Tariq Suleman

Jan 12, 2025 | tribune.com.pk | Tariq Suleman

Pakistan, the world's fifth-most populous nation, embodies a paradox of potential and paralysis. Beneath its rich historical and cultural landscape lies a state increasingly enfeebled by chronic political instability, economic vulnerability, and deep societal fissures. These are not mere episodic disruptions but structural maladies that have rendered the state precariously fragile.

Feb 29, 2024 | dawn.com | Tariq Suleman

IN the discourse surrounding the Palestine-Israel conflict, especially within international arenas, the advocacy for a two-state solution stands out as the principal strategy for equitably resolving the Israeli occupation. This viewpoint is supported by a broad spectrum of governments, ranging from the Palestinian Authority to numerous Muslim countries, including Pakistan.

Jan 6, 2024 | dawn.com | Sara Danial |Zafar Masud |Tariq Suleman |Shahzad Sharjeel

Blind Spots in Pakistan’s HistoryBy Asim Imdad AliSang-e-Meel PublicationsISBN: 969-35-3482-4223pp. Pakistan was born with a dream. The dream was to provide the millions of underprivileged and poor Indian Muslims space and time, through the creation of a separate state, to attain their full potential. The creators of Pakistan felt this would not be possible in an undivided postcolonial democratic India, where they thought Muslims would form a permanent minority with a permanent Hindu majority.

Jan 6, 2024 | dawn.com | Sara Danial |Zafar Masud |Tariq Suleman |Shahzad Sharjeel

The Woman in Me By Britney SpearsGallery BooksISBN: 978-1668009048288pp. Having grown up listening to a lot of Britney Spears, the singer had become as big a part of my growing up days of the late 1990s and early 2000s, as of the pop culture sphere. I had for long held the belief that, if she were ever to come out with a book, it would become a part of my bookshelf. At the time, it felt like she had everything — a remarkable voice, unwavering confidence and the admiration of her countless fans.

Jan 6, 2024 | dawn.com | Hajra Rehan |Sara Danial |Zafar Masud |Tariq Suleman

Dukhtar-i-Rumi (Rumi’s Daughter)By Muriel MaufroyTranslated by Inaam NadeemBook CornerISBN: 978-969-662-509-4256pp. Kimya Khatoon has been made famous to the West, due to the information provided in Rumi’s Untold Story by Shahram Shiva. Her name was intentionally left out from almost all biographies of Rumi. Even the late former head of Mideast Studies at Harvard Prof Annemarie Schimmel, not wanting to muddy Rumi’s story in her otherwise fine book Rumi’s World, wiped Kimya out.