Dr Farooq Adil

THE land of Bengal remains a part of our heart, yet it is also an enigma. There are many questions to ask, though one question…

  WHAT lies between reality and dream? This question has occurred to me twice. Once, while trying to decipher the enigmatic symbolism of the late…

  WHY is Inflation not falling despite a continuous decline in petrol prices? Petrol prices have been falling consistently, yet inflation refuses to come down.…

Have you visited Khan el-Khalili yet? Ambassador Manzoor-ul-Hasan asked as he slowly sipped his ahwa—the traditional Egyptian coffee. He was Pakistan’s Ambassador to Cairo and…

US Vice President JD Vance recently made an intriguing remark. He said that two people occupy a special place in his life: one is Indian…

  AN agreement has finally been reached between Iran and the United States, bringing the war to an end. This is welcome news. Yet an…

THE recent crisis in Kashmir has reminded me of my university days. It must have been around 1985 or perhaps a year later. Time or…

A few days ago, a self-righteous made the claim: “What is Iqbal, after all? He can be derived from a single verse of Ghalib.” In…

WHY does India repeatedly resort to aggression against Pakistan? As Pakistan celebrates what many describe as a remarkable success in the “Battle of Truth,” this…

That day, by good fortune, I found a window seat in a Karachi minibus. After a long day’s fatigue, even waiting for the bus—and then…