Arifa Noor
The real decision-making in Pakistan takes place behind closed doors; always has and always will.
Updated 24 Dec, 2024 03:54pm
It has always seemed that the madresssah debate and prescriptions were not based on solid efforts.
Updated 17 Dec, 2024 09:06am
Do we truly have a reincarnation of Nawabzada Nasrullah amongst us?
Updated 10 Dec, 2024 10:22am
Despite the differences between the BYC, PTM and PTI, the events show a pattern.
Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:57am
The PTI is comfortable in the knowledge that the government is scoring an own goal.
Updated 26 Nov, 2024 09:44am
The sartorial choices of politicians reflect the larger political culture of the party they head.
Updated 19 Nov, 2024 09:40am
Cities cannot become concrete jungles of flyovers and interchanges and still have clean air.
Updated 12 Nov, 2024 09:57am
Will the voters be as disillusioned with Imran Khan as they were with Nawaz Sharif?
Updated 05 Nov, 2024 09:56am
While CJP Chaudhry had space to call officials to account, CJP Isa’s court couldn’t take such liberties.
Updated 29 Oct, 2024 09:35am
A seat in parliament is apparently worth a lot more than the rights of the people of Pakistan.
Updated 22 Oct, 2024 09:39am
Perhaps one can say that the three transitions are now the main cause of instability in Pakistan.
Updated 15 Oct, 2024 09:38am
The powers that be seem to have evolved as much as the country and the people have.
Updated 08 Oct, 2024 09:29am
Is it only recent governments that deserve to be called ‘hybrid’?
Updated 24 Sep, 2024 09:05am
When did we all become convinced that it was going to happen?
Updated 17 Sep, 2024 09:41am
The party’s popularity forces a resentful acceptance of its existence.
Updated 10 Sep, 2024 09:40am
The manipulation by those in power is now about as subtle as Mr Bean’s expressions.
Updated 04 Sep, 2024 08:55am
Because social media cannot be put in a cell, the other choice is to curtail it.
Updated 20 Aug, 2024 09:22am
While there is perhaps an absence of strong student unions and organisations in Pakistan, it is not simply due to bans on them.
Published 13 Aug, 2024 09:12am
The Baloch protest has taken on a new intensity, though the issues being focused on aren’t new.
Updated 06 Aug, 2024 08:58am
After all, this is a state and society which has never been comfortable with women who want to take their fate into their own hands.
Updated 30 Jul, 2024 08:56am
