We often see our so-called political leaders making tall claims: elites proclaiming that Pakistan is – or was meant to be – a welfare state. But as far as the underprivileged working classes are concerned, they have yet not been acknowledged as deserving a place under that much proclaimed one-umbrella state. A welfare states guarantees […]
Pakistani men grow more conservative as they age. It is often observed that in their youth they casually commit indiscretions but as they get older, they start dictating stringent morality to the next generation. Instead of allowing the youth to grow and learn from life experiences, they foist their own set of values on them. […]
Afghanistan today is a war ravaged country, with most of its people living in abject poverty. The war between the Americans and the Taliban has been going on there for 20 years now and is likely to continue. It would have been different had its King Amanullah succeeded in his efforts to modernise it. King […]