Articles with tag: Swat
Namal University, Another Landmark by ‘Taliban’ Khan
Ahmer Muzammil Oct 31, 2009 interacts: 20I don’t always agree with Imran Khan on politics but I have no doubt that his stances and his point of view are sincere and not colored with self-interest.
My Boy, Jonaid
Aisha F Sarwari Aug 7, 2009 interacts: 27If a nation is only as strong as its army and any constitution’s basis is undoubtedly on a strong and equipped army then the question arises: Is the government effectively focusing on winning this war in Swat with minimal loss of men?
The Plight of Internally Displaced Pakistanis in Swat
Shiraz Bashir Jul 9, 2009 interacts: 7More than 2.4 million people have been displaced in Swat valley and its neighboring districts of Dir and Buner. This is the fastest and largest displacement of people since the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
The Landlords of Defence To Pakistan's Defense
Salim Chauhan Jul 3, 2009 interacts: 160God bless General Naseerullah Babar, Benazir Bhutto, and the rest of them for sowing the seeds of the carnivorous plant that we now face in Swat, Buner, Dir, and, now, from what I hear, Saidu Sharif.
War of Words : Swat Military Campaign
Ibrahim M Khalil Jun 17, 2009 interacts: 10In times of war, governments create lexicon of new words to justify the war and to make it more palatable.
Cantonment in Swat : Wrong Solution
Ibrahim M Khalil Jun 14, 2009 interacts: 5I believe the solution to the Swat problem is much simpler and less costly: well trained and well armed Police, functioning courts and elimination of status of Swat as Tribal Area
Reasons for War in the Pakhtun Land
Pukhtoon Khan May 13, 2009 interacts: 40The situation in swat is not a local problem. It is the symptom of a bigger crisis in which Pakhtuns are going to be trapped due to neglecting the importance of sticking to the national interests of Pakhtun land.
No Quarter For Half Wits Please
Shandana Minhas May 18, 2009 interacts: 7Humanitarian disasters are bad because they kill people. Extremism is a menace because it kills people. Again I ask, why is there so much fuss about how we die and not how we live?
What's Wrong With Imran Khan?
Hasan Shakoor Apr 25, 2009 interacts: 273I am tired of people like you making excuses for these barbarians. Why can’t someone like you just say what has to be said. These people are savages and don’t represent the Islam we grew up practicing.
Hangman and the Priest
Ibrahim Malick Apr 24, 2009 interacts: 6It is not enough that Jamaat-e-Islami does not win votes. Their ideology has hijacked our entire parliament, our entire nation.
State of Denial
MD Waqar Apr 7, 2009 interacts: 87Today I congratulate everyone because General Zia’a dream has been fulfilled as a teenaged girl was flogged in Swat.
Lashes to lashes, dust to dust
Shandana Minhas Apr 7, 2009 interacts: 342The Taliban existed before the drone attacks began. They existed before 9/11 happened. They were dismembering dissidents and hanging their bodies from lamp posts, long before the word Predator entered our local lexicon.
Islam vs. Islam
Rashid Malik Apr 6, 2009 interacts: 33Mr. Swati's comments represent the general tendency among Muslims to lie defiantly every wrongdoing committed by the Muslims; and never identifying and discussing various conflicting interpretations of Islam.
Lessons From Another Lahore Tragedy
Ather Naqvi Mar 31, 2009 interacts: 369Our whole generations seem to have been sacrificed at the altar of the Afghan ‘jihad’ and now the war on terror.
If the Deal in Swat Works
Zubair Torwali Mar 15, 2009 interacts: 5Swat will be a lesson for other regions of the country. It has already given the message that in Pakistan one can make his demand accepted only through the means of guns and brute power.
Truce Or Capitulation?
Ibrahim Khan Feb 25, 2009 interacts: 6These Talibs, like cancer that spreads deep in the body, are now not only in Swat, but everywhere else too. In Peshawar and Islamabad and Lahore there is a palpable feeling that the evil is lurking somewhere in the shadows watching.
Islamic Justice or Talibanisation of Pakistan
Syed J Hussain Feb 24, 2009 interacts: 75The Swat agreement between the provincial government of NWFP and the Taliban led by Maulana Sufi Mohammad is of greater significance than what the government has perceived.
In Honor of the Heroes of Swat
Afzal K Shinwari Feb 14, 2009 interacts: 32Despite being targeted a number of times by the Taliban in Swat, he has refused to leave his hometown. He, along with his near and dear ones, continue living and defying the militants.
The Nightmare Must End
Beena Sarwar Feb 10, 2009 interacts: 386Today, Pakistan bears the brunt of the Taliban fallout, thanks to short-sighted Pakistanis and Americans who thought routing the Taliban militarily in Afghanistan would ‘root out the evil’.
In memory of the Swat valley
Kamal Siddiqi Feb 9, 2009 interacts: 12One has to go no further than the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar to hear the tales of woe of the people of Swat and other parts of the NWFP.
In Search of Political Will: Fight Against Militants in Swat
Khalid Bhatti Feb 5, 2009 interacts: 86Not only the state of Pakistan has the right to take arms against these elements but rather has a duty to curb these elements with all of its might.
Swat Calls For Civil Society to Act
Zubair Torwali Jan 7, 2009 interacts: 135Government writ is a faded vision; elected councilors and Nazims are killed, women no more allowed to visit bazaars; markets are deserted, police stations vacated.
