Tag: Irfan Hussain English Articles

IF democracy depends on the consent of the losers, then Pakistan cannot claim to be a democratic country. Oh sure, we have our elections,...

IN the 1997 movie Wag the Dog, the US president gets embroiled in a sexual scandal while fighting for re-election. A spin doctor is...

THERE are times when you begin reading something without high expectations. Suddenly, you sit up as a little jolt shoots up your spine, and...

OVER the last year, protesters have taken over streets from Hong Kong to Iraq, and from Barcelona to Iran. The reasons are diverse, as is...

I COULD see the curtain of haze miles away as we drove to Lahore from Islamabad recently. And before I remembered the air mask...

THE taste of your own medicine is seldom pleasant, so I can sympathise with Imran Khan for the large doses he is having to...

IN a world where news of fresh disasters is the norm, anything positive is worth cheering about. Especially when it comes from Donald Trump’s...

IMAGINE a scenario in which a Western country locks up hundreds of thousands of Muslims in internment camps. Here, they are ‘re-educated’ to adopt...

FANS of the iconic ‘Peanuts’ cartoon strip will recall how time after time, Lucy persuades the hapless Charlie Brown to kick the football she...

IN the current superheated nationalistic discourse that is at the heart of India’s Hindutva appeal, the Mughals are cast as the villains. In this version...