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The audacity of hope

Aug 30, 2024 | dawn.com | Faisal Siddiqi |Sahar Bandial

BEING surrounded by chaos and violence in the country, a constant state of depression and anxiety, leading to hopelessness, had become the new normal. In this new normal, only the instinctual will to survive and ethical duty to our loved ones kept us alive and relatively sane. But then, like a rising phoenix, came Arshad Nadeem with his Olympic gold medal.
Sword versus pen

Apr 3, 2024 | dawn.com | Faisal Siddiqi

“Changes in society are due chiefly to the development of the internal contradictions in society … it is the development of these contradictions that pushes society forward and gives the impetus for the suppression of the old society by the new.” — Mao Zedong THE letter dated March 25, 2024, written by six judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the intimidation and interference of state agencies in their judicial work will perhaps go down as one of the greatest judicial acts in...
Incomplete justice

Mar 8, 2024 | dawn.com | Faisal Siddiqi

THE state-sponsored judicial murder of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB), a key founder of both mass democracy and constitutionalism in Pakistan, is a historical and legal fact which very few independent and fair observers will deny. But the reality is that until March 6, 2024, the state institutions involved in the tragic episode were in official and judicial denial.
Biden assails Trump, Republicans in fiery State of the Union speech

Mar 8, 2024 | dawn.com | Faisal Siddiqi

• Accuses his predecessor of threatening democracy, kowtowing to Russia• Warns Israel against using aid to Gaza as a bargaining chipWASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Thursday laid out his case for re-election in a fiery State of the Union speech that accused Donald Trump of threatening democracy, kowtowing to Russia and torpedoing a bill to tackle US immigration woes.
Sham elections

Jan 18, 2024 | dawn.com | Faisal Siddiqi

IN the bail petition of Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the ‘cipher case’, Justice Athar Minallah, through an order dated Dec 22, 2023, almost prophetically observed: “Discrimination or intimidation on the basis of political opinions are alien to the concept of genuine elections and even such a perception would be sufficient to … relegate it to the status of sham elections [emphasis added].” Furthermore, in the ‘PTI level playing field case’, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, through the order...
Sheer apathy

Dec 30, 2023 | dawn.com | Faisal Siddiqi

ISRAEL has purchased 60 robot dogs from Ghost Robotics for Israel Defence Forces (IDF) as part of its strategy to reduce casualties in ground operations against the Palestinians. These advanced robots are designed to gather critical intelligence and provide support to combat forces. The robot dogs, which cost $165,000 each, are similar to the dogs used by the United States military.
Decarbonising cement industry

Dec 30, 2023 | dawn.com | Muhammad Fahim Khokhar |Faisal Siddiqi

WHAT often slips through the cracks of environmental discussions is the staggering carbon footprint of the cement industry, responsible for a considerable seven per cent of the world’s total carbon dioxide emissions. This environmental burden places the industry in a unique position, necessitating a collective, international effort to usher in a sustainable era.
When time doesn’t fly

Dec 30, 2023 | dawn.com | Abbas Nasir |Faisal Siddiqi

AS one New Year’s Eve turns into the next, most people tend to say time flies. Another year gone by quickly, and time does, indeed, seem to fly. But for this to happen, you must have a semblance of a ‘normal’ life, a bit of a luxury in these trying times.
Heal thyself

Dec 30, 2023 | dawn.com | Muna Khan |Faisal Siddiqi

PAKISTAN has given me citizenship and an autoimmune disease. This is my assessment, not my doctor’s obviously. I am aware of my privilege and how it gives me access to doctors — in Pakistan and abroad. However, I am cautious because so much remains unknown about the cause of autoimmune diseases and, as I grow older, I worry about being overmedicated, personally and as a society.
STARBUZZ: ‘I’D CALL MYSELF MORE OF AN ADVENTURER THAN AN ACTOR’

Dec 30, 2023 | dawn.com | Faisal Quraishi |Faisal Siddiqi

Photography & styling: The Rohail | Hair & make-up: Furqan’s Salon | Coordination: Umer Mushtaq Maira Khan isn’t the average girl-next-door and neither does she want to play the character, given her impressive filmography. A Lux Style Awards winner (Jee Chahta Hai, 2010) and reality show contestant (Tamasha, 2022), she’s more inclined towards travelling.