The partition of the South Asian Subcontinent on 14 August 1947 into the dominions of India and Pakistan gave birth to a host of problems, including that of the sharing of waters of the mighty Indus River System. The issue was of concern to Pakistan because the head works of the rivers that irrigated Pakistan’s [...]
An oxymoron is usually defined as a phrase in which two words of contradictory meaning are brought together:-
1) Clearly misunderstood
2) Exact Estimate
3) Small Crowd
4) Act Naturally
5) Found Missing
6) Fully Empty
7) Pretty ugly
Seriously funny
9) Only choice
10) Original copies
And the Mother of all & a Masterpiece
11) Happily Married
This paper is a humble endeavor to look at ascendancy of Islamic Militancy in Pakistan, with a cursory glance at its historic perspective and its evolution in the sub-continent. The study proceeds on the following premise:
(i)The Islamic militancy has its origin in a strong tradition of defensive reaction to intrusion by alien culture in Muslim [...]
In January 2004 the India-Pakistan peace initiative launched by President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpai, was enthusiastically welcomed by the media, including the Jang-Geo and The Times of India groups and celebrated with much fanfare, by many in two countries; yet the tempo could not be sustained and it failed to [...]
It’s a slow day in Islamabad. The sun is beating down, and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit…..
On this particular day a rich Pakistani from USA is driving through town. He stops at the Dreamland motel and lays a $100 bill on the desk saying [...]
Pakistan confronts most serious threat to its existence since 1971, one finds complete rot all around.
On the economic front, there is nothing to cheer about, Musharraf years’ growth of 5% to 7% in GDP was based on promotion of consumption and liberalization of credit facilities and, therefore, unsustainable. The incidence of poverty has increased substantially. [...]
Through love the devil becomes an angel.
Through love stones become soft as butter.
Through love grief is like delight.
Through love demons become the servants of God.
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Elixir of Life
Rumi
If you can’t go to sleep
my dear soul
for tonight
what do you think will happen
if you pass your night
and merge it with dawn
for the sake of heart
what do you think [...]
Over a cup of coffee
I don’t know about political sensitivity, but fun to read.
What happens if an insect falls in a cup of coffee??
The British : will throw the cup into the street and leave the coffee
shop for good..
The American: will throw the insect out and drink the coffee.
The Chinese: will eat the insect and [...]
In its short order of December 16, 2009, the Supreme Court of Pakistan declared, inter alia, the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) to be “an instrument void ab initio being ultra vires and violative of various constitutional provisions,” including;
Article 4 Right of individuals, to be dealt with, in accordance with law, etc.
Article 8 Laws inconsistent with [...]
Never has a man set for himself, voluntarily or involuntarily, a more sublime aim, since this aim was superhuman; to subvert superstitions which had been imposed between man and his Creator, to render God unto man and man unto God; to restore the rational and sacred idea of divinity amidst the chaos of the material [...]
