Shakir Lakhani 
Muslims in India are treated worse than Dalits. They are widely perceived as being pro-Pakistani and supporters of self-determination for the people of Kashmir. So it’s not surprising to hear that Indian banks are denying banking facilities to most Indian Muslims. According to The Hindu, Indian banks have designated those … Read more
Three recent incidents prove that as far as women are concerned, we’re still living in the Stone Age. The first, about a woman being gang-raped, should not shock us anymore. This is the kind of incident that happens regularly, so much so that it would be shocking if it didn’t … Read more
Indians are wondering why their country has not been able to send a team to the World Cup tournament in South Africa. My sources in India tell me that India is making massive efforts to raise a world class football team for the next World Cup. India confidently expects to … Read more
A Karachi businessman recently had a heart attack when he got a notice from the Income Tax department to pay a huge sum as income tax. It seems that his mobile phone bills alone had averaged more than fifty thousand rupees a month, even though his declared income had been … Read more
This is something that one would have thought happened only in Pakistan or Afghanistan. But 18-year-old Anithra of Uttar Pradesh killed herself after the chairman of her college rebuked her for talking to a boy. Strange, even after watching all those Bollywood movies and Star Plus programs where boys and … Read more
Pakistani researchers have discovered the heaviest element yet known to science.
The new el…
During and after my recent angioplasty in hospital, I was surrounded by cheerful female nurses an…
If Pakistan is to survive, it has to be made economically manageable, and the only way this c…
The ruling party has again raised the minimum wage by another thousand rupees. Workers (particula…
Eight days back I had to undergo angioplasty as two heart arteries were eighty percent blocked. O…