When Family Feuds Become Public Trials—and Facebook Users Become the Jury. Dr. Fiaz Maqbool Fazili There was a time when Facebook was a space to share photographs, achievements, poetry, and memories—or perhaps an occasional harmless argument about sports. Today, something far more troubling is emerging. Facebook is becoming a digital courtroom. There is no presiding…
Corruption survives where opacity, discretion and impunity meet. It weakens when transparency, accountability and institutional integrity reinforce one another. Ahmad Ayaz Corruption is not merely a financial irregularity or the misuse of public office for personal gain. It is a deeper institutional and social problem that weakens governance, undermines the rule of law, distorts public…
Bashir Aarif’s Mayani Vachuk Kotur does not ask us merely to remember the past. It asks us to consider what, within ourselves, we have chosen not to forget. Sanjay Pandita What survives when a familiar world begins to disappear? Houses may change hands, neighbourhoods may lose their old faces, relationships may loosen, and words once…
“The Doors Through Which Fitnah Enters Society” Mohammad Younis Bhat (Zahid) Fitnah does not always begin with a major event. Very often, it begins with a small statement, an unverified report, a lie, backbiting, or tale-bearing. The tongue may be a small part of the human body, but through it a person can bring about…
A crowded classroom can still feel empty. A busy home can still feel silent. A phone can remain full of messages while the heart waits for one genuine conversation. Gowher Bhat A child can sit in a classroom surrounded by classmates, laugh with friends during lunch, return home to a family and still feel completely…
