
MUGHAL emperor Aurangzeb and Maratha warrior Shivaji were arch foes, but why? Colonial historians followed by their Indian and Pakistani protégés have projected the rivalry as a religious one.

“YEMENIS prepare to vote Saleh out of office” was The Guardian’s slightly disconcerting headline over a news report about yesterday’s somewhat fake election in a country that has experienced one...
RECENTLY, a report titled Pakistan flood emergency: Lessons from a continuing crisis was prepared by a collaborative group of over a dozen leading...
THE people of Pakistan might not fail to escape grievous harm as a result of the various crises that the privileged actors are howling about,...
WHAT is a human life worth in Pakistan? Guessing from the impunity with which the intelligence agencies engage in the alleged torture and extrajudicial...
THE extreme Russian heatwave of 2010 was made three times more likely because of man-made climate change, according to a study led by climate...
ON the weekend of Feb 11-12, the Karachi Lite-rature Festival unveiled a treasure of intellectual delights for the third consecutive year to...
“DOES the bar have a mandate?” was the question posed to me when I mentioned the title of this article to a colleague.
