Swat Calls For Civil Society to Act

Government writ is a faded vision; elected councilors and Nazims are killed, women no more allowed to visit bazaars; markets are deserted, police stations vacated.

The Many Colors of Indian Corruption

Unless the complex multi layered system of Government inherited from the British is simplified, corruption will continue to thrive.

Do Not Wash This Blood; Do Not Wipe This Tear: Get Angry

Change the system, change the governing tools, change the consitution, change the laws, change the criminal jurisprudendec system and dump the politicians of present variety.

Resisting Subjugation

Foreign debt is $48 billion after devaluation of rupee and domestic debt is over Rs. 3.4 trillion now. The way we are managing our resources is leading us to self-annihilation.

A Dismal Performance!

His (Asif Ali Zardari) only answer to the economic meltdown was to raise the purchase price of wheat.

Government Wins Manmohan Singh Loses

The way is now clear to officially approach the Board of Governors of the IAEA to approve the agreement reached between the Government of India and the IAEA officials.

Edward De Bono's Point C: Situtation in Pakistan

Capital of a nuclear power now plunges into darkness daily, for 5 to 6 hours. In small cities, this duration is 11 to 16 hours. With hottest months of the year still to come.

Healthcare in Pakistan, Lessons from Cuba

Cuba has the most impressive doctor to patient ratio of 1 to 175. All this and more while facing more than 40 years of US trade and financial embargoes.

Where Billions Vanish

The Musharraf years are over. It is now time for parliament to carry out a public inquiry into the irresponsible and crazy policies that have hitherto been the hall-mark of decision-making.

War of Another Kind

One reassuring factor for Gillani is that its a coalition government where all the major political parties have posed their trust in him and have assured their support.

An Agenda for the New Government

This time round, the change has come from the people. And it is their expectations and aspirations that have to be addressed.

Religiosity, National Ethos and Governance

Suggestions for modifications in the system of governance in Pakistan.

Law of Necessity… A Logical Recourse

All military interventions in Pakistan have a distinction of getting legal/constitutional indemnity in two phases. First, the judiciary legalises the intervention...

Talking Tall on Human Rights

India talks tall on human rights in its attempt to seek re-election to the Human Rights Council.

Betrayal of Great expectations?

The absurdity of the theater that we find ourselves in never ceases to amaze even the most insensitive amongst us

Why is the Government Dithering When it Should Stand Firm?

With religious extremists openly challenging the writ of the state, and despite overwhelming public demands that this be stopped, the government seems to be giving in.

Miracles Can Happen

Pakistan has seen the worst type of bankruptcy and then raised its foreign reserves to 12 billion dollars. What do you call this? Isn’t this less than a miracle?

Poverty creation - Maharashtra ishtyle

This year, Maharashtra is up for grabs as the worst-governed state. Vilasrao and gang seem to be well on the home stretch, without trying too hard. His vice-captain, R.R. Patil, is making sure of that.

Open letter to an Indian Bureaucrat

Dear Ms. Basanti Roy, I read about the problem you are facing with the Salaam Balak Trust encroaching on the property of the Bal Bhawan in Mumbai.

Doctors Role in Organizing Health Services

Our health system has been designed, developed and maintained by politicians rather than physicians which is one of the most distressing aspects of health care infrastructure.

Neither Enlightened nor Moderate

Five and half years, is sufficiently long period of time to make a sound judgement. The results are there for everyone to see...

The Hazardous Mix: A Peculiar Act and the Perilous Energy

India's Atomic Energy Act 1962 - its intent and the reality

Education and the Nazim

It has been just been a couple of short years that local self-governments were introduced in Pakistan. This initiative is bound to have major long term affects...

Facing the Music

President of the United States of America is the most powerful person in our planet. However, the American system of governance is even more powerful....

Just Another Day On the Job

The CEO of Pakistan strode in masterfully to chair the Wednesday weekly cabinet meeting at the CEO’s office in Islamabad. It was a weighty responsibility, but he knew he was man enough for the job. He had achieved a high level of fitness from carryi

Call to Action for Oil Spill

Please cut and paste the following text and email it to the Karachi Nazim, the Prime Minister and the Presidents offices. This is a call to sign a petition

LFO, Security Council and then Bijli Gaee...

One of the best things about living away from home is living away from home...

The Razor’s Edge

The United States seems to be losing the proverbial battle for the “hearts and minds” of the Afghans. The biggest problem was that the United States was not prepared for the post-war situation and had no plans to tackle the problems

On the Miltary Farms, Okara

The Government’s inaction in the face of the reported brutalities carried out by the Military authorities and Pakistan Rangers in forcing the tenants of the Military Farms, Okara to execute the new “cash rent” system is criminal.

The Jihad of a Humanist

Eighteen years ago today, the Air India Kanishka plane flew from Toronto enroute to London with its full load of over three hundred passengers. It never made it to its destination. Kanishka was blown to bits in mid-air above the Atlantic Ocean off the coa

The Scandal of Fake and Madrassa Degrees

a federal minister whose only real qualification is an O-level certificate

The Follies of the Natives

A circus called Pakistan

We Cut When Asked -- PTCL’s New Censoring Role

Our telephone company, the monopoly holder for conveying Internet traffic, has lately been working overtime as the morality policeman.

The Beginning of the End of the Kashmir Problem

Do not underestimate either the love or the hatred that the peoples of the two countries are capable of having towards each other

On the Assertion of Rights

Why Pakistan’s institutions are ass backwards

Pakistan and India - Lets Compromise

The program began by applauding Indian PM Vajpayee’s concession to meet Jamali, his Pakistani counter-part

When Democracy Failed: The Warnings of History

The 70th anniversary wasn't noticed in the United States

Survival of the Fittest

If Pakistan is next then what are the options?

Doctors or the Disease

Analysis of the khaki-clad messiahs of Pakistan

Origins of the Modern World Capitalist Economy

An Answer to the Pro War Surrealists

If you feel that your way of life is better than us, than live it, but stop trying to impose it upon us.

A Stable Political Order in Post-War Iraq?

A new political order in Iraq is likely to be strife-ridden

The Wages Of Death

Wars are political acts of concentrated violence and yet, there is violence in this war, but there is no rhyme to its logic.

The Great Game for Central Asian Oil

The Imperialist Ring from Yugoslavia to Afghanistan

Loitering with Intent in Ayodhya

My basic contention is that Indian Muslims never had a claim to the Babri mosque...

Kashmir: Time for a Radical Approach?

The Kashmiris are not even a foot note and Ram Babu and Allah Rakha the perennial losers.

They Shoot Kashmiri Pandits, Dont They?

They say they will act as a “buffer against the export of jehad into India”. They who ran away?

Pakistan The Land of the pure - A Myth or Reality

Land of the Pure

Three Arguments Against a War

As America prepares for war, I want to present three arguments for peace:

Muslims in India: Communalism vs. Backwardness-Minority Syndrome

Today, it is imperative that the Muslim community fights the ogre of communalism

Eye Opening Facts: Steel Sector

Pakistan steel sector

Preventing Military Take Overs

Military Reforms

Dam it?

Protest against the extension of Mangla Dam continues despite the mainstream media's ignorance

Rightsizing of the Armed Forces

the huge Pak Army fulfils few strategic functions

The Urdu Press in New York

We never thought we would flee America

Towards Greater Tolerance

Anti-Pakistanism and neo-Indian Nationalism

The March of Folly

USA and Muslims

Muslim extremists generally dislike non-Muslims and they hate various people at local level

Standing Up to a Bully

America has all along, despite Iraq’s acceptance, said it is highly sceptical of Saddam Hussain’s assurances or promises

A Work In Progress

Jinnah put Pakistan in such a location that the future state would always be involved in the geo-politics of world

Creation of Hindu ’madrasas’

Is this the sort of education we Indians want in our school system?

The Kashmir Committee: Ram in U.S

Ram Jethmalani, to further the agenda of KC, recently made a trip to US

Husain Haqqani at UC Berkeley

Pakistan has to revisit its relationship with India

If Army acts like a Political Party Why not a Forward Bloc in it?

what is a bigger and more deplorable sin: to be a prostitute or to be a pimp?

Changing The Thana Culture

as time passes land holdings of Feudals continue to decrease through an ongoing evolutionary process

Games Generals Play

the General deserves to be applauded for forcing a semblance of democracy to the working of political parties

Hypocrisy Big

Is America an Empire? Is the Pope Catholic?

Failure of Democracy in Pakistan

Time for a Change

Islamic Utopia?

Reconciling Islam and Modernity

Lessons from Constitutional History

But we never seem to learn from history

Analysis of Stunning Gains by Religious Parties in Pakistan’s Elections

Pakistan’s Elections: An Unintended Consequence of US War against Terrorism?

Our Landlord System...Good or Bad?

Government of Pakistan helped Landlords producing more crops.

Sobho: the struggle continues

I still believe in the revolution, in a society that provides justice for all

The Election Burp

Don’t stand around wondering what to do, trying to please everybody—take a stick and throw it.

Myopic, Malevolent, Megalomaniac

Musharraf knows that PPP (P) and PML (N) would not like to join hands with MMA because it displeases USA

Unraveling Pakistan: Taming The Shrew-Mare

Pakistan’s Army has become a wild mare. It has to be broken into. It has to be re-taught to walk, run, trot

Democracy is Like Virginity

Who is Responsible for Nepal’s Corruption, Poverty and Failed Development?

Story of a middle class family of Nepal

What I Saw In Okara

An investigation into the Okara land dispute

The Day Of All Days

Pakistan will re-take its first fledging steps towards democracy

Piece of What?

I left home for a gathering of peaceniks and ended up at the social event of the year. The card in my hand said ‘Arundhati Roy: keynote speaker: seminar on peace and freedom in south Asia’

The April Fool Referendum

a critique of the April 30 referendum and what it may mean for the coming elections

Peace in South Asia

Arundhati Roy gave the Pakistanis a glimpse of what free-thinking is

India’s Potential Lose-Lose-Lose Scenario

India may actually be helping Pakistan in the long run, not harming it, with its current war hysteria

The Hindu Right

Advani’s yathra in an air-conditioned Toyota left a trail of blood in its wake

The Right To Bigotry

as long as government and courts and police and diplomats and moralists approve of it

Does a Bachelor’s degree mean education in politics

Can an election that disqualifies 98% of the country’s citizens be legitimate?

Of Evil Zionists and the Great Satan

The impotent fury of the Muslim world

Of Errant Politicians And The Kashmir Cause

In politics being good is not necessarily good enough

On the Nature of the Principal Civic Contracts

Is anyone amongst the current world leadership dreaming with us

Removed From Reality

The reality is that no Caucasian in his/her right (and white) mind is going to be coming to Pakistan anytime soon.

The Last Crusade

Sharon’s visit finally removed the façade from the Israeli diplomacy

The April Fool Referendum

The military may win this battle but it will destroy the very nation it is so proud to rule

The Pattern of Violence

if the man at the helm sees the larger picture

The Panel of Vendettas at UC Berkley

A true hero would make a radical notion and never back track

The Wages of Obedience

The systemic failure of a whole class of people to think honestly and seriously, in short a failure to do their job as political analysts

An Insight Into the Way Shiv Sena Functions

This political sex appeal of Thackerey is the reason that Shiv Sena shakhaas have sprung up in Haryana and Punjab

The Place of Debate

He said there was also a need for debating on the concept of secularism, whether it is contrary to Islamic teachings and concept?

Empty Vessels And All That Jazz

do you think he is up to task to rid us of feudals next?

Pakistanis in Afghanistan, Nothing New

The more the government cuts back on the opportunities available to the Mullah to interact with the citizen, the more the government is cutting back on the Mullahs sources of revenue

The Future Is Another Country: 2050 And Beyond

Osama bin Laden has his own vision of a perfect world and millions will die

1971: A Forgotten Story

We ‘forgot’ to ask for our men to be returned

Indian Diplomacy : Time To Recheck

The year saw a marked upswing in new Delhi’s relations with the US, Russia, Japan, Germany and France

A Reason For Change

What is really interesting about Marianne Pearl’s interview with CNN is not what she said

Taliban : An Analysis

an ideal Islamic society.

Borders are Made of These

if I join this ideological war, the blood will only congeal in my heart

An International Failure

do the Pakistanis know who they are themselves

The Clash Of Un-Civilizations And Osama-ism

It is misleading to think and give an impression that these issues will just disappear if Osama is captured or killed today.

Here Are the Muslim Feminist Voices, Mr. Rushdie!

Muslim women HAVE been speaking out against the obscurantist Islam he decries

A Journey Into Afghanistan

Aside to President Bush: Afghans have been conquered and made to submit by only two men

In Search of the Moderate Muslim

Indian society’s latest fad

Journalists or Americans?

Is Islamist even a word?

A Decision to Regret

the Afghans have always resisted a government imposed from abroad

India’s Communal Gamble

What sells best in India?

Jihad: Paradoxes and Defining Moments

There will always be a lunatic fringe in the Muslim society

Explaining it to an American Friend

godspeed and prudence in this time of grieving

Black Tuesday: The View From Islamabad

CNN and the US media have so far made little attempt to understand this affliction

Crisis and Opportunity

This crisis is ultimately a consequence of myopic policies in the US and in the Muslim world

The Real Jehad

Birth control and Education together should be the focus of our Jehad.

Why I am leaving

There is just so much wrong with Pakistan today that we, the educated youth, find life here unacceptably difficult

A Medley of Internal Contradictions

Shedding tears for the plight of Indian Muslims is also a case of internal contradictions

Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry, SJ

An interview with a war hero ...

An Eulogy For The Hawks

Your administrations’ talks with President Musharraf

The Quest for Power

It took General Zia 14 months after the July 1977 coup to assume the Presidency, while General Musharraf waited 20 months to do the same

Talking to Vajpayee

Vajpayee has demonstrated that he can be different

Reforming the Armed Forces

Like any institution in a status quo society, the Armed Forces badly need reforms as well.

Welcome to the Dark Side

Uncensored .... But until we openly debate and denounce the corruption in journalism, we cannot really condemn it in other institutions.

Across the River

Why are the poor poor?

The Chicken Hawks Of Pakistan

The military should accept the fact that it is a dictatorship

Refusing the Sitara-I-Imtiaz

...look at our generals – they get a shovel-full of impressive medals each year that they proudly wear on their chests. But tell me how many wars have they won?

Hands Across The Border

we all must plant our saplings of peace today

What Constitutes Blasphemy?

Frontier Post offices attacked and destroyed by angry mobs ...

The Killing Fields of Karachi

What was Shakir’s crime? Was it that he came back to Pakistan to work...

Democracy in Pakistan: The Missing Link?

Democracy has long been a buzzword in Pakistan

The Mandir Mirage

The Babri Masjid may itself not be important to the Muslims in India, but where will this end? A Holocaust?

The Soft Option

How can we say that Pakistan is misrepresenting the term ’jehad’ with regard to Kashmir when we Indians are doing the same?

Yet Another South Asian Story

The rapist was convicted for seven years... the victim to solitary confinement for life

Education Reforms: Yet Another Sham

In the hands of a semi-literate bureaucracy, which couldn’t care less about education

Elections, Pakistani Style

One moment we were leading, the next we fell behind

A Different Story

The winds of change are slowly whispering their way across the South Asian sub-continent

Should Pakistan Honor the Lahore Resolution?

why Pakistan failed to become a confederation in accordance with the spirit and content of the Lahore resolution?.

The Autonomy is for India

greater autonomy for states is the only way

Defend the Country, not its Government

What are the responsibilities of citizens when governments lie to them?

Hidden Hindus

What is it like?

Negotiating Human Rights

arrested in Pakistan for saving the life of a battered woman

Would Devolution Empower “We the People”?

Musharraf’s devolution plan is likely to empower the people of Pakistan. But, how?

1971 in 2000

... this singular event is consigned to the dustbin of history.

Faith, Religion and National Direction

A winner makes commitments, a loser makes promises

Lahore Notes, March 2000

I took the famous Bus to Lahore

No More Hiroshimas Anywhere, Ever

Fat Boy and Thin Man, created atomic hell on August 6 and August 9, 1945

Where Mountains Move

The Story of Chagai

Protest against Kalabagh Dam

Please urge Pakistani Government

The Flip Side of Democracy

The US public allows its government to make decisions that can alienate a billion people

Khuda Hafiz, Kashmir?

I am a militant. According to a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member ...

The People’s Initiative

Exposure to ordinary people serves as a powerful perception changer ...

Just another cry in the dark

In our 53 years of turbulent history the country has seen nothing but thieves and self righteous leaders

Looking for Razia

Razia (Zafar) Chaudhury, are you out there?

A Rumor Of Lies

Pakistan, as a nation, seems to have entered a political terra incognita from which it is unlikely to return

Where did Pakistan go wrong?

...you will find that in the course of time Hindus will cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease to be Muslims...

A Nation of Beggars

The irony is that the poverty myth has itself become a barrier to reducing poverty

Eqbal Ahmad: Post - Pokhran Days

The mountain had turned white. I wondered how much pain had been felt by nature ...

ALIF - The Way Ahead?

to build the Kingdom of God out of scraps

Pakistan - The Way Forward

An Activist’s Appeal

Why Clinton should visit Pakistan

The Americans simply cannot sideline Pakistan...

Boundaries or Bridges?

We didn’t find the Pakistan we were looking for

Let us Not be Foolish

Mistakes, misunderstandings and downright hate have led us too long in India-Pakistan relations...

In the Supreme National Interest

the days of loot and plunder are over

International Monetary Fund (IMF) __ Friend or Foe?

The friendship of IMF is like that of a bear. Its embrace will kill you.

The Millenium Manifesto or ’Ikeesween Sadi Dastoor’

Kashmir does not belong to Pakistan regardless of historical events during partition...

Who will Bell the Bad, Fat Cats?

A scathing look at journalism in Pakistan

Resolving the Hijack Crisis

The timing of the IC-814 hijack crisis portends several things

An Effort to get the Cutting Edge to Deliver: Shivpuri Vikas Express

It doesn’t take much to get government moving in a way that makes a real difference to the average citizen

Hegemony of the Ruling Elite in Pakistan

We have a chequered past in our experiments with democracy

The Case for De jure Legalization

A Rs.1000 excise tax on an imported bottle of Scotch could easily net additional daily revenues

In Defence of Benevolent Dictators

More democracy ? More of the same ? No thanks

Farce

I think I’ll smoke anyway

Scandalising the Pakistani Courts

Ardeshir Cowasjee has been hauled into court again on contempt charges ...

Pakistan: Rapprochement with India ‘unstoppable’

One thing is clear: people want peace with India

Compilation of Opinions on the Military Takeover in Pakistan

Peoples opinions and reactions

Our Man From Delhi

saade dilli daa mundaa hai jee

Text of Speech by Gen. Pervez Musharraf

The choice before us on Oct 12th was between saving the body - that is the nation, at the cost of a limb - which is the Constitution, or saving the limb and losing the whole body

Compilation of Articles on the Military Takeover in Pakistan

Views and reviews on the recent events in Pakistan

Pakistan Alert: Revolution in the Making?

Perhaps, this will be the beginning of the World War III

Why An Interim Civilian Government will Fail

Putting up a front government will achieve simply nothing

An Open Letter to Gen. Pervaiz Musharaff

In your one action, you have violated and trashed the Constitution of Pakistan

Diary of a Coup

A coup d’etat had taken place and everything was going on as if nothing had happened?

Time for a fresh start

Where do we go from here?

Fears of a Military Coup in Pakistan

Army moves in Pakistan

A Recipe For Unbridled Pak-India Competition

Independent thinking on foreign and defence policies has virtually ceased to exist

Pak-Millennium Conference 1999

Setting the stage for the new millenium.

Thwarting Big Tobacco

Can a third world country defeat tobacco Goliaths? Lessons we can learn from Thai activists.

ADB Cancels Sewerage Loan

An article welcoming the cancellation of a $70 million Asian Development Bank loan for the Korangi-Landhi area.

A State of Confusion

Will Pakistan benefit from a change of government?

Connected to: Harsh Kapoor

SPIDER talks to Cyber Warrior Harsh Kapoor about his stance on the recent blocking of the Dawn Internet Edition in India

Honour!

So let us rejoice

Kargil and the Myth of Losing the Media War

Consider for a moment that you are NOT a Pakistani

Save India

A martial law administration has to take over the country

After the defeat

An analysis of the Kargil conflict and the ensuing defeat for Pakistan.

Straight From the Heart: Dushman Kaun?

Moderates of our world unite. Silent majority speak up

Falsehoods Galore

Pakistan has thus turned into an oligarchy well versed in the art of making things disappear

Loyal to Pakistan? Why?

But what does Pakistan really stand for?

India’s Failure of Imagination

No one in India, it seems, has a clue what people across the border in Pakistan are thinking

A Visit to Pakistan

Could it be that there is a feeling that India does not accept the existence of Pakistan?

Water of Life

What has happened to all the drinking water in India?

Pokhran-Chaghi audit: Winners and losers

India and Pakistan conducted their nuclear tests one year ago.

Why Not This One?

Of Sharifs, Bhuttos, missiles and carrots.

Nuclear powers can count too!

Can we implement a new census at the dawn of the new millenium?

The Man who would be King

A look inside the mind of Nawaz Sharif.

The Decline and Fall of Pakistan

Pakistan on the crossroads of a dilemma

The Dark Tower

The editor of Pakistani most outspoken English weekly was arrested in a most undemocratic manner for going abroad and saying what we all say in our living rooms

Face to face with the Indian Muslims

How are the Muslims faring in India?

Make ’Nobody’ Indian Prime Minister

Keep away from politics and electricity, cautions an Ethiopian proverb

Nawaz Sharif Plays Lady Macbeth

Pakistan government is an accomplice in domestic violence and the death of Samia Sarwar.

WW III? An Analysis of Yugoslavia

The media has been lying to the world about the crisis in Kosova

Balkan Tragedy: A Re-enactment of the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh

The escalating human tragedy in Kosovo gives me a sense of deja vu

Don’t Worry Mr. Milosevic, America is With You

the killers of Guclukonak will...punish the killers of Racak

Why The War On Ghosts Was Lost

The scourge will be eradicated from its roots, thundered Mr. Shahbaz Sharif

Rise and Fall of a Silver Screen Hero

Of the late, great Waheed Murad

Why Vajpayee’s Trip to Lahore Was a Failure

Vajpayee’s bus trip can be described in one word: nothing

Getting Ready for ‘Bus Diplomacy’

Vajpayee and Sharif get creative. First bombs then bus rides.

A Matter of Principle

Anatomy of the governments vendetta against a leading newspaper in Pakistan

An Interview with Deepa Mehta

Of partition, hybrid filmmaking and the lack of inhibitions

A Forgotten Incident

India and Pakistan go to war!

Pakistan: Pressure on the Press

Executing orders from the top

Killing Iraqis Before Ramadan Starts

US bombs Iraq following Clinton’s go-ahead wednesday morning

India is South Asia’s Natural Hegemon

Pakistan is more an army with a state than a state with an army.

The Weakest Link

An individual in a crowd is a grain of sand...

A Ray of Hope

An eye-witness account of a fund-raising dinner by Imran Khan.

The Gentleman Must Go

Crisis in the shadows of power: Is Pakistan entering an institutional crisis acknowledging Nawaz Sharif’s imperial designs?

Talking of Talks

...the Prime Ministers have had a telephone talk

What Price Sharif Propaganda?

The marriage of Bollywood and Pakistani politics. What will the kids look like?

And now, the army!

A scathing commentary with strong opinions

Changing of the Guard

Price for dissent?

What Is Your Caste?

Caste is South Asia’s apartheid

From Zharkent to Laguna Pueblo

We are still suffering from the radiation effects of tests done by China and Russia

Giving Way to Intolerance

During the last many years, religious intolerance and sectarian fanaticism have created a war-like situation in Pakistan

Human Rights Groups Slam Sharif

Women are often the first victims of such moves

Afghanistan: The Next War

asking Afghanistan’s neighbors to desist from an attack within two-weeks of having done exactly that

Communists and Congress Should Give Birth to ’Red Indians’

The Communist parties and the Congress (I) are toying with the idea of coming closer to form an alternative political dispensation

Modern Armies and Their Invincible Plans

The minister was apparently on lunch break and had been for some years

Repercussions of Nuclearization

The question of women and public space in the nuclear debate hardly exists in the popular imagination

Reconfiguration of the South Asian Polities

Mr. Sharif wants to transform himself into Amir-ul-Momineen....a title used by the Taliban chief.

Cry my Beloved Country

Thoughts on the nature of democracy in Pakistan.

Dow and NASDAQ set new records

A bull market that bears watching.

International War Crimes Court

The US finds itself allied with Cuba, Libya, Iran and the Sudan!

Sanctions - the carrot follows the stick.

A crack in the door - sanctions may be lifted soon.

Japanese Premier Resigns

Following the humiliation of a crushing defeat, the Japanese PM steps down

Nuclear Strike Warning or Green Card Application?

A Pakistani Nuclear Scientist defects to the US with dire warnings

Extra-judicial Executions

Romilia Hernandez was an innocent 21 year old woman...

Damming Kalabagh

Is the state acting wisely in its insistence upon building Kalabagh Dam?

Letter from Nagasaki

I am the grand daughter of a survivor of Nagasaki, and I bear the scars of that living hell

Onwards to the Nuclear Abyss

India, Pakistan and the March of Folly

Pakistan in State of Emergency

President Tarar promulgates state of emergency in the country

So, We Are Nuclear Too!!

Scenes from a nuclear world

Statesmanship Needed

Mr. Bhutto’’s decision to go nuclear would prove pivotal quarter of a century later

Say No to Indian and Pakistani Bombs

...against the ideologies of hate created and promoted by our governments

To Quota or Not to Quota

A look at the divisive quota issue.

Cash for Vote

An Expatriate Bill.

The Intellectual Imperative

As a people and a nation, Pakistan’s need for intellectual direction has never been greater. So where are the intellectuals?

The Plight of Rural Women in Pakistan

Years of submission and sacrifice by the poorer women of the communities has conditioned them to accept their fate, to not raise their voice lest they be abused more...

Raj and I

A complete sense of certainty prevails in our country. There is nothing to panic about.

Dodging the Law of Extradition

A look at extradition treaties in the context of the Aimal Kansi case.

Imperatives For Economic Development Of Pakistan

So how can we hammer out a consensus around the proposition that we have to rapidly raise the standard of living of the people in Pakistan?

Economic Development Conference at MIT

Integrating Pakistan Into the New Global Economy conference to be held at MIT Sloan on March 07: the event to be covered live at the Chowk Chatroom.

Dreams and Promises

Young Riaz had come to Karachi with the hope of a better life and a brighter future for his family.

The Ehtesaab Gold Medal

He got the offender out of the lock up, collected all seized evidence of the offence, and walked out of the police station triumphantly, but not before finishing his cup of tea...

Funding Lower Education

On the eve of the announcement of a new Education Policy by the Nawaz Sharif Govt. comes a sequel to Educational Apartheid.

UN Sanctions Against Iraq: 10 Myths

Economic sanctions against industrialized countries, which include a ban on foreign trade, can be more lethal than limited military attacks.

Excuse Me but Can ANP Spell Pakhtoonkhwa?

What difference would a name change make any way?

The Exploding Cities of the Developing World

With ever-increasing global integration, problems that arise in one city can quickly spread throughout its region and even worldwide.

Madeleine’s ’Deadly Delusions’

Well over 6 million Indian and Pakistani citizens live in the Middle East and Washington’s apparent indifference towards their safety has roundly ticked off nations who generally need little reason to feel offended.

ATA: A Terrifying Act

There are numerous silly, but harmless laws, as well as a few really dangerous ones. One such well-intentioned but seriously flawed law, is the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Calling a Spade a Spade

Thus a new historical precedent was established where 53% of the population were denounced as traitors

Entry Tests for Medical Colleges

...the emphasis being not on the marks obtained in intermediate exams, but on the entry tests

Women and Police

No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you... - Jinnah

The Overlooked Problem of Pakistani Racism.

Discrimination based on ethnic and provincial loyalties is eating away at our country. Why has it not become the issue that it should be?

Bihari Refugees

Is there a light at the end of the tunnel for Bihari refugees?

Poet Sheikh Ayaz

He was incarcerated many times for his seditious writings and was also sentenced to death, but escaped gallows due to the sudden change of government.

Massacre in Lahore

Besides the mostly shia victims (present for prayer, fateha, and qurankhwani), also killed were a flower vendor and a beggar.

Copyright: A Source of Revenue Generation

A discussion on the advantages of protecting intellectual property rights in Pakistan.

Gender and Literacy in Pakistan