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The Land of The Pure

Raiya Hashmi   Nov 20, 2009

No corner,no street,no abode Stands safe from these merciless fiends

On the Waziristan Operation

Mehroz Sadruddin   Nov 12, 2009   interacts: 44

If 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: 3

US 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: 56

With 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: 112

Those 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: 43

Unless 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: 8

The 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: 20

I 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: 155

Right 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: 331

If 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: 34

Who 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: 7

This 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: 274

The 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: 173

Any 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: 199

As 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: 7

More 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: 160

God 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: 55

The silent majority of ulama finally rises up against the Taliban

Is TALIBANIZATION a New Phenomenon?

Salman Aneel   May 20, 2009   interacts: 511

Media 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: 378

Microfinancing, 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: 40

The 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: 7

Humanitarian 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: 99

Pukhtoon 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: 4

As 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: 154

Islam 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: 18

With 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: 15

If 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: 273

I 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: 6

It 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: 270

The 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: 46

It 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: 264

President 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: 34

Whether 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: 362

As 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: 49

The 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: 87

Today 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: 342

The 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: 33

Mr. 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: 262

Supporting 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: 5

Swat 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: 126

Let 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: 6

These 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: 374

Pakistanis 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: 75

The 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: 56

You 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: 32

Despite 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: 480

Pakistan’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: 12

President 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: 386

Today, 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: 12

One 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: 86

Not 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: 95

What 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: 3

While 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: 135

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 Taliban and Our National Interest!

H P   Nov 18, 2008   interacts: 339

The 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: 21

Its 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: 21

It 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: 7

Many 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: 72

The 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: 80

What 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: 242

The 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: 246

After 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: 102

The 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: 43

The 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: 23

Besides the Hollywood deals, Ambani is launching 20 TV channels and owns FM stations in India.

The Emerging Threat

Ayesha Umar   May 27, 2008   interacts: 127

According 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: 13

The 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: 101

I'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: 8

There 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: 183

On 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: 20

As 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: 155

The 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: 137

December 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: 195

A 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: 123

Baluchistan 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: 2

Patargata - 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: 6

The 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: 70

On 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: 112

There 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: 11

Insightful 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: 69

Today 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: 71

How 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: 3

An 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: 88

Thank 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: 389

In 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: 13

Capital 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: 8

Shall 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: 20

Like 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: 196

By 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: 407

It 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: 8

Same 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: 1644

The 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: 8

Is 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: 187

When 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: 492

Afghanistan 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: 47

The 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: 9

This 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: 145

The 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: 23

Perhaps 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: 13

Unfortunately, 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: 4

Before 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: 114

Vilasrao 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: 9

And 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: 27

In 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: 33

Yes, 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: 169

Why 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: 4

The 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: 5

In 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: 4

We 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: 243

Dhaka, 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!”

Almost...

Omer Fayyaz   Oct 27, 2003   interacts: 5

a late night walk, a scare and muses on injustice

The obstacle in social mobility in Pakistan

Faiza Hussain   Oct 24, 2003   interacts: 174

Implement true Land Reforms in Pakistan, no more the facade of democracy.

In Search of Greener Pastures

Faiza Hussain   Oct 8, 2003   interacts: 17

It is time we drop the rhetoric and bring an end to Pakistan’s feudalism

A Contrary Opinion

Adnan Gilani   May 12, 2002   interacts: 24

why 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: 25

The 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: 106

War 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: 103

There 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: 353

Like 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: 336

we 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.

Lahore Notes, March 2000

Satish Saberwal   Aug 14, 2000   interacts: 12

I took the famous Bus to Lahore

Shahnaz Begum and Memories

Ras Siddiqui   Aug 11, 2000   interacts: 10

memories of a less complex time

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: 291

The Americans simply cannot sideline Pakistan...

The Millenium Manifesto or ’Ikeesween Sadi Dastoor’

Zeemax    Jan 8, 2000   interacts: 332

Kashmir 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: 193

We have a chequered past in our experiments with democracy

Falsehoods Galore

Fauziya Khan   Jul 4, 1999   interacts: 108

Pakistan 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: 22

Could 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: 346

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

Need for a Confederation

Soumitra Bose   Feb 21, 1999   interacts: 30

India had never been a Nation, it is still not one

An Interview with Naseeruddin Shah

Rehan Ansari   Jan 12, 1999   interacts: 66

3 pages of Manto tells you what you want to know [about Partition]

Giving Way to Intolerance

Mehdi Hasan   Sep 14, 1998   interacts: 12

During 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: 1

An 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: 8

With 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: 9

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

Almost Live in Concert

Musician    Oct 24, 1997   interacts: 6

It 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: 54

On 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.

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