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Tariq A. Al-Maeena
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It is the principle that matters
The following day, I reached in the fridge for a container of ricotta cheese, one of my purchases of the previous day. On opening it, I noticed some green mold on the surface of the cheese. It was upsetting. My ...
An airline under attack
Saudia Airlines, the Kingdom’s national carrier, has recently come under increasing attack by critics on social media due to an extraordinary number of flight delays that began just before the month of Ramadan. Critics sharpened their pens against the entire ...
Medical procedures to make you lighter in the pocket
Back in the 1960s, a popular Western was airing weekly on TV titled “Have Gun, Will Travel.” It depicted a cowboy who went wherever the buck was available. Right or wrong was of secondary matter to him. He was a ...
This is not the way to address grievances
Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela battled grave injustices, but they did not do it through violence, which would have in turn begat more violence. They did not tarnish their struggle with false claims of a religious or cultural fervor. Instead, ...
Pakistan’s forgotten ghetto dwellers
Pakistan today faces many challenges. But one of them should be the protection of the rights of all of its citizens. It is what Naya Pakistan is all about.
The requests of readers
To this reader, I have to say that quite often it is a reciprocal agreement between nations concerning visa fees. So perhaps they should direct the question to their embassy or consulate for answers. For those seeking additional answers, they ...
The epitome of all evil
The Israelis have killed almost 3,000 Palestinian civilians in the last three Gaza conflicts (2008-09, 2012, 2014) alone. Mind you, these were civilians whose only crime was living peacefully on their land. In the West Bank, the Israelis routinely use ...
When the lights are turned off
And when they are done, the family tends to go out for late dinners, children in tow if they are not fortunate enough to have someone at home looking after the little ones. The children are tired, the men have ...
This is how you do it
- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wore a hijab and personally visited the Muslim community on a daily basis to provide love and support. She hugged Muslims and genuinely mourned with them.
Time for public servants to sit up and take notice
Rampant ills in the civil sectors of the country had reached unprecedented levels and were soon exposed on social media. Tardiness, nepotism and cashing in on the milk cow, a favorite of high-level officials were being exposed almost daily on ...
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