Articles with tag: POW
Starting from the End
Ali Hashmi Mar 11, 2008 interacts: 16Wapda and the ministry of power have implemented an emergency load shedding plan to plug the gap between electricity supply and demand leading to more misery for millions.
Kashmir Liberated, Others Languish
Beena Sarwar Mar 6, 2008 interacts: 37Kashmir Singh spent 35 years in various Pakistani prisons before Ansar Burney, the caretaker minister of human rights found him and obtained a presidential pardon.
The Durrani Family Saga
Muhammad Tariq Oct 19, 2007 interacts: 1The poor in Pakistan must be given an alternate to the clergy to take them out from the spiral of ignobility in which they are caught.
General Colin Powell: Political Casualty of Iraq War
Mohammad Gill Sep 19, 2007 interacts: 5Can he make a comeback? Had he resigned, he would have stayed in the limelight as an elder statesman at the political front.
The Chair
kashkin dabruski Sep 19, 2007 interacts: 2At no cost, I will leave
This chair and its power
Bandit Queen
mukta srivastava Jun 24, 2007 interacts: 8Shall we ever understand why a woman, so violent, got so much support and protection in rural India and made it to Parliament? Shall we ever unravel the mystique of power of illiterate, landless masses in bringing about so profound a change?
Letter from Multan
B Waraich Jun 7, 2007 interacts: 4In Kot Lakhpat jail, Lahore, that was our first day at a jail. The relatives, some of them were quite hopeful of finding someone. Call it wishful thinking or whatever.
Who Is the Target Here?
Saeed Minhas Jun 3, 2007 interacts: 7The never-die judicial-issue is spinning out of control and irony of the matter is that every player dealing with this is made to believe that he holds the trump card.
Electric Dreams?
Mariam Zaidi Oct 4, 2006 interacts: 25A country in darkness - the escalating electricity problems of Pakistan
War for Peace
M Asadi Jul 5, 2006 interacts: 202These wars will not end, they cannot end until the ’military metaphysic’ (the near religious dogma of these power elite, the driving force of their view of the world), the military definition of reality, an effect of institutional fusing, the
Language of Power: How it is getting more exclusive
Rizwana Khan Oct 1, 2005 interacts: 119Cafes, restaurants, boutiques, designers, the media, in essence the whole socio-economic machinery identifies with the English-speaking world.
33 Years and Counting
B Waraich Aug 26, 2005 interacts: 85The issue of 54 prisoners from the 1971 war continues to fester- when will the truth come out?
Outside the Military Hospital
Bina Shah May 2, 2005 interacts: 9The sun is equally unkind to them all
And God is equally forgiving. And that’s the way it’s always been
Despite fifty years and as many leaders in between.
A Journey Through Our Conscience
sajal javid Apr 7, 2005 interacts: 305Up to eighty percent of the thousands of women incarcerated presently in Pakistani jails are facing charges related to the Hudood Ordinance, and most cases involve women being charged with adultery after they have allegedly been raped.
Point of View, 1971 Through Now
Veeresh Malik Jan 6, 2005 interacts: 325Seeking out information about Indian Armed Forces personnel 'missing' or captured in and around Pakistan, especially in 1971.
john over george: george over john
Temporal Nov 2, 2004 interacts: 8ram das and allah ditta go about their chores
as if there was no tuesday in their lives
sweating, scheming, squandering through their day
dreaming of daal-roti sustenance
The Forgotten 54 and More
Beena Sarwar Sep 25, 2004 interacts: 12These men if still surviving have little time left for niceties now. They need to be brought home in whatever state they are. Even if there were human rights violations, releasing these men would send a gesture of goodwill and peace.
The Forgotten 54 - When will the War Finish for Them?
B Waraich Sep 3, 2004 interacts: 17It has been 32 years and a few months. “A long time” as most people say shaking their heads and dismiss it from their minds.
Cast Away Fear
nida Qureshi Jun 28, 2004 interacts: 7I was not trying to kill myself, I was just running after the sun, I was trying to save it from drowning
Changing World Order: India’s Response
Aman Malik Apr 30, 2004 interacts: 31In 1991, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, a unipolar world emerged. The United States emerged as the only superpower ... For India, the year 1991 signaled major changes in its economic policy. To tide over the balance of payments crisis, the Indian
A Gory Tale of Lies, Greed and Deception
Nighat Yasmeen Nov 10, 2003 interacts: 209Apply whatever mode of calculation you like, the tragic truth is: Pak Army has killed manifold more Pakistanis than those who have hitherto fallen to Indian bullets.
