Insurgents at the Gate
Faisal Shahid Jun 7, 2006 interacts: 69Carefully screening the desolate urban setting before him with his precision binoculars, Major Josiah Daniels issued orders into a wireless handset, “Greens 2 and 4
The Hazardous Mix: A Peculiar Act and the Perilous Energy
Udayakumar Dec 3, 2004 interacts: 2India's Atomic Energy Act 1962 - its intent and the reality
Silent together
Aliya Nov 10, 1998 interacts: 11...his body jerked oddly as it obeyed a rapidly disorganizing brain.
Is Patriotism at Times The Last Refuge
Amer Nazir Nov 10, 2007 interacts: 8We, the third largest ex-pat community in the world after China and India have learnt to keep our fronts, haven’t we?
A Taste of Lahore
Ras Siddiqui Feb 23, 2005 interacts: 11Since lunch in Delhi was a big affair, the officially forced frugality at weddings in Pakistan was quite welcome, as bowls of chicken corn soup
A Requiem for the Victims of 7/11
M B Qasmi Aug 7, 2006 interacts: 5As individuals we suffer and grieve and perhaps throw a few crumbs through a charitable organization for the victims or sometimes even offer our blood,
Pervez Musharraf Declares Emergency in Pakistan
Chowk Nov 3, 2007 interacts: 190As of 6PM on Saturday President General Musharraf has suspended the constitution and declared State of Emergency in Pakistan.
Can Religious Leaders Redeem the Future of the World?
Mohammad Gill Oct 15, 2007 interacts: 235138 prominent Muslim scholars have written an open letter to Pope Benedict XVI calling for religious harmony between Christians and the Muslims.
Pakistan: Media Under Siege
Beena Sarwar Nov 23, 2007 interacts: 138Police have attacked and arrested journalists demonstrating all over the country. Over a hundred journalists offered themselves for mass arrest in Karachi on Nov 20.
Remembering Allama Iqbal
Farzana Hassan Apr 12, 2006 interacts: 197He is regarded as the spiritual founder of the nation, although the purport of his message extends far beyond the boundaries of Pakistan. His message,
India’s Failure of Imagination
Rohan Oberoi Jul 2, 1999 interacts: 62No one in India, it seems, has a clue what people across the border in Pakistan are thinking
As the Rupee Plunges
Chowk Press Nov 5, 1997 interacts: 1Is it too late to link the Pakistani Rupee to the U.S. dollar as it used to be?
Rape Does Not Alter the Victim’s Status!
Vijendra Rao May 22, 2005 interacts: 19Rape is a ghastlier crime than murder, though both crimes seek to obliterate the existence, the identity, of their victims.
Mable and Me
Mohammad Gill Oct 28, 2002 interacts: 14Mable was in Girls College. We had one class common at the Cambridge University
A Brief History of Lies?
Farzana Versey Jan 28, 2004 interacts: 150Stephen Hawking is a respected and renowned scientist. He is also the latest tragedy king. It is said Elaine, his wife, has been rough with
Cosmological Fantasies
Mohammad Gill Nov 17, 2004 interacts: 6We are at a stage where we can construct sophisticated mathematical theories and successfully use them for making predictions but are unable to have realistic
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