Tag: Arifa Noor article sin Dawn News
Shadows on the wall By Arifa Noor
THIS past week has seen considerable talk about power relations in this country thanks to the opposition’s powwow a week ago on Sept 20,...
Revolution is not a lunch party By Arifa Noor
A LITTLE over a year after the opposition parties got together to break naan over iftar, they all got together over lunch. What was...
The outrage machinery By Arifa Noor
IT was hard to figure out what to write this week. Not that there was a shortage of issues but it is occasionally (perhaps...
Accountability rush By Arifa Noor
ASSETS have become a four-letter word in Pakistani politics. Let talk begin of the ‘assets’ of anyone well known, especially in politics, and...
Karachi’s real dilemma By Arifa Noor
“Like a man who has been dying for many days, a man in your city is numb to the stench” — Chief Seattle
THIS...
The JKT dilemma By Arifa Noor
A PEACE-BUILDING exercise is in the making — and it’s not in the foreign policy arena. Ice is said to be melting between...
Maryam 1, NAB 0 By Arifa Noor
A MUGGY August was livened up by Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s NAB adventure. In times when the authority’s constant sleuthing has become routine news, her...
Widening the Kashmir debate By Arifa Noor
IT has been a year since the Indian government changed the status of Kashmir by making amendments to Articles 370 and 35A. Since then,...
Khan and his ‘advisers’ By Arifa Noor
N the middle of hard negotiations over NAB- and FATF-related legislation and the opposition’s bluster, the PTI still managed to make it all about...
Overstating the state By Arifa Noor
THE Friday past, the Hagia Sophia was opened to prayers after over 80 years, much to the consternation of many around the world. The...