classify the event in Lahore as PTI’s moment....

    Finding space for linear reason

    http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=71864&Cat=9 Tuesday, October 11, 2011   Last week, I wrote about the need to recognise that non-linear reason has a place in Pakistan’s public discourse. Since it does, the state had a...

    Dealing with ‘non-linear reason’

    http://thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=70707&Cat=9 Tuesday, October 04, 2011 Does government not have a legitimate role in maintaining law and order? Is there anything internally incoherent about the criminalising of purposefully...

    Flying into Lyari for Eid

    Tuesday, September 06, 2011 http://thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=66247&Cat=9 I spent a little time in Karachi’s Lyari neighbourhood over the Eid holidays. It was memorable for all the wrong reasons. I’d like to talk about the deep...

    The unthinking Pakistani society

    Saturday, August 27, 2011 http://thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=64804&Cat=9 Why is Hafiz Sayeed, the head of a UN-sanctioned organisation, being provided an audience with some of Pakistan’s most prestigious talk show hosts? Why is the...

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