Malik Tariq Ali

Freedom of movement

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…

Pakistan in midst of a grave crisis

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…

Sanity must prevail

  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,…

Representation and taxation

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…

Polarised and divided by vested interests

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…

Malaysian role model

THE obsession of our ruling elite, with Dubai, or countries where their former colonial masters reside, or which were part of their colonial empire, continues…

Polarised and divided by vested interests

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

Playing with fire

WHEN you play with fire, your hands are likely to be burned. The severity of damage will be proportional to nature and ferocity of fire.…

Success has many fathers!

A raw talent, born to a poor family, in a small town, has won a gold medal, after 40 years, for Pakistan, at Paris Olympics.…

Objectives of struggle for independence

ON midnight of 14 August, a new state was carved out of the subcontinent, where Muslim majority could live in peace and dignity with members…

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