In 2001 I had the opportunity to Interview Sir Christopher Lee for a radio show I produced for Pakistan News Service in California. – Aisha Aisha Sarwari: Sir Christopher Lee, we are honored to have you here on the show (Previously Pakistan News Service), thank you for...
Published in The Daily Times on June 5th 2010 Shackled by obscurantism dogging the masses with religious war and decrees, Pakistan is taking a sad turn away from its manifest destiny Historically, the latter-day self-styled champions of Islamic ideology in our country were almost entirely opposed to...
Published in The Friday Times on November 25th- December 1st 2011 JK Rowling began her 2008 commencement address at Harvard by saying that she will close her eyes and imagine she is at a Griffindor reunion. And there was something like that at the dastangoi performance...
John Kerry talks to Vibes Editor-in-Chief Aisha F. Sarwari about the Patriot Act, the change in policy his administration intends to enforce and his sentiments about the larger Muslim world. We will work with allies in Arab and Muslim countries and across the globe. Our administration...
Published on Chowk.com on January 14th 2011 In Pakistan the populous is still operating on a pre-partition colonial mindset. Psychologically Pakistanis are in a state of oppression even today. They are thankless for having achieved a nation state where the majority can freely practice their way...
Published in The Daily Times on January 6th 2011 The execution of the Governor of Punjab in the capital has caused riot among the masses. The ruling party is upset, so are his opponents but there are those who are gladened. Vocal in their online comments...
Published in The Daily Times on January 6th 2012 The founding father’s secular ideals have been sacrificed for the penumbra imagined and read into his ambiguous and general appeals to Islam. Imran Khan has already said enough that is open to misinterpretation After the Karachi jalsa (rally),...
Published in The Daily Times on November 1st 2011 Poets like Allama Iqbal identified the pulse of the disenfranchised Muslims in South Asia. Faiz Ahmed Faiz took that spirit to define more progressive causes for Pakistanis. Though not a poet, Imran Khan has captured that sense...
Published in Daily Times and Pakteahouse.com on January 22nd 2011 Outside the window, a Pakistani flag flutters, inside, a teacher asks a group of 6th-grader girls and boys, “Who can make a food chain?” A girl comes up to the board and uses a pen as...
Published in The Daily Times on March 11th 2011 Pakistan’s essence is derived from the self-determination of its people. If there is to be any restoration of national dignity, Pakistan must be led by the voices of Asiya Nasir, people who do not flee the country...