Malik Tariq Ali

IN the recent PTI-staged dharna, Pakistan has suffered immensely. Lives were lost—whether they were PTI activists or members of law enforcement, they were Pakistanis. The…

THE struggle for independence of Pakistan and India, from British Colonial Raj, was led by political parties. For over 100 years, the Indian subcontinent was…

SENIOR citizens of Lahore would be captive to the nostalgia associated with memories of a pollution free city, where citizens would sit in the open,…

IT is an article of faith for all patriotic Pakistanis, that undivided loyalty is as important as belief in one religion. Taxpayers, whose revenues fund…

CJ Qazi Faez Issa will always be remembered for his courage and commitment to upholding supremacy of the Constitution. He retires tomorrow (25 October) and…

A state, and its institutions, exists to serve citizens of a country, each performing their assigned constitutional functions. This is the Raison D’être of any…

ON 20 September, a convoy of 12 foreign diplomats, on invitation of local traders of Swat Malam Jabba was subjected to a terrorist attack. The…

  IT is the politics of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Allama Iqbal and the pioneers of our freedom struggle—men like Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk, Mohsin-ul-Mulk, Maulana Shaukat Ali,…

A state cannot function and provide basic constitutional rights and privileges guaranteed to all citizens, nor protect its sovereignty, unless and until it collects uniform…

WHILE addressing Calcutta Convention on December 28, 1928, MAJ in reply to Jayakar, a leader of Hindu Mahasabha, delivered an articulated reply to accusations. He…