1+ week, 3+ day ago   (170+ words) Whose era gets to be the standard The idea that culture comes in pure forms The version of a place that existed during a chronocentrist’s youth becomes the authentic one, while everything layered on afterward is treated as damage rather…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (680+ words) The conversation also raised another question for me: Could a political leader who devoted all his time to a party be called a full-timer? More than three decades later, I find myself returning to that conversation while exploring the history…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1690+ words) In mid-July 2026, I went to Johi, a town in Dadu District, to write about an old temple. Before I reached it, however, I encountered a question of names: what should I call a building known by different names in official…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (283+ words) In continuation of Dan Qayyum’s article, Jinnah’s Last Offer, of 14 August 2026, I now examine his contention that the 1928 Motilal Nehru Report was a case of Hindu majoritarianism which compelled Jinnah to react to it in the form of a 14-point…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1767+ words) I remember. It was an evening in late spring, 1989. A few minutes later, the gate bell rang again. Instead of waiting for the peon, Professor Zafar rose and went to see who had arrived. He soon returned with Haleem Brohi,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1462+ words) A recurring pattern in Pakistani politics is the periodic recycling of failed propositions disguised under fresh bureaucratic terminology. The demand to partition Sindh has resurfaced once again, carefully wrapped in the technocratic vocabulary of administrative efficiency, demographic parity, and governance…...

4+ week, 20+ hour ago   (1857+ words) Around Drigh Road, my taxi driver asked if he could play some music. I nodded, but he did not start it. When we reached the Sassui Toll Plaza on the N-5 National Highway, near Gharo, I asked why he had not…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1645+ words) Every year, on 14 August, we celebrate independence with flags, national anthems, ceremonies and speeches. We remember the struggle that brought a new country into existence and honour those who sacrificed for it. For a day, the language of independence surrounds…...