Tag: Dawn News Column
Stage set for final round? – Abbas Nasir
CONTROLLING the narrative and sowing confusion and discord in the ranks of the adversary are among the major objectives of information warfare, which, therefore,...
The missing Shemzas – Irfan Hussain
AT a time when Pakistan is convulsed with political and economic crises (when isn’t it?), the region in turmoil; and the world order on...
The missing Shemzas – Irfan Hussain
AT a time when Pakistan is convulsed with political and economic crises (when isn’t it?), the region in turmoil; and the world order...
A brutalised society- I.A. Rehman
AMONG the facts highlighted in the wake of the motorway gang rape outrage is the extent to which the ruling elite has been brutalised...
Feeding the rich By Khurram Husain
AMID all the noise and fury of the past week, a number fluttered through the news flow without much comment but with a...
Handshakes, RIP- F.S. Aijazuddin
COVID-19 is responsible for the death of the handshake. A human gesture of social connection has become the harbinger of disease. Just as...
The Taliban sanctions – Muhammad Amir Rana
THE initiation of the intra-Afghan dialogue in Doha has raised optimism about achieving political reconciliation in Afghanistan. The stakeholders are apparently aware that...
Can the opposition play its role? – Abbas Nasir
NOW that the opposition has lost the FATF vote in the joint session of parliament, and has called a multiparty conference (MPC) off...
Arab cultural narcissism By Pervez Hoodbhoy
PETRO-GIANT countries of the Arab world may not be terribly well known for perspicacious scholarship or prowess in scientific research but their one-upmanship knows...
No more a pariah – Irfan Hussain
WHILE the Middle East is still abuzz with the opening up of relations between Israel and the UAE and with Bahrain, people have largely...