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Articles with tag: Wars

Fall of Dacca

Riaz Jafri   Dec 11, 2007   interacts: 135

December 16 comes every year to haunt the nation, particularly those few remaining who were witness to the debacle.

President Pervez Musharaff’s Views

Soma Kumar   Jun 30, 2003   interacts: 191

The present line of control, he asserted, is the issue over which the two countries have fought three wars. So how can that be a solution to the problem, he asked with all the emphasis he could invoke.

The Follies of the Natives

Feroz R Khan   Jun 12, 2003   interacts: 136

A circus called Pakistan

History Rehearsing: Dark Ages of Islam

Ameer Afraid   Jun 10, 2003   interacts: 85

poor masses hopelessly in search of a savior

Pakistan and India - Lets Compromise

Q Isa Daudpota   May 7, 2003   interacts: 198

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

Saddam Hussein Lives!

Haroon Moghul   May 2, 2003   interacts: 140

The Future of America’s Occupation is Failure

When Democracy Failed: The Warnings of History

Thom Hartmann   Apr 29, 2003   interacts: 27

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

Survival of the Fittest

Urstruly    Apr 23, 2003   interacts: 366

If Pakistan is next then what are the options?

Origins of the Modern World Capitalist Economy

Taimur Rahman   Apr 10, 2003   interacts: 9

The Wages Of Death

Feroz R Khan   Apr 8, 2003   interacts: 29

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

Three Arguments Against a War

Umair Raja   Mar 11, 2003   interacts: 32

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

Dam it?

Shams Rehman   Feb 7, 2003   interacts: 17

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

The March of Folly

Feroz R Khan   Jan 26, 2003   interacts: 131

Is It A War On Islam?

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Jan 16, 2003   interacts: 171

What, then, should be the strategy for all those who believe in a just world and are appalled by America's war on the weak?

All The Bridges Are Burning

Feroz R Khan   Jan 11, 2003   interacts: 29

The United States’ foreign policy has historically oscillated between recklessness of unilateralism and the cautious nature of multilateralism.

Road Blocks in Normalising Relations

Bundchungal    Sep 8, 2002   interacts: 55

If cross border terrorism ceases, facilitating a dialogue between India and Pakistan, will a dividend of long term peace follow?

India’s Potential Lose-Lose-Lose Scenario

Umair Raja   Aug 11, 2002   interacts: 281

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

The Panel of Vendettas at UC Berkley

Aisha Sarwari   Mar 4, 2002   interacts: 194

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

An Interview with Noam Chomsky

Mashhood Rizvi   Feb 18, 2002   interacts: 19

I don’t feel that I have important messages to convey

The Future Is Another Country: 2050 And Beyond

Revathy Gopal   Jan 26, 2002   interacts: 555

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

Enough is Enough

Shankar    Dec 30, 2001   interacts: 103

Some of us, like Noah’s family, will be saved

Running Naked

Anwar Iqbal   Dec 25, 2001   interacts: 359

Looking at the current India, Pakistan conflict as Manto would have

Muslims and The West After 11th September

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Dec 7, 2001   interacts: 569

America has exacted blood revenge for the Twin Towers

The Clash Of Un-Civilizations And Osama-ism

Urstruly    Nov 30, 2001   interacts: 481

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

A Decision to Regret

Feroz R Khan   Oct 21, 2001   interacts: 554

the Afghans have always resisted a government imposed from abroad

Journalists or Americans?

Shandana Minhas   Oct 21, 2001   interacts: 104

Is Islamist even a word?

Jihad: Paradoxes and Defining Moments

Urstruly    Sep 30, 2001   interacts: 731

There will always be a lunatic fringe in the Muslim society

Crisis and Opportunity

Ali A Minai   Sep 13, 2001   interacts: 97

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

Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry, SJ

AH Amin   Jul 8, 2001   interacts: 323

An interview with a war hero ...

An Eulogy For The Hawks

Keerthik Sasidharan   Jun 29, 2001   interacts: 203

Your administrations’ talks with President Musharraf

Refusing the Sitara-I-Imtiaz

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Apr 25, 2001   interacts: 132

...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?

A Different Story

Feroz R Khan   Oct 27, 2000   interacts: 291

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

When Pakistan Defeated Herself...

Crypto    Jun 5, 2000   interacts: 76

there was no way for it [India] to convincingly prove that Pakistan indeed harbored territorial ambitions on i-Kashmir

Can Clinton Stand in Front of the Taj?

Amitava Kumar   May 8, 2000   interacts: 21

Vices or not, Clinton certainly got to go as far as India

Different Eagles, Same Genus

Feroz R Khan   Apr 12, 2000   interacts: 232

For the Indian war planners, the Pakistan Air Force is their worst fear...

Why An Interim Civilian Government will Fail

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Oct 14, 1999   interacts: 38

Putting up a front government will achieve simply nothing

A Road To Siachen

Feroz R Khan   Jul 4, 1999   interacts: 81

An analysis of the Pakistani military thought and its interests in the present crisis

WW III? An Analysis of Yugoslavia

Taimur Rahman   Apr 7, 1999   interacts: 42

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

A Line Runs Through It

Feroz R Khan   Jan 1, 1999   interacts: 68

Siachen-Kargil: India, Pakistan, Kashmir and forgotton lessons of history

Onwards to the Nuclear Abyss

Feroz R Khan   Jun 18, 1998   interacts: 6

India, Pakistan and the March of Folly

The Hard Choice

Abdul Nayyar   May 30, 1998   interacts: 1

A Pakistani physicist’s view on the eve of the Pakistani N-tests

Poet Sheikh Ayaz

Maqbool A     Jan 16, 1998   interacts: 3

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.

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