Stories by Badar Iqbal Chaudhary

Panama verdict: the most it has to offer is irony

Is the JIT really expected to achieve in two months what the Supreme Court could not in over five months?

Updated 25 Apr, 2017 01:02pm

Why a 'war for peace' mentality won't help resolve Pak-India conflict

Abundance of demagogues makes the exercise of reaching at peaceful ends that much more difficult.

Published 31 Oct, 2016 02:39pm

Reform, not punish

Our legal system is based on the principles of retribution. It is time to shift the balance in favour of reformation.

Updated 09 Jul, 2015 07:13pm

Daska: All that is wrong with Pakistan's police and lawyers

As permeated as the rot is within our police departments, the lawyers are known for putting up a compelling battle.

Published 28 May, 2015 05:46pm

5 ways our cricket is like our politics (and 5 ways it's not)

Cricket is not without its share of shady politics, and our politics is not aloof from cricket terminologies.

Updated 19 Mar, 2015 03:30pm

'Rape the girl, blame the girl'

9pm was the boundary for Mukesh. For others, it could be her outfit, her attitude; something she said or her silence.

Updated 05 Mar, 2015 02:38pm

Which World Cup app is the best of all?

Here is an upshot of the live streaming and scorecard apps out there, and how they can be accessed.

Updated 28 Feb, 2015 03:39pm

Karachi: Here lie the living

Let there be peace at least once in this city of the living dead.

Published 28 Jan, 2015 07:06pm

India and Pakistan: The fault is not in our stars

One of the two nations would would have to sacrifice; one of the two would have to take a leap of faith.

Updated 05 Jan, 2015 06:10pm

A crippling start to the New Year

As the questions of 2014 go by unanswered, I have one question this year: how much further into the abyss will we go?

Updated 01 Jan, 2015 07:29pm

Military courts could have been avoided

My grouse is not with the military courts per se, but with the way they may function in Pakistan, specifically.

Published 26 Dec, 2014 04:46pm

Punjab police: To (not) serve and protect

Day after day, they send signals of how incompetent they can be. But the danger alarms are conveniently shrugged off.

Updated 05 Dec, 2014 10:15pm

Iqbal, Imran and Pakistan

Imran Khan may not be a social reformer, but he's certainly a social arouser.

Updated 31 Oct, 2014 05:56pm

'What sectarian killings?'

Convenience demands that we do not identify sectarian bloodshed. We shut our eyes. Why make enemies of barbarians?

Updated 24 Oct, 2014 05:12pm

My upright commentator, your 'lifafa' journalist

Precisely for showing us a more unadulterated picture, journalists are dubbed 'corrupt', 'myopic' and even 'traitors'.

Published 21 Oct, 2014 07:25pm

Pakistan-India peace: A good idea that nobody wants

How do we ever achieve peace in the region then, especially when no stakeholders want it? Where do we start?

Updated 15 Oct, 2014 07:59pm

When will we start respecting our teachers?

More important is the need for the students' parents to show equal reverence for this profession.

Updated 13 Oct, 2014 03:48pm

VIP culture: 'Those who ride motorbikes may be shot dead'

How absurd to think we'd inherited true democracy, the 'saviours' of which are going hoarse inside assemblies.

Updated 11 Oct, 2014 10:47am

Pakistan's worst nightmare: A Jew, an Indian and an American walk into a bar...

In the world of 'Incredible India' and 'Malaysia...truly Asia', can Pakistan have 'I didn't do it' as a tagline?

Updated 06 Nov, 2014 12:32pm

Battling sectarianism: Time to look beyond mum religious leaders

A large scale and collective movement is needed against sectarianism, involving all branches and figures of the state.

Updated 21 Sep, 2014 05:33pm