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We are sometimes accused by partisan supporters of opposition political parties of being soft on or for not being more vehement about denou...

It's been a busy day for lovers around the world. In Malaysia , authorities arrested 80 umarried Muslims from budget hotels and parks ....

I had promised a comprehensive post about the unraveling of Husain Haqqani when it first happened. The different aspects of the case (techn...

Much has already been written and will be written about Begum Nusrat Bhutto , who passed away yesterday. I don't wish to regurgitate th...

Credit for digging up this Video of the Day, and even inspiring the title should go to @shahidsaeed on Twitter... This is from the anti- ...

For the last five or six days I had been contemplating how best to present the information contained on a website that someone had stumbled ...

The recent spate of violence, mayhem and bloodletting in Karachi has drawn a number of responses, ranging from the outraged to the resigne...

Only a couple of weeks ago, I had posted a couple of exchanges on live television which provided a sad commentary on the levels political de...

I have to admit I'm not particularly fond of PPP Senator Faisal Raza Abidi 's appearances on television. But that's just because...

Just when you think Pakistani political discourse cannot sink any lower, your delusions are undermined with even more sleaze. Our SleazeMa...

Guess who was spotted on November 9 in Washington D.C. at a reception for American and Pakistani media personnel thrown by US AfPak ambassad...

Apologies for the long absence from blogging. Much to write about. But first, a clip: the latest example of the degeneration of political ...

Remember this story in The News on November 3 by its Group Editor, Shaheen Sehbai ? The front page 'expose' of an allegedly massiv...

The Jang Group has become so obsessed with quickly seeing the back of the government and is probably salivating so much over the prospects ...

There is a lot to be said for journalistic instinct. The moment one heard the shameful story of the abduction, humiliation and beating of...

As the Geo versus government row rages on, one depressing truth is emerging from the stand-off: the virtual black-out of the issue from a m...