Articles with tag: power
On Reason, Freedom and Democracy
Muhammed Asadi Oct 13, 2009 interacts: 76In the absence of a self-educating, self-reflecting public and the resulting movements for social change, what we know as ‘democracy’ is one of form only and not of substance.
Who are the Power Elite
Muhammed Asadi Sep 26, 2009 interacts: 112The Power Elite does not refer to people conspiring together in a coordinated way rather it is about the dominant positions in the dominant institutional orders (military, political and economic).
In My Veins, In My Blood
kashkin dabruski Apr 23, 2009 interacts: 1It’s our turn; we will not remain in fear
If challenge is to come, then embrace
We will, as failures not an option
YES, we can!
Muhammad Akhtar Apr 18, 2009 interacts: 8All great transformations are started by a small minority at a stage when there are skeptics dominating the optimists. We have to believe that there is no greater power than that of the people.
The Way Out
Hussan Zia Nov 5, 2008 interacts: 33Much of the responsibility for the failure in Pakistan rests with the people themselves who have not played their part in protecting their rights.
It's A Deal After All!
Dost Mittar Sep 6, 2008 interacts: 34In the long run, however, it will be difficult to ignore Pakistan’s demand for a similar deal once it establishes a clean record of nuclear safety and non-proliferation.
Karachi Monsoon
Shiraz Mahmood Jul 29, 2008The rains are now bound to start where it’s almost non-stop. Half the roads are dug up. The drains are not complete. And the energy problem is only going to increase.
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.
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.
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?
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: 26A 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.
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.
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
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.
