Pakistan, Aug. 21 -- "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities" Voltaire Few would dispute that the contemporary world enjoys unprecedented access to scientific knowl... Read More
Pakistan, Aug. 21 -- In my last piece https://www.thefridaytimes.com/08-Aug-2026/iran-war-ending-anytime-soon I argued why it is unlikely that the Iran war is going to end anytime soon. It was the sam... Read More
Pakistan, Aug. 21 -- I recently encountered a book that offers a powerful counterpoint to narratives depicting Pakistan as a monolithic, exclusionary state indifferent to its internal diversity and pl... Read More
Pakistan, Aug. 21 -- Former prime minister Imran Khan's transfer from Adiala Jail to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad may, on the face of it, be no more than what the Supreme Court ordered: a... Read More
Pakistan, Aug. 21 -- "They will kill me like Morsi". This is not merely a political statement. It is a sentence loaded with fear; fear of death, fear of deteriorating health, fear of helplessness, and... Read More
Pakistan, Aug. 20 -- Politicians in recent days have been stirring up claims about who owns Karachi and whom it belongs to in the wake up of the debate surrounding the creation of new provinces. Every... Read More
Pakistan, Aug. 20 -- I remember. It was an evening in late spring, 1989. Rafiq Mangi and I went to see Professor Zafar Hassan, a Geography professor at the University of Sindh, Jamshoro. He was also ... Read More
Pakistan, Aug. 20 -- Over the years, rail transport has undergone a significant metamorphosis, moving from steam to diesel and electric traction. Hydrogen is believed to be the next step in the advanc... Read More
Pakistan, Aug. 20 -- In an age defined by migration, urbanization, economic interdependence and increasingly fluid social identities, the relationship between ethnicity and territory has become far mo... Read More
Pakistan, Aug. 20 -- The question of creating new provinces in Pakistan has once again become the subject of intense political and social debate. The issue is particularly sensitive in Sindh, where ma... Read More