Friends Not, Masters

An overview of the declasified US secret documents, it has been alleged in those documents that the Pakistan is supporting the Taliban

The Arrest of Nuon Chea- Terror is an Old Hat

The arrest of Nuon Chea, a now obscure but once powerful symbol of terror re-minds us that the war against terror is not a new one.

Know Pakistan

Four tenths of the population live below the poverty line, six tenths have single bedroom houses and eight tenths have no sanitation. What does all this tell us? That in order to fight our demons, we must first know them.

Selling the Family Silver

Privatization in Pakistan is seen as the strategy that will correct all past wrongs of the public sector. But two questions arise: Is the wholesale privatization good for the country in the long run and whether there is a role for public sector enterprise

US Elections Concern for India

Kerry has made ‘American Jobs’ one of the core issues in his campaign...He has given an outline for his economic plan which is biased against the companies which are presently outsourcing or which might plan to further relocate services to for

A History of US- Pakistan Relations

While Pakistanis are stuck with a love-hate relationship with the US, for Americans it is business as usual

Outsourcing Torture

I too was born in a Muslim country. Should I carefully try to recall who I came in contact with during my 35-year stay in Canada and be careful not to transit through an American airport?

Why Bush Will Fail in Iraq

Why did the Iraqis not welcome their ‘liberators’ as such? Because they have always detested foreigners coming in as their liberators and benefactors.

Dear Mr. Gaddafi

What should I tell Mr. Gaddafi, if he allows me? What I told Saddam.

Whither Democracy?

Musharraf appears to have killed two birds with one stone

Just the End of the Beginning

... will the arraignment of Osama BL be the end of the story?

Agenda for Pakistani Press

The press has no credibility

• Mainstream Media
• Information Revolution
• Journalism
• Blogging
• South Asian Media
• Freedom of Press

• Pakistan's Struggle for Democracy
• The Indian Story
• Indo-Pak Relations
• Personal Narratives
• Religion Today
• War on Terror
• Role of Media
• Call for Social Change
• Hold Them Accountable
• Environment and Us
• Way of Life

• Swat Calls For Civil Society to Act
• In Search of Political Will: Fight Against Militants in Swat
• In memory of the Swat valley
• The Nightmare Must End
• In Honor of the Heroes of Swat