Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Rawalpindi Farhan Aslam on Thursday distributed helmets among motorcyclists during a road safety and traffic awareness camp held on Peshawar Road. According to a City Traffic Police (CTP) spokesman, the initiative was aimed at educating motorcyclists about traffic rules, safe driving practices, and the use of safety gear including helmets and […]
Re-reading Iqbal, the philosopher-poet of the Urdu and Persian tongue, is not only a pleasure, but also an act nurturing a fear, that of lilting the heart of a fire that has been put down under uncountable dusty layers of materialism, but whose ambers still smolder in the deep forgotten depths of passion. This commentary […]
If there is one book that I would recommend to my readers in these confusing and tumultuous times in global affairs — a rule-based order has run its course without a new one in place — it is Robert D Kaplan’s Waste Land. Kaplan is a geopolitical realist who reads history and literature to contextualise the present […]
Dear Faisal Anwar, “Under a CommonSky”, unlike the cliché associated with the word ‘common’ specifically when it comes from diasporic intelligentsia*, is a profound example of relational aesthetics or digital relationality. In simple words, it illustrates what defines art today. Delighted by your thoughtful and comprehensive approach to the project recently showcased at the South […]
The tango between merit and accountability in government institutions has placed top-level authority figures and employees against one another for decades. Another such strife is underway regarding court orders to remove undergraduate SHOs from their positions. While the IG Sindh Police is attempting to implement this order on paper by issuing successive notifications, he has […]