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Clarity and epiphany

Most of the political problems we face today are due to the fact that old men don't want to retire. Because old men don't want to give up power and...

05.10.2025 20

Zorain Nizamani

Another ode to you

Time flies and people move on. Sometimes people don't. They stay right where they are. Some stay to cheer you on, some stay to bring you down. In my...

23.09.2025 10

Zorain Nizamani

The (s)cream of society

I know I've gone on and on about this issue but it just doesn't seem to sort itself out. Thanks to middle aged men with failing family lives who seem...

08.09.2025 60

Zorain Nizamani

Of clowns and men

The state and quality of education in our country isn't a secret. From roti, kapra aur makan to myriad laptop schemes to naya Pakistan, we've heard...

31.07.2025 20

Zorain Nizamani

Same old dreams

I've learned not to trust people. Diplomats, men with shining armors, ministers of the sovereign and those on their chrome horses, as soon as you see...

17.06.2025 40

Zorain Nizamani

Weekly delusion

Feeling oppressed and nauseous while heading to work? Read the morning paper and you'll find yourself in a mixed state of agony and amusement. As...

02.06.2025 30

Zorain Nizamani

You don’t always get what you want

WHAT is this entire fuss about the 26 constitutional amendment? Critics are saying, interalia, that it curtails the powers of the judiciary and...

20.11.2024 5

Pakistan Observer

Zorain Nizamani

Defeat in perpetuity

Another week, another tide of the most tragically perverse news updates. Men and gentlewomen, after the loudspeaker, VPNs have now been declared...

19.11.2024 3

Zorain Nizamani

The cycle of futility

In another extravagant display of being proactive and going 'hard on crime', our very own government has decided to be smart and efficient in its...

12.11.2024 3

Zorain Nizamani

Cry me a river

Now, that the dust has settled around the whole 26th amendment fiasco, I think this would be an apt time to reasonably think about what transpired....

05.11.2024 20