Anti-imperialism and night where all cows are black
Imran Khan’s politics is a turbo-charged neoliberalism… a shallow ideological cocktail of religion, patriotism, and praetorianism.
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Pakistan
Climbing season reaches new heights
AFP Pakistan is enjoying a bumper climbing season with around 1,400 foreign mountaineers bidding to scale its lofty peaks —
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Six reasons why US did not depose IK from office
By Ahmad Faruqui If ever there was a conspiracy to block the democratic process in Pakistan, it was carried out
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A day of ‘shame’: Democratic voices oppose govt’s move to dissolve NA
By Inayat Amir In a swift rejoinder to the government’s move to dissolve National Assembly in a bid to evade
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PFUJ demands apology from PM over tirade against media
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has demanded an apology from Prime Minister Imran Khan over leveling allegations against
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The real heatwave
By Asim Sajjad Akhtar Pakistan is in the grip of a heatwave. There has been no spring season to usher
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Why are men threatened by women in authority?
Despite all these so-called patriarchal maneuvering and other social barriers that keep women’s participation in politics subservient to the dominant political parties, women’s performance in the parliament is found to be more effective than men’s.
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HRCP calls for revision of laws constraining freedom of assembly
Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has, in partnership with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), released
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Sino-Pak ties: gala celebrates 70th anniversary
A special cultural and musical gala was held last week marking the conclusion of year-long festivities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan.
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Remembering Hassan Nasir
Hassan Nasir was the son of the nobility from India’s Hyderabad Deccan. But he fought on the side of the peasantry in the historic Telangana revolt.
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As Pakistan faces gas crisis, hope revives for TAPI
Pakistan only started importing liquefied natural gas six years ago, but its growing dependence on super-chilled fuel is starting to turn into a nightmare.
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Beneath the waving flag is Pakistan’s hero
Elia Saikaly It took losing my own father to a brutal car crash on July 25th, 2018, and travelling to
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Pakistan, Uzbekistan trade goods via Afghanistan
The exchange of shipments between Pakistan and Uzbekistan via Afghanistan are part of five planned trial runs aimed at testing the viability of various routes in the region, where trade has been hampered by the decades-old conflict in Afghanistan and longstanding diplomatic tensions between Kabul and Islamabad.
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Shehroze Kashif becomes 1st youngest Pakistani to summit Everest
HAH Special Correspondent Islamabad: Shehroze Kashif has become the first youngest Pakistani climber and the fourth in the world to
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Economic woes, curbs on freedom of expression worsened in 2020: report
HRCP’s flagship annual report State of Human Rights in 2020 documents widespread human rights violations by HAH Special Correspondent Islamabad:
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