Saad Rasool
The Nation
Pakistan
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Essence of madrassa reform
In the aftermath of the Taliban government’s takeover of Kabul, many in Pakistan fear a ‘fundamentalist spillover’ in our country. Whether these fears → Read More
Regional connectivity
This week the President of Tajikistan visited Islamabad and held high-level strategic dialogue with Pakistan’s government and State institutions. During → Read More
Hazara killings
The conclusion of the Hazara sectarian killings issue in Machh, followed by six days of protesting by the bereaved, is this: one man’s ego prevailed over the → Read More
Senate elections through ‘open ballot’?
Prime Minister Imran Khan, along with several members of his political party, have argued in favour of holding the upcoming Senate Elections through ‘open → Read More
The minimum wage plight
The holy month of Ramzan is upon us. This blessed month brings with it boundless benedictions, along with a wave of festivities and social gatherings. At least in → Read More
The Surrender of Jerusalem?
Jerusalem has been at the heart of Abrahamic religions, since the dawn of history in holy scriptures. All divine Abrahamic books – the Torah, the Bible, and the → Read More
Maligning the honourables
Thousands of years of human history bears testament to the fact that when dynasties and empires are faced with imminent decline, they resort to taking extreme → Read More
Pakistan Day prayer
On the 23rd of March, 1940, a small group of Muslim political leaders gathered in a field, at the feet of Badshahi Masjid, to announce a historic resolution, → Read More
Reinforcing mistakes
When the 21st Constitutional Amendment was enacted, in that painful shadow of APS Peshawar tragedy, many believed (and still do) that military courts were a → Read More
The awaited Chief Justice
In the summer of 2010, I had the privilege of observing the proceedings of a 17-member bench of the honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan, during the initial → Read More
No points for second place
The final phase of local government elections, across the province of Punjab, were finally concluded earlier this week. In several districts, the local → Read More
Civil aviation failure
Our entire nation has been shaken by the tragic crash of PK-661, and the death of all 48 passengers and crew on board PIAs domestic flight from Chitral to → Read More
The public health crisis
Pakistan is a country that values the tangible over the ephemeral. We are a nation that treasures sensationalism over silence; swagger over humility; and the → Read More
O General! My General!
In a country like Pakistan, it is not every day that a Chief of Army Staff bids farewell, in a humble and dignified manner, upon the expiry of his term of → Read More
The Qatari questions
In a turn of events that is barely believable, the Sharif family has pulled a rabbit of out of its hat, in order to vindicate its legal stance for owning the → Read More
Redefining our national identity
The past few weeks have been a roller-coaster ride in terms of Pakistans national security issues. In the wake of the resurgent movement in Kashmir, followed → Read More
The Divine progeny
The Muslim call for prayer, Azaan, is different from all the other monotheistic religions. It is the only call for prayer that is rendered in the human voice. → Read More
Islamabad High Court appointments
This week, while our national gaze was focused on the rising temperatures at the LoC, and the uneventful Raiwand March, the honourable Supreme Court of → Read More
The education debate
All across Pakistans national discourse in lavish drawing rooms, or sensational talk-shows, and even rustic street-corners people continue to reverberate the → Read More
The Royal Palm saga
On the 24th of June, at around 4:45 a.m., some 400 uniformed personnel, allegedly belonging to Railway Police (yes, such an institution exists) stormed the → Read More