Articles with tag: ban
The Land of The Pure
Raiya Hashmi Nov 20, 2009No corner,no street,no abode Stands safe from these merciless fiends
On the Waziristan Operation
Mehroz Sadruddin Nov 12, 2009 interacts: 44If the American and NATO forces do not undertake the requisite action along the Durand Line, then the impact of the achievements being attained by the Pakistan Army may be short-lived.
Pakistan Is Plagued By An Environment Of Distrust
Jasbir Sarai Nov 9, 2009 interacts: 3US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton's ‘Charm offensive’ in Pakistan seems to have been a bit of a dampener.
Pakistan People’s Party and Urban Pakistan: Reasons for Erosion of Support
Raza Habib Nov 7, 2009 interacts: 56With the media explosion, the middle class sentiment has been given a collective “voice” which has the potential to change the political landscape for better or worse.
East Pakistan to Bangladesh
Ali Chishti Nov 4, 2009 interacts: 112Those against whom the “two nation theory” had been built were directly involved in dramatic negation of this very notion.
Defeating the Taliban in Pakistan
Waleed Ziad Nov 3, 2009 interacts: 43Unless six key challenges of implementing aid in FATA are tackled, we’re wasting our tax dollars. And if we lose FATA, we lose this war.
Peace The Final Frontier
Taji M Nov 2, 2009 interacts: 8The operation in Waziristan is a very temporary solution, and its only aim should be to halt immediate attacks, but ultimately the peace has to be negotiated, whether we like to talk to Talibans or not.
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.
Irrational Patriotism, Liberalism and Nuclear Arsenal
Raza Habib Oct 28, 2009 interacts: 155Right now as the army is waging a war in Waziristan, instead of univocal and unconditional support, it is being criticized for being hard on so called “good” Taliban.
Waziristan Operation
Agha Amin Oct 17, 2009 interacts: 331If military operation could pacify any country there would have been no Vietnam or Afghanistan or even 50 plus expeditions into Waziristan since 1890s till to date.
The Creeping Menace: Taliban
Tariq Aqil Oct 17, 2009 interacts: 34Who are these fanatics? These mindless zombies always prepared to kill and be killed for their cause? Where did they come from? What motivates them? What is their objective and who supports and nurtures them?
Spaghetti Bowl Situation in Pakistan
Salman Aneel Oct 15, 2009 interacts: 7This series of terrorist attacks has left little options for the Government of Pakistan, but an army offensive against the militants in South Waziristan is an option that needs far more thought and frankly wisdom.
GHQ Attack-Serious Questions
Agha Amin Oct 13, 2009 interacts: 274The enemy is not in Waziristan or Afghanistan. The enemy is our own damn inefficiency and complacency. It merits serious thinking at all plains , tactical,operational and strategic.
What Will Happen if the USA Withdraws From Afghanistan
Agha Amin Sep 11, 2009 interacts: 173Any US withdrawal from Afghanistan would create another delusion. A false conclusion that Islam has won and USA lost. It would boost morale in the Islamists and would lead to far greater chaos.
Recalibrating The Moral Compass
Irfan Waheed Jul 23, 2009 interacts: 199As extremism has spread its tentacles across Pakistan, it has manifested itself in a familiar pattern. Barber shops are warned, and then blown up. Businesses selling music CDs are warned and then blown up.
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.
Media Besieged by Taliban in Pakistan
zafar sopoori Jun 8, 2009 interacts: 6..recent global survey about political rights and civil liberties, Pakistan was ranked as "Partly Free" and "Not Free" in the 2009 version of Freedom of the Press.
Martyred for Speaking Out Against the Taliban
Asif Naqshbandi Jun 13, 2009 interacts: 55The silent majority of ulama finally rises up against the Taliban
Is TALIBANIZATION a New Phenomenon?
Salman Aneel May 20, 2009 interacts: 511Media has been an effective tool in changing public opinion; earlier it was demonstrations against US drone attacks, but some clips of Talibans, beating a woman, slaughtering Pakistan army and people took a 360 degree turn.
Aid versus Trade, Investments and Remittances
Riaz Haq May 23, 2009 interacts: 378Microfinancing, along with social entrepreneurship, is becoming an essential component of non-government efforts in Pakistan and other developing nations to empower ordinary people.
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?
Demise of Pukhtoon Nation
Farhad Khan May 11, 2009 interacts: 99Pukhtoon is bleeding to death and all my fellow countrymen are standing and watching the sad demise of this nation, thinking that Americans and Talibaan will never knock at their doors!
Politics As Usual
Rashid Malik May 10, 2009 interacts: 4As hundreds of thousands flee the war-ravaged areas in Pakistan, a status-quo in US-Pakistan relations has been regained. US officials express no immediate danger of a collapse of the state.
Chaos – Thy Name is Pakistan
mohammad gill May 8, 2009 interacts: 154Islam has become a sort of Pandora Box; you take out of the box whatever you want and call it Islamic. The tragic thing is that you believe that every thing else is un-Islamic.
Mohtarma Iqbal Bano (1935 to 2009): A Generational Tribute
Ras Siddiqui May 3, 2009 interacts: 18With the passing of Iqbal Bano, the Urdu (and Persian) speaking world has lost one of its finest Ghazal singers.
No Room for Half-Truths and Quasi-Morals
Qasim Mirza Apr 28, 2009 interacts: 15If the rest of Pakistan should ever hold a mirror to their face, they should see the reflection of turbaned and bearded hooligan.
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.
Urban Middle Class’s Steady Descent Into Conservatism and Religious Right
Raza Habib Apr 23, 2009 interacts: 270The latest stance being that terrorism is just a “reaction? and nothing else. The most banal argument is that if Pakistan stops attacking their “own? countrymen, the hardliners will throw weapons.
Sufi Muhammed...No More a Joke
Sarah Zahid Apr 24, 2009 interacts: 46It was a small headline on the back page of Roznama Jahng. My father had passed it as a joke. “Sufi Muhammed claims that if the government does not instate sharia law in Pakistan, he will attack Islamabad.?
Taliban: The Golden Goose And The Deadly Noose
Rashid Malik Apr 21, 2009 interacts: 264President Zardari seeking aid from the Friends of Pakistan said, “If we lose, you lose. If we lose, the world loses.? He was referring to the Taliban insurgency in Pakistan.
The World According to Google, Hizbullah and Taliban
Riaz Haq Apr 13, 2009 interacts: 34Whether we see them as the good guys or the bad guys, they do understand the new laws of power in this new world.
Pakistan Is Partitioned By Its National Assembly
Syed Hussaini Apr 13, 2009 interacts: 362As reported by the Geo TV website, your “National Assembly has passed the resolution in support of Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 for Malakand Division.? The President of Pakistan has signed it.
The Long Road to Talibanization
Nosheen Ali Apr 8, 2009 interacts: 49The perpetrators of religious terror in Pakistan are not just the terrorists, but also actors embedded in state and society, and neither have been made answerable.
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.
Pakistan's Long March to Democracy or Chaos
Wajahat Ali Mar 15, 2009 interacts: 262Supporting Pakistan’s recurring cast of rogues, both Pakistanis and the U.S. now risk playing a deadly game of Russian Roulette with drastic rise in extremism igniting the AF/PAK region.
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.
Out at Liberty Market
Rakesh Mani Mar 5, 2009 interacts: 126Let the people of Lahore march peacefully in protest on Liberty and fly the Sri Lankan flag on the streets. And let the cricketing lions of Lahore, Imran Khan and Wasim Akram, lead that march.
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.
Pakistan, Can You Hear Me?
Rakesh Mani Feb 24, 2009 interacts: 374Pakistanis come out on the streets to protest against the Taliban, against violence and against the murder of their own people. And for peace and dignity and friendship with their neighbors.
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.
Blow Daddy
Nadeem F Paracha Feb 21, 2009 interacts: 56You seem to like wars, son.
Yes. I like to watch them on TV.
But real wars are fought outside the TV, son.
Really? How is that possible? What sort of a war is that?
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.
Taliban Cloud Moves to Pakistan
Beena Sarwar Feb 17, 2009 interacts: 480Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik recently took many by surprise with his belated public acknowledgement that the Mumbai attacks of Nov. 2008
Solving the Afghan Puzzle
Rakesh Mani Feb 12, 2009 interacts: 12President Obama’s surge in Afghanistan might bring a reduction in civilian casualties and collateral damage from air strikes, but there are several important factors that threaten this strategy.
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.
World Bank Help For Pakistan’s Education – A Poisoned Chalice?
Pervez Hoodbhoy Jan 21, 2009 interacts: 95What Pakistan needs from the Bank is help for improving the dilapidated infrastructure of ordinary colleges where the bulk of Pakistani students in higher education study, not more half-baked universities.
Human Trafficking: The Great Commodity Exchange
Shantanu Dutta Jan 16, 2009 interacts: 3While no comprehensive study of forced and bonded labour can ever be completed, there are estimates that the trafficking “industry? touches 20 to 65 million Indians.
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.
The Taliban and Our National Interest!
H P Nov 18, 2008 interacts: 339The Pakistani Taliban is not an ideological but an opportunistic anarchic group. The farrago of Sharia is a cover to step up recruitment to create anarchy in FATA and NWFP.
Ways of the Taliban
Malik Rashid Nov 5, 2008 interacts: 21Its tradition of gory acts of public beheading, suicide bombings and acts of terrorism is rapidly unmasking the Taliban in NWFP and swinging public opinion against them.
Into The Thick of the Battle
Ather Naqvi Sep 22, 2008 interacts: 21It is in the interest of the US that Pakistan is given a free hand to deal with the Taliban on its side of the border. This is Pakistan’s war now.
ISI-the Trojan horse?
Zubair Torwali Sep 14, 2008 interacts: 7Many pertinent questions are raised by the common people about the recent rise of Talibanization in Pakistan, especially in North West Frontier Province.
What Talibanization?
Nadeem F Paracha Aug 10, 2008 interacts: 72The moment I stepped out, my way was politely blocked by three young tableeghi jamaat recruits. "Aslaamulalaikum," said one of them in a swallowing Arabic accent. "Walaikum," said I.
Responsibility of the Media and the Repercussions of Terror Strikes
Pranay Rupani Jul 28, 2008 interacts: 80What is forgotten in the attempt to pacify the people is that there is no restraint in labelling a community responsible.
The Indian Mujahideen – The Answer to BJP’s Pseudo-Secularist Fascism or a New Method to Spread Unrest?
Pranay Rupani Jul 27, 2008 interacts: 242The blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad have brought into focus the potent terror network that exists in India unbeknownst to Indian intelligence agencies and the government.
Swat: Can the deal work?
Zubair Torwali Jul 10, 2008 interacts: 246After the peace deal between the Taliban and the government people thought that normal life would return to the troubled district of Swat.
Anti-Americanism in Pakistan and the Taliban Menace
Pervez Hoodbhoy Jul 1, 2008 interacts: 102The Taliban are waging an armed struggle to remake society. They will keep fighting this war even if America were to miraculously evaporate into space.
The Lame Duck Government
saeed qureshi Jun 29, 2008 interacts: 43The Pakistan army has been once again mobilized in a big way to stamp out the presence of Taliban in the Tribal areas as well as Swat and Mardan.
Anil Ambani Pursues Global Media Empire
Riaz Haq Jun 19, 2008 interacts: 23Besides the Hollywood deals, Ambani is launching 20 TV channels and owns FM stations in India.
The Emerging Threat
Ayesha Umar May 27, 2008 interacts: 127According to some people, Mangal Bagh has the full backing of government. If this is true than another Frankenstein is in the making.
Whither Enlightened Moderation
saeed qureshi May 17, 2008 interacts: 13The latest patch up between the NWFP provincial government and Taliban of Swat and South Waziristan buries the much touted President Musharraf’s theme of enlightened moderation
30 Days in Afghanistan - Dinner Conversations
Naeem Randhawa Apr 28, 2008 interacts: 101I'm in Kabul, Afghanistan. Actually, I'm in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - and across and beside me, people are beginning to get drunk. Muslims are getting drunk.
Stripping Away Beauty
Adnan Bashir Apr 28, 2008 interacts: 8There are more houses and wider roads but lesser pastures and more stinking water drains. The weather does not seem all that pleasant and the air is ridden with smoke and smog.
The Deoband Declaration on Terrorism: Why Now?
Dost Mittar Mar 3, 2008 interacts: 183On February 25, 2008 an “All India Terrorism Conference? was attended by over 10,000 Islamic clerics, scholars, muftis and teachers.
The Spring of Discontentment
ahmad hayat Feb 27, 2008 interacts: 20As of today 27th Feb 2008, the USD has touched its record low against Euro (1.50) while Oil has touched its record peak of 101 dollars.
Taliban, Pashtoons and Pakistan
Khalid Bhatti Jan 28, 2008 interacts: 155The militants have become so bold that they have started to fight pitch battles against the Army instead of employing hit and run tactics that were the hallmark of tribal battle skills.
Fall of Dacca
Riaz Jafri Dec 11, 2007 interacts: 137December 16 comes every year to haunt the nation, particularly those few remaining who were witness to the debacle.
An Insight Into Pakistan Army and Musharraf
ijaz gul Nov 29, 2007 interacts: 195A combination of threat perception and indispensability strengthened his quest for legitimacy till it consumed his reformist self.
First it was Bangladesh now it Baluchistan
Hussain Gadehi Nov 26, 2007 interacts: 123Baluchistan has a different history than Bangladesh, Bengalis were active for creation of Pakistan but Baloch weren’t part of Pakistan moment.
The Cyclone and the Saudi Prince
Naeem Randhawa Nov 26, 2007 interacts: 2Patargata - never heard of it, it sounds like a Thai dish. Do I need to worry about it? I've got enough on my mind.
Pakistani Media Crippled
Moeed Pirzada Nov 23, 2007 interacts: 6The Musharraf government wants to financially cripple this most popular of the media community to set an example - just like the judiciary.
Kolkata on Fire
Torsa Ghosal Nov 21, 2007 interacts: 70On 21st November the protest was more violent than any imagined in recent times in Kolkata and almost all our lives have been violently affected by it.
Pakistan at War
Akmal Hussain Nov 16, 2007 interacts: 112There is little doubt that Pakistan is under attack by the combined forces of Al Qaeda and Taliban. It is equally clear that the war is not going well.
Pakistan at Sixty
Tariq Ali Nov 16, 2007 interacts: 11Insightful and relevant article written in October by political activist Tariq Ali on the occasion of 60th anniversary of Pakistan.
Voice from Waziristan
Khalid Bhatti Oct 28, 2007 interacts: 69Today on 28th October, 2007 I woke up to the horror stories of killing and beheading of thirteen people in Swat, Pakistan.
Neoliberalism and Madrassas: An Unholy Connection
Ahmar Mahboob Oct 26, 2007 interacts: 71How these schools (madrassas) are perhaps an indirect consequence of structural adjustment policies that are dictated by the IMF and the World Bank.
Friends Not, Masters
Hussain Gadehi Sep 24, 2007 interacts: 3An overview of the declasified US secret documents, it has been alleged in those documents that the Pakistan is supporting the Taliban
Good on ya Bangladesh!
Ahmer Muzammil Sep 28, 2007 interacts: 88Thank you Bangladesh for having the moral courage to resolve a humanitarian crisis by granting citizenship to those unfortunate soles who are famously known as “stranded Pakistanis?.
The need for De-Bhuttofication of the Pakistan People's Party
Yasser Latif Hamdani Sep 11, 2007 interacts: 389In the last 5 years, PPP in the assembly at least has emerged as a strong force against obscurantism.
Fatima Jinnah Park – Metaphor for Pakistan's Problems and their Solution
Q Isa Daudpota Sep 7, 2007 interacts: 13Capital Development Authority (CDA) has carved out a large corner (6000 sq yards) of the Fatima Jinnah Park for McDonald's at a ridiculously low rental
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?
Rahul Gandhi's Election Campaign
mehul kamdar Apr 29, 2007 interacts: 20Like monarchs of yore, this family seeks, perhaps, to install itself as a permanent ruling family in India.
Talibanization of Pakistan
Rafi Aamer Apr 17, 2007 interacts: 196By declaring that no law in Pakistan would be made against Islamic beliefs, the constituent assembly gave religious establishment the monopoly over legislative discourse thru which they could influence every part of the society.
Understanding the Death Fatwa on Taslima Nasreen
Kisan B Apr 15, 2007 interacts: 407It has become a time honoured tactic to incite the faithful into attacking and murdering those dare to criticise Islam and has served the spread of Islam well by terrorizing people into submission and silencing opposition.
Notes from the Sunderbans
Veeresh Malik Apr 13, 2007 interacts: 8Same place, different times. And now we are told that they may vanish below the surface of the Bay of Bengal in the next few years.
Girls Gone Wild
Shandana Minhas Apr 2, 2007 interacts: 1644The kidnapping of civilians and policemen by the students and teachers of the madrassas associated with the Lal Masjid, as well as recent events in Tank (NWFP) is evidence of a real, escalating and dangerous movement within the ranks of the religious righ
Adam Khor Ayash Gorillay
Syed Shah Jan 26, 2007 interacts: 8Is everyone these days tripping over themselves to conform to this stereotype of being hip?
Stagnating Pakistan-Iran Relations
S F Hasnat Dec 1, 2006 interacts: 187When it comes to Pakistan-Iran relations there is much more than what actually is being said by the establishment or its proxies.
Pakistan's Afghan Policy
Aparna Pande Oct 24, 2006 interacts: 492Afghanistan was created as a buffer state between the British and Russian empires. The international boundary line between Afghanistan and the British empire, inherited in 1947 by Pakistan, is the Durand line. This line divided ethnic Pashtun tribes into
Darakhat Bachao, Lahore Bachao
Ahmed R Alam Jun 29, 2006 interacts: 47The Citizens of Lahore are now planning a conference in which stakeholders shall be allowed to voice their concerns about the development of the city.
Urdu Star-spangled Banner
Shahla Wahid Apr 29, 2006 interacts: 9This poem is in response to Mr. Bush saying that the national anthem should be in English only. It would be like the recent immigrants do not exist
Muslims and Modern Banking: A Rejoinder
M Asadi Feb 26, 2006 interacts: 145The Koran states explicitly that trade is not the same as interest: Those who consume interest shall not rise, except as he rises whom Satan by his touch prostrates
Urban India -- The NRI Viewpoint
Rakesh Mani Jan 3, 2006 interacts: 23Perhaps this wave of westernization and erosion of culture and values is limited to a few, a solitary blond hair follicle in a jet black mane?
Invisible Immigrations, Furtive Bleedings
Harish Nambiar Nov 13, 2005 interacts: 13Unfortunately, the ghetto is moving into the city. The city is bleeding into the ghetto...Destinies are converging constantly and very swiftly in the globalised and globalizing world.
Nobody’s World
Mehwesh Rehman Oct 16, 2005 interacts: 4Before death claimed him, he had finally become a nobody, a nobody who was owned by no one and who belonged nowhere. This feel of a nobody that he had seen on the face of that man on that footpath had given him his peace.
Behind the Iron Purdah
Bina Shah Aug 25, 2005 interacts: 267...what this country might look like if people who want Pakistan to emulate the Taliban (in terms of how women should be treated) got their way
Project Mumbai Makeover: Casualties of Development
Shivali Tukdeo Jul 11, 2005 interacts: 114Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra (India) was recently in the US, marketing and showcasing Maharashtra for possible investors.
Do riot children smell fear in parent’s sweat?
Harish Nambiar May 31, 2005 interacts: 9And yet, they go back to their insular neighbourhoods. Will the school triumph over the whispered prejudices of their neighbourhoods?
Implications of Iraqi Instability
S F Hasnat May 31, 2005 interacts: 27In the presence of 138,000 American troops, the first seventeen days of May witnessed 21 car bombings in Baghdad, while there were a total of 25 in all of the year of 2004.
Sultan Mints
Nadeem F Paracha May 12, 2005 interacts: 33Yes, sir, she sure felt like living in a pornographic film. A film made by sex fanatics.
The Sweltering Sky
Farzana Versey Apr 18, 2005 interacts: 169Why do I persist in standing transfixed, watching Amna, the little girl with big hands and big eyes, scrape a vessel of its shine? Why don’t I tell her to get out across the border and rot there instead of being an eyesore here?
Bankruptcy
Temporal Mar 29, 2005 interacts: 17'Despite incantations we display utter contempt for the poor, for the downtrodden. We are good for empty rhetorics. We are morally bankrupt,' he thundered.
A “Cedar” Revolution to Counter Russian Missiles for Damascus
Gajendra Singh Feb 18, 2005 interacts: 4The sale of missiles to Syria was finalized during Syrian President Basher Assad’s recent visit to Moscow. But it could ignite the most inflammable tinderbox in the region, Lebanon...
Afghanistan: Power Plays
abdul naeem Oct 5, 2004 interacts: 5In the culmination of a hectic week, Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped an apparent assassination attempt while on an official visit south of Kabul. With Afghanistan’s presidential election less than a month away, the situation is looking more ch
Tight-fisted Urban Development!
Abdus Samad Jul 13, 2004 interacts: 4We are looking for ways to accelerate growth so that poverty can be reduced and living standards improved. We go borrowing and begging to do this! Yet not many of us question the myriads of opportunities for investment that careless regulation stifles.
Reviving Lahore
Nadeem Haque Feb 16, 2004 interacts: 19“Have you seen any tower cranes in Lahore? You know those things that they use to build high rise buildings!” I have asked many audiences this question and always received the same answer: “NO!”
Operation Searchlight
Tariq Aqil Nov 19, 2003 interacts: 243Dhaka, March 25th 1971, Tejgaon airport. General Yahya, Pakistan’s military dictator, before boarding his special aircraft turned to General Tikka Khan, Commander Eastern Command, and ordered “Sort them out!”
The obstacle in social mobility in Pakistan
Faiza Hussain Oct 24, 2003 interacts: 174Implement true Land Reforms in Pakistan, no more the facade of democracy.
In Search of Greener Pastures
Faiza Hussain Oct 8, 2003 interacts: 17It is time we drop the rhetoric and bring an end to Pakistan’s feudalism
A Contrary Opinion
Adnan Gilani May 12, 2002 interacts: 24why not give the goodwill to someone who has only been brutally honest with us
Indian Diplomacy : Time To Recheck
Amit Mathur Jan 4, 2002 interacts: 25The year saw a marked upswing in new Delhi’s relations with the US, Russia, Japan, Germany and France
India, Pakistan and America’s Mixed Signals
Ras Siddiqui Dec 30, 2001 interacts: 106War is the last thing that we need there
Love On The Line Of Control, a Story by Col Dharam Pal
Rahul Ghosh Sep 23, 2001 interacts: 103There seems to be a lot of acrimony and bad-blood between some Indian and Pakistani contributors ...
Reforming the Armed Forces
Mushahid Hussain Jun 10, 2001 interacts: 353Like any institution in a status quo society, the Armed Forces badly need reforms as well.
Hands Across The Border
Sharmila Bakshi Feb 17, 2001 interacts: 336we all must plant our saplings of peace today
1971 in 2000
Salman Akhtar Aug 20, 2000 interacts: 248... this singular event is consigned to the dustbin of history.
Where did Pakistan go wrong?
Lalit Mohan May 27, 2000 interacts: 95...you will find that in the course of time Hindus will cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease to be Muslims...
Why Clinton should visit Pakistan
Muhammad N Ahmed Mar 16, 2000 interacts: 291The Americans simply cannot sideline Pakistan...
The Millenium Manifesto or ’Ikeesween Sadi Dastoor’
Zeemax Jan 8, 2000 interacts: 332Kashmir does not belong to Pakistan regardless of historical events during partition...
Hegemony of the Ruling Elite in Pakistan
Abdus S Ghazali Dec 12, 1999 interacts: 193We have a chequered past in our experiments with democracy
Falsehoods Galore
Fauziya Khan Jul 4, 1999 interacts: 108Pakistan has thus turned into an oligarchy well versed in the art of making things disappear
A Visit to Pakistan
Vinod Vyasulu Jun 24, 1999 interacts: 22Could it be that there is a feeling that India does not accept the existence of Pakistan?
Balkan Tragedy: A Re-enactment of the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh
Jamal Hasan Apr 7, 1999 interacts: 346The escalating human tragedy in Kosovo gives me a sense of deja vu
Need for a Confederation
Soumitra Bose Feb 21, 1999 interacts: 30India had never been a Nation, it is still not one
An Interview with Naseeruddin Shah
Rehan Ansari Jan 12, 1999 interacts: 663 pages of Manto tells you what you want to know [about Partition]
Giving Way to Intolerance
Mehdi Hasan Sep 14, 1998 interacts: 12During the last many years, religious intolerance and sectarian fanaticism have created a war-like situation in Pakistan
Placing Responsibility for the FCD Fiasco
Ghani Baqir Jul 3, 1998 interacts: 1An analysis on who is to blame for the Foreign Currency Deposits (FCD) fiasco in Pakistan?
The Essence of Islamic Banking
Muhammad Saleem Jul 1, 1998 interacts: 10... more financing and investment along Islamic lines is done in the United States than in all the Muslim countries combined ...
The Exploding Cities of the Developing World
Ayesha Tahir Feb 11, 1998 interacts: 8With ever-increasing global integration, problems that arise in one city can quickly spread throughout its region and even worldwide.
Bihari Refugees
Chowk P Room Jan 17, 1998 interacts: 9Is there a light at the end of the tunnel for Bihari refugees?
Almost Live in Concert
Musician Oct 24, 1997 interacts: 6It is important for us to understand more about DAT’s and Sequencers and how they work because paying $10 or more for a live performance where as only 10% of that is live, in my opinion, is making a fool out of people.
The Old Pakistan is Dead, Long Live New Pakistan
Sohail Rabbani Oct 23, 1997 interacts: 54On December 16, 1971 Pakistan ceased to exist during a well celebrated ceremony when Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi and Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Arora signed an armistice document.
