At Roadside Café: Three cups of tea and a gunshot
When I used to go horse riding I learnt that whenever you fall off a horse you have to immediately pick yourself up and get back on or you will develop a fear for life. The truth is on the outside I...
View ArticleControlling rabies: No, you cannot just ‘shoot stray dogs at sight’
Reading a recent blog by Sakina Kavi, entitled Don’t let the dogs out at the University of Karachi on The Express Tribune, I feel it’s time to draw people's attention to the fundamental cause of stray...
View ArticleMy teacher, Professor Syed Ali Haider, was buried by his 85-year-old father
It was back in January 2011 when I had my Ophthalmology viva on the third floor of King Edward Medical University (KEMU) Ophthalmology Department. While I was preparing my case, I saw a well dressed,...
View ArticleStudent politics: At Karachi University, life is cheap
Rays of light sift through the bullet-riddled gigantic rusty gate of the dark and dismal gymnasium building even today. It is as if the ‘memory’ is conserved for the petrification of those who...
View ArticleIs gun control fair when guns are a part of your culture?
Sitting around in the ICU recently, I struck up a conversation with one of the nurses. We started talking about his new dog that he’s trained not to react to loud abrupt sounds, such as gunfire. He...
View ArticleTaxi driver shot dead by Rangers: Trained to kill or trained to protect?
Yesterday, Murad, a taxi driver, was shot dead in front of his four-year-old son by Ghulam Rasul, a Rangers soldier. Witness accounts suggest Murad was asked to stop his vehicle and as he reversed...
View Article#NaMaloomAfraad is a riot on its own!
The term “Na maloon afraad”, in recent times, has become almost ubiquitous and synonymous with those unknown/anonymous miscreants that are up to no good at all vis-à-vis to any law and order situation...
View ArticleIs mob justice the only option left?
“Robbers beaten up by people in xyz area,” “Police save and arrest robbers caught and beaten up badly by the people of the neighbourhood they were robbing,” “One robber dead and others badly injured...
View ArticleWhy I am returning my award
Although I do not believe that awards are a measure of the work we do, I would like to add the National Award for Best Screenplay that I won in 1989 to the growing pile of returned awards. Also, I want...
View ArticleStop killing our dogs, CBC, please!
I’ve been a quiet spectator of the brutal killings of stray dogs in Karachi for a very long time and despite the fact that it has enraged me time and time again, I’ve kept quiet only to realise that it...
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