Dr Farooq Adil

IT is often said about Karachi that there are many roads leading into the city, but none that lead out. During my recent visit to…

WHEN Mujib-ur-Rehman Shami declared, “Ataa-ul-Haq Qasmi is the greatest writer in Pakistan,” the hall of the National Institute of Public Policy burst into applause. The…

Dramatic developments in the Middle East aptly illustrate Muhammad Ismail Merathi’s verse: “Yeh do din mein kya majra ho gaya, ke jungle ka jungle hara…

THE ordeal of the people of Gaza has entered a new phase. President Donald Trump has presented a formula for a ceasefire, and in the…

THE region has taken a new turn. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a defence agreement. This development has reinforced Pakistan’s role as a strong…

AT the Doha summit of Arab and Islamic countries, the participants limited themselves to expressing deep concern over the Israeli attack on Qatar and situation…

WHEN Jang, Pakistan’s most widely read Urdu newspaper, recently published its editorial page without an editorial, it sparked a provocative question: has the era of…

NEARLY half of the country is currently under water. It seems the homes this nation painstakingly built over the last 75 years are being washed…

MY dear brother Iftikhar Gilani has written the story of Gaza — it rips the heart apart. After that, there is nothing left to say.…

AUGUST 14 invariably brings a recurring debate: whether and whom the state should honour for distinguished services. This year the debate is louder than usual.…