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Written by Anwar Maqsood, the play is an entertainer steering murder accusations against Jinnah and Gandhi KARACHI: Acclaimed author Saadat Hasan Manto once wrote, “Pakistan had become independent soon after its inception but man was still a slave in both these countries–the slave of prejudice, of religious fanaticism, of barbarity and inhumanity.” Whether the above statement holds any merit or not is another debate, the real question is if the founders of the respective countries would have imagined the promised homelands to be plagued by such vices. Did their dreams of independent nations include the notions of slavery? Perhaps yes, but neither of them lived enough to see through the tragedy that unfolded after Partition. Legendary playwright Anwar Maqsood, known for his Independence special plays Sawa 14 August and Pawnay 14 August, took 10 years to write an end to his trilogy--- and with this one, he brought back characters from the past to witness the political, econ

CHARSADDA: Torrential rains and flooding have submerged a third of Pakistan and killed more than 1,100 people, including 380 children as the United Nations appealed for aid on Tuesday for what it described as an "unprecedented climate catastrophe." Army helicopters plucked stranded families and dropped food packages to inaccessible areas as the historic deluge, triggered by unusually heavy monsoon rains, destroyed homes, businesses, infrastructure and crops, impacting 33 million people, 15% of the 220 million-strong South Asian nation. The country has received nearly 190% more rain than the 30-year average in the quarter through August this year, totalling 390.7 millimetres (15.38 inches). Sindh province, with a population of 50 million, was hardest hit, getting 466% more rain than the 30-year average. "One third of the country is literally under water," Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman told Reuters, describing the scale of the disaster as "a ca

PESHWAR: As videos of huge multi-storey concrete structures being washed away by floodwater within seconds went viral on social media, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa officials said most of the buildings in question were hotels built along the riverbank, rather than houses. The tourist destinations of Swat and Kalam were the first targets of what officials say was a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF). Speaking to The Express Tribune, a senior serving K-P bureacrat who served as a deputy commissioner in Swat questioned why the Town Municipal Administration and Irrigation Department issued No Objection Certificates for multi-story buildings along the riverbank knowing that these areas are fragile.   “The British marked everything. The road is the boundary between the river and construction. I wonder who allowed construction across the road on the river banks,” the official asked. “I saw two hotels swept away by floods. Both were running on stay orders obtained from the courts. Now tell me