The case for selective nationalism and Jihad -by Abdul Samad: Nationalism works in unique ways in Pakistan. For the greater good, in the larger interest of the nation, certain contentious issues are kept out of the public sphere, are pushed towards neglect and indifference. The country and its territorial
(کرپٹ” زرداری اورصادق وامین فرشتوں کی اصل کہانی(4″: (کرپٹ” زرداری اورصادق وامین فرشتوں کی اصل کہانی(4″ آزاد عدلیہ اور شریفوں کے درمیان ٹیلی فونک رابطے۔۔۔۔ کیا آج بھی یہی کچھ نہیں ہو رہا؟ تحریر: امام بخش (imamism@gmail.com) قارئین گرامی! آج کی قِسط میں شریفوں اورآزاد ججوں کی،
3-کرپٹ” زرداری اورصادق وامین فرشتوں کی اصل کہانی”: تحریر: امام بخش (imamism@gmail.com) آصف علی زرداری کے خلاف جھوٹ کی بنیا د پر بنائے گئے سارے کیسز کی تفاصیل لکھنے کے لئے توایک کتاب درکار ہوگی۔ جو کہ انشاءاللہ لکھی جائے گی کہ کس طرح “صادق و امین
Pashtuns and Blogging: 5 reasons why Pashtuns need to blog: 5 reasons why Pashtuns need to blog VOA (Voice of America), Pashto, Deewa Radio recently started a series on blogging among Pashtuns, discussing reasons for why we should blog, what kinds of challenges bloggers face, what we think they
(کرپٹ” زرداری اورصادق وامین فرشتوں کی اصل کہانی (1″: تحریر: امام بخش صدرپاکستان آصف علی زرداری 26 جولائی 1955ء کو کراچی میں حاکم علی زرداری مرحوم کے گھر پیدا ہوئے۔ آصف علی زرداری اولادِ نرینہ میں اکلوتے ہیں۔ حاکم علی زرداری ایک قبائلی سردار اور ممتاز زمیندار تھے۔ نواب
میڈیا اور اینٹی فیمنسٹ رویے – عامر حسینی: لیل و نہار /عامر حسینی آج سے چند ہفتوں قبل ہمارے میں سٹریم میڈیا نے اچانک یہ انکشاف کرنا شروع کر ڈالا کہ پاکستان کی وزیر خارجہ حنا ربانی کھر اور بینظیر بھٹو کے بیٹے اور پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی
Do not make IK your scapegoat -by Zain Gardezi: “Shame on you, Mr. Khan”, read the title of an article of a popular English daily. “TALIBAN Khan is back”, was the starting line of a piece by a member of editorial staff of another English daily. Yes with
Did a drone attack Malala? -by Anas Abbas: In his book ‘Inside Al Qaeda and the Taliban’, slain journalist Syed Saleem Shehzad who spent considerable part of his research with al Qaeda militants, described comprehensively the formation of the new al Qaeda players and their strategic objectives in
ایک نہتی لڑکی سے ڈر گئے: مجھے ان ذہنی بیمار لوگوں کو دلیل دینے کی کوئی ضرورت نہیں، کیونکہ ان کی اصل جگہ پاگل خانہ ہے، اور انہیں جلد از جلد ایک نفسیاتی ڈاکٹر کی ضرورت بھی ہے۔ ملالہ یوسف زائی پر ہونے والا حملہ،
آزاد عدلیہ زندہ باد: تحریر: امام بخش آج سے ٹھیک پندرہ سال قبل 10 اکتوبر 1997ء کو نوازشریف کے دُوسرے دورِحکومت میں احتساب بیورو کے چیئرمین سیف الرحمٰن نے پاکستانی قوم کو نوید سنائی کہ پاکستان سے لُوٹے ہوئے ساٹھ ملین ڈالرز کا
Malala -by Dr. Zulfiqar Ali: Munafaqo , ‘Mujahido’ Malala se hai Mali tukk Zahr tum ne jo Boyya Tum ko kuch nahiN Maalom Kaya hai tumm NaeN KKhoya Jiss kay naam lewa ho Uss ne ye tha kab kaha? Zulm tumhare dekh kar Shatan
Inside of the Muslim mind -by Arshad Mahmood: What we find today is that it is only Islam and its followers which are privileged to be the focus of the entire world. Islam, though a minority religion of the world is struggling hard to excel all other
Husain Haqqani’s rejoinder to Orya Maqbool Jan: Extremist jihadi sympathizer Orya Maqbool Jan is a civil servant from the DMG cadre. Instead of doing his job as a civil servant, he moonlights as a columnist and TV commentator, spouting contra-factual gibberish. Recently he joined daily Dunya
Is the Pakistan army martial? -by Aakar Patel: Are Punjabi Muslims martial? Do they have a history of war and conquest or at least of resistance to conquest? I ask because there’s no evidence of their martial character in our history. No general, nosubedar, no thanedar, no wazir, no bakhshi of
Shireen Mazari’s resignation letter to Imran Khan: Related post: Goodbye PTI – by Imaan Mazari Imran Khan, Esq Chairman PTI, Islamabad 25th September 2012 Dear Imran, It is with great sadness and disappointment that I am writing to let you know I have
Why elites fail: This article is adapted from Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy, © 2012 by Christopher Hayes and published by Crown Publishers, a division of Random House Inc. In 1990, at the age of 11, I stood in a line of
How to spot a liberal fascist -by Sabir Nazar: Liberal fascist is an oxymoron. Liberals according to definition are those, ‘who believe in maximum individual freedom possible and the ideas of liberty and equality.’ And the term fascist according to definition, ‘is a person who is dictatorial or has extreme right-wing
Dear Takfiris: Look in your mirror -by Thomas L. Friedman: On Monday, David D. Kirkpatrick, the Cairo bureau chief for The Times, quoted one of the Egyptian demonstrators outside the American Embassy, Khaled Ali, as justifying last week’s violent protests by declaring: “We never insult any prophet — not
Follow-up: A protest rally against Paul Bhatti: “We have become aware that APMA arranged fund raising events in different countries for their rehabilitation, but has failed to deliver any assistance to us. We want the whole world to know!” A report from Shamim Masih in Lahore
People’s revolution – by Red Dawn: If we look at the torrent of events in Pakistan, specially in the last couple of years. Death and misery seems to be the only constant. Be it of target killings, factory fires, floods, accidents, military operations, death is
Jinnah-Ispahani correspondence -by Sharif al Mujahid: IN his day, Mirza Abul Hassan Ispahani (1902-1981) was an All India Muslim League (AIML) Parliamentary Board member (1936), an AIML Working Committee member, and a confident of Jinnah since 1936. He was very proactive in the Pakistan movement
Carnage of Shia Muslims in Pakistan: With thousands of Shia Muslims killed over the past few years in Pakistan and over 400 murdered in recent months, the killings have practically amounted to genocide, raising more-than-sectarian alarm bells not only in Pakistan but also across the
Hate content in Punjab, Sindh school curricula -by Mansoor Malik: The primary and secondary schools curricula (being taught to children in public and private schools in Punjab and Sindh) is replete with content that can fan hatred, prejudices, torture, extremism and religious intolerance in society. The curricula ‘hate material’
For the love of Attan – by Imran Khan: So what is Attan? In one word it is a dance. But this is the dance of the Pashtuns; a people who according to some have formed the largest tribal society in the world. Since the dance in some cases
پا کستانی مسلمانوں کا کاروباری مہینہ ختم: By Javeria Siddique پا کستانی مسلمانوں کا کاروباری مہینہ ختم اورمذہب فروشی،ذخیرہاندوزی ،بے ایمانی کے تمام سابقہ ریکارڈ ٹوٹ گے۔ مداری علماء کا روپ دھار کر ٹی وی سکرین پر وضع دیتے رہے زرق برق لباس لہک لہک کر