Friday, February 20, 2026

Salman Haider

The writer is a Pakistani poet and activist based in Canada.

Some Key Lessons That Pakistan Can Learn From Its Neighbours

This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the series here. In his 11th August 1947 address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, our founding father Muhammad Ali Jinnah talked about the curses of bribery and...

عطار کا نیوٹرل لونڈا

اجمل کمال نے کہیں کہا تھا کہ پچھلے پچاس سال میں کراچی کے لکھنے والے شہر کی بگڑتی ہوئی صورتحال کے بارے کوئی مضمون ایسا نہیں لکھ سکے جس میں میر صاحب کا مژگاں تو کھول والا مصرعہ نقل نہ کیا گیا ہو۔ میں...

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