Category: Pakistan

Somehow, justice has prevailed. Not because it is what I wanted it to be, but because it should have been this. Credit goes to judges like Mansoor Ali Shah and Athar Minallah, who led from the front. Qazi Faez remained shameful, badly compromised, and too tainted to be spoken of. Apart from some judges and…

X came to power and imposed taxes on salaried / middle class to increase the revenue base of the state. X was thrown out and then came Y. Y tightened the screws even further, making X an angel. Then came Z. Z imposed further taxes on the same middle class to take out as much…

Rape: Four witnesses. Or a video in good print. DNA test is a big no. Forced Conversion: A video message at gun point to dismiss the case instantly. Murder: First of all, a dead body. Then it depends on the murderer. 444 can’t convict. 1 can. Treason: A tweet would be enough. Blasphemy: A blame…

Jinnah remained homeless in the city. The city, which gave home to everyone in history, was unable to provide shelter to the father of the nation. But history didn’t stop even after his death. Lahore kept on finding a suitable home for the very suitable Jinnah. On the auspicious day of May 9th, 2023; hundreds…

I thought I would leave these topics for some time but then they do something, and you cannot miss the content. And if nothing, I am blessed to see the comedy of bureaucrats on routine. And I love that. I would choose this comedy any day over Abhishek Upamanyu. Kidding. That was sarcasm. A language…

Toba Tek Singh incident proves that we are as fucked up as those brother and father are. I don’t want to mention the details, and I don’t want to mention why they murdered that lady. Sometimes, you can’t even type the fucked-up scenario this country puts you in. So, I wrote what I wrote yesterday…

If they are treating them—vulnerable women and children—this way in Islamabad, imagine how they treat them back in Balochistan. Imagine a loved one who is lost, missing, without a trace, and the whereabouts are not being registered. Police not helping. District administration not helping. As if the person never ever existed. Or as if you…

Good luck to over 66,000 MDCAT students today. See! You all won’t qualify. There are not that many MBBS seats. Some will miss the test today. Some will be asked to leave the center. Afterwards, a whole lot won’t be able to score competitively. And it doesn’t really matter in the long-run. Your life will…

Once upon a time, a Chief Justice went against the Boy. The boy got angry and dragged the chief by his collar and threw him out of his office. This angered the law fraternity. They stood up. Turned around. And burned the citadel down. The boy had to run away out of the country with…

First, you make sugar. With cheapest labor. Subsidized electricity. And rent seeking. Then you share your output with the cartel members. Numbers. Tons. Then you export the sugar. Best is Afghanistan. The whole logistics get its undue share. Particularly the boys and the bureaucrats. Then, sugar shortage is created in the local market and is…