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On religious discrimination, India next only to Iraq

By Isha Khan • Jan 19th, 2010 • Category: Politics

For India, international recognition of its free and pluralistic society has always been hard to come by and while things are changing, they are clearly changing slowly. A study carried out by Washington-based Pew Research Centre, the highly respected US thinktank, said India is next only to Iraq when it comes to social hostility and [...]



Yours and Perhaps Ours

By Arzoo Zaheer • Jan 11th, 2010 • Category: Misc

Dedication: To myself. J I have this funny way of connecting with trees. I have been looking at the Apple tree that belongs to our neighbors, for quite a while. For some reason, my mind had been transfixed at this tree for several days.  Eventually, after several days of “void staring”, I came up with [...]



What if America Attacks Pakistan

By Sher Ali • Oct 20th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Though there are very little chances that the superpower would commit such a folly, but one has to be prepared for such adventure. Majority of the Pakistanis want friendship with the US on common grounds and equal footings, but our rulers have sold us cheap and with degradation.
As soon as the attack would come from [...]



Kerry-Lugar and Blackwater: by ‘Reluctant Anti-Americanist’

By Dil Nawaz • Oct 8th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Certain brands define the love-hate relationship that Pakistan has had with the United States of America over the past 60 years. America has been the biggest and most advanced ‘Superpower’ of the world. American technology, capital markets and economy is the biggest in the world. Pakistan as a third world country needs investment and technology [...]



Fatima Hussaini Forced to Unveil in Madrid Court

By Maria Sultan • Sep 29th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Spanish Justice, a farce and full of prejudice.



US to send all weapons of Iraq war to Pakistan

By Bilal Sulehri • Sep 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics (Urdu)

Courtesy: Express News



Afghanistan - Post Election Scenario

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Sep 9th, 2009 • Category: Features

With the country engaged in war, the electoral process in Afghanistan never looked open and valid in the eyes of Pakistani leaders. Still, a country without the requisite ingredients of democracy such as political parties or a universally accepted constitution cannot have credible electoral process. Pakistan does wish for political stability but the [...]



Might should not be international law

By ahsan • Sep 9th, 2009 • Category: Politics

US is continuously experimenting on the developing countries, trying to bring the fruits of democracy and capitalism at the grass root level. For doing this, no matter the US may have to slaughter the whole population of that country, it will go ahead to accomplish its set objectives. So far we have not witnessed even [...]



Hazrat Data Gunj Bakhsh!

By Mian Usman • Sep 6th, 2009 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh [Shaikh Abul Hasan Ali Bin Usman al-Hujwiri al-Jullabi al-Ghaznawi]
Any one writing on Hazrat Ali bin Usman Al-Hujwiri, in spite of his popularity amongst all classes of people and the deep veneration in which he has been held for nearly 900 years, is faced with considerable difficulty. There is no authentic biography [...]



Clash Of The Titans

By Muhammad Ali Sajjad • Aug 19th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Author’s note: It was the post By Maria Sultan on Aug 17th, 2009 under the title “7000 American Marines in Islamabad ???” that prompted me to write this article.
Where It All Began And The Previous Attempts:
Pakistan’s nuclear capabilities has always been a cause of major concern for the Western countries, particularly the USA. And there have [...]