Tag: Dawn News Column
Hate in the time of Covid – Muhammad Amir Rana
THE Covid-19 pandemic has halted life as we know it but has also brought the world closer in facing a common enemy. Most of...
Some focus now, please – Abbas Nasir
ON a number of occasions over the course of his political life, Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed his admiration for US-style presidency where...
Jigging for joy – Irfan Hussain
FOR a country that has been looking upon Saudi Arabia as an ATM, Pakistan should be sad that oil prices, the kingdom’s life blood,...
Sugar mountain – Asad Rahim Khan
IN the famous novel All the King’s Men — on the rise and fall of Willie Stark, the fire-breathing governor of Louisiana — Stark...
PTI’s Jo Moore moment? – Abbas Nasir
IT was just before three in the afternoon in London on Sept 11, 2001. The Twin Towers had been in hit in New York,...
Ancient plagues – Irfan Hussain
AS we endure the coronavirus, with all its suffering, discomfort and death, we would do well to reflect on other times, other plagues.
In other...
National unity a must, Sir? – I.A. Rehman
ONE of the most common slogans in Pakistan these days is related to the urgent need for national unity to be able to meet...
Covid-19 & other fears – Muhammad Amir Rana
THE coronavirus pandemic has revealed that most populist leaders — from the US and UK to Pakistan — lack the vision and ability to...
Corona — our debt to Darwin By Pervez Hoodbhoy
CHARLES Darwin is a name Pakistanis are taught to hate. School teachers and university professors tasked with teaching his evolutionary theory usually skip the...
The pain & the gain – Irfan Hussain
ANYBODY who has travelled through London’s Heathrow Airport will know what a madhouse it can seem, with thousands of passengers clogging the immigration desks.
So...