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Which World Cup app is the best of all?
Did you swear off watching cricket at some point during the World Cup 2015 but were still up at 3am to witness four Pakistani batsmen slumping for just one single run on the board? Are you still...
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How Pakistan's fast-food trend is devouring you
In Pakistan, we have come a long way from the time in the late '70s when I saw a man collect his burger from the counter and sit down to eat it. He appeared perplexed and observed his meal very...
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'Rape the girl, blame the girl'
Mukesh Singh is escorted by the police inside the High Court. —API have been trying to write on this topic for quite some time now, but unfortunately, I was left shocked and speechless every time I...
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Mithi: Where a Hindu fasts and a Muslim does not slaughter cows
Pakistan has become synonymous with terrorism. On most local and international news channels, we hear about minorities getting slaughtered at the hands of extremists; attacks on temples, churches,...
View ArticleTwo down, Nasir Jamshed to go
In the grander scheme of things, it was nearly a perfect game for Pakistan. The 1992 champions finally defeated a team in the tournament by a margin large enough to boost both morale and the crucial...
View ArticlePoliticising the holy cow, alienating India's minorities
Can the dietary practices, of an animal which is worshipped as a mother by a section of the Indian population, be brought in on the political arena? While it sounds surreal, it is true, as far as the...
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Once upon an ambassador
Before forming his own political party in 1996, Imran Khan had already joined a government. This is one fact that has completely gotten lost in the loud cacophony of noises in the media that have been...
View ArticleI am Shoaib Akhtar
Shoaib Akhtar was recently blasted for mocking the Pakistan cricket team on 'Comedy Nights with Kapil', a slapstick Indian television show which is popular in both India and Pakistan for the Bollywood...
View ArticleEnd anti-women attitudes, air 'India's Daughter'
As the din rises over British filmmaker Leslee Udwin’s documentary on the December 2012 Delhi gang-rape, this much needs to be pointed out: most critics of India’s Daughter have not seen it.The film...
View ArticleWhat Pakistan can learn from India's Metro buses
It’s the same story on either side of the border. The urban elite and the news media in India and Pakistan have been overly critical of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems, which provide an efficient...
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6 things Pakistan must do to win against South Africa
1. Toss — prefer to bat secondOut of the 21 day/night matches played at Eden Park, 14 have been won by the side batting second. The low-scoring game between New Zealand and Australia in February...
View ArticleThe rich man's guide to buying a Zero-Metre Armani in Karachi
Karachi is a great place for fashion conscious men. All the major international design houses have outlets in the city, but for rookie buyers, here is a secret: the flagship stores are located in the...
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Fighting fire with fire: Sarfraz responds
There is a point in the sci-fi classic, The Matrix, when the newly recruited hero, Neo, is in the subway under pursuit from the seemingly unstoppable villain, Agent Smith. Our hero, who has struggled...
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Case pending: Pakistani women’s lives in the balance
International Women’s Day is a day for honouring women; marked on the calendar as a commemoration for sisters and mothers and daughters and wives. Most such occasions are instances of stock taking and...
View ArticleWhy the 'science' we study is not really science
Lately, Pakistan seems to have started taking baby steps towards shining on the scientific horizon. We have a Nobel Prize in Physics to our credit, 5-year-olds with IT certifications, and an...
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'Too graphic' to be a Violence Against Women campaign?
Of all international benchmarks, I often find International Women’s Day the hardest one to celebrate. This is rather odd, given that I consider myself an unabashed feminist and much of my work is...
View ArticleThe dirty truth: 41 million Pakistanis without toilets
Recently, a Unicef warning announced that an alarming 41 million people in Pakistan lack access to adequate toilets; forcing them to defecate in public. Pakistan is in fact the third largest country,...
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Food Stories: Kunna Gosht
My parents were staunch connoisseurs of furniture, so shopping for it often took them to Chiniot and that’s where I was introduced to the delicious Kunna Gosht, at the age of 12. Years later, my love...
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Islamabad, The Beauti-woe-ful
As corruption thrives, big money investors coupled with encroachers are wreaking havoc on the capital's landscape. —Kalbe AliFor much of its existence, the capital city of Pakistan has been lovingly...
View ArticleThe joke that is the Senate elections
The recent Senate elections proved one thing beyond doubt: our politicians still have no idea how to conduct themselves.The joke started with the PTI creating a fuss over a non-issue i.e. not being...
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