Tag: Syed Ali Zafar
Checkmate By Syed Ali Zafar
The recent declarations by the top leadership of Pakistan’s main political parties who have formed an umbrella alliance called the PDM – that...
The cultural industry By Syed Ali Zafar
Cinema takes us into a world of fantasy and affects how people see reality. Many in Pakistan were upset after seeing Turkish actors...
Reform the system By Syed Ali Zafar
In a recent tweet, I had said that in a civilized society protection to women is given outside the home, and this is called...
Oh, Iftikhar! – Part II By Syed Ali Zafar
Worried about the potential of infighting on religious, sectarian, provincial or ethnic lines, and while laying down the principle of “unity, faith, discipline”, the...
Kashmir: the way forward – Part II By Syed Ali Zafar
ndia’s case on Kashmir is based on illegal occupation, which is attached to a questionable Instrument of Accession (IOA) supposedly given by Maharaja...
Kashmir: the way forward – Part I – Syed Ali Zafar
Our ‘Foreign Office boys’, as they are generally called, are about the best amongst the world. They have helped Pakistan steer through various...
What’s in a name? – Syed Ali Zafar
Why this furious debate on change of name of Lahore’s Nicholson Road to Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan Road? As Shakespeare says “what’s in a name?...
For a second culture – Syed Ali Zafar
Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state, a scholar and a diplomat, in his publication ‘World Order’ has commented that the “unity of things...
Learning in safety – Syed Ali Zafar
It is rightly said that “the true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.” Even though rights of children...
Is democracy dying? – Syed Ali Zafar
At a time in history when democracy is the creed and prevailing system of the majority of states in the United Nations, it is...