Newspaper Articles Archive
Do Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif pay income tax? A page from history…: Nawaz and Shahbaz pay no tax ISLAMABAD: The billionaire club of the Pakistani politicians, including the deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif, does not pay any tax Despite having declared assets of Rs 676.8 million
Dr. Hoodbhoy’s 10 commandments for the USA and for Muslims.: Pervez Hoodbhoy on ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ MindsetBy: Maryam Chaudhry Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, renowned nuclear physicist and disarmament activist, who teaches at Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad, recently visited the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and delivered a talk, the title
Nawaz Sharif, India & The ‘Daughters Game’ – By Ahmed Quraishi: Nawaz Sharif, India & The ‘Daughters Game’ So happy are the Indians with Mr. Sharif that they ordered their ambassador to travel to Lahore and personally deliver Manmohan Singh’s regards to him. Meanwhile, the disgruntled former premier continues to
Lashkar-i-Jhangvi carried out Marriott attack – Dawn Report: Lashkar-i-Jhangvi carried out Marriott attack By Our Reporter (Dawn News) ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik revealed on Monday that the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi organisation carried out the terrorist attack on the Marriott hotel
Urdu ka janazah hay zara dhoom se nikle – by Mosharraf Zaidi: Urdu kay aakhree lamhay Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Mosharraf Zaidi The glorious tales of wit, spirituality and love from Urdu’s golden age are sometimes so heavily infused with South Asian Latin (better known as Persian) that my generation of
Dumb questions invite dumb answers – By Aziz Ahmad: Dumb questions invite dumb answers Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Aziz Akhmad The Mumbai attacks had not even ended yet, when a TV reporter of a Pakistani channel, armed with a microphone and a camera — and a dumb question
India steps up vigil along Rajasthan border: Pakistan deploys forces on the border…: The Times of India22 Dec 2008, 0302 hrs IST, Vimal Bhatia, TNN JAISALMER: Even as India refused to take the military option off the table while asking Pakistan to rein in the terrorists, the Indian
Islamabad says should war break out with New Delhi, the option of using nuclear weapons would not even be on the table in Pakistan.: Pakistan rejects nuke use against India Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:20:18 GMT Students protesting over reports linking Pakistan to the Mumbai attacks in a demonstration in Islamabad Islamabad says should war break out with New Delhi, the option of
Pakistan’s War against Terrorism – Al Jazeera TV Report – By Rageh Omaar: Pakistan’s War Rageh Omaar speaks to those who say Pakistan is paying the ultimate price in theso-called ‘war on terror’ [GALLO/GETTY] As the fallout from last month’s bloody siege in Mumbai focuses the world’s attention on Pakistan’s ability to
Lal Masjid arms seized during operation ‘stolen’: Did ISI ‘retrieve’ its assets for redistribution to Takfiri Deobandis?: Lal Masjid arms seized during operation ‘stolen’ by Mohammad Asghar ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: A large quantity of arms, seized by security forces during the Lal Masjid operation and stored in the Aabpara police station’s heavily guarded armoury, is missing,
Ansar Abbasi’s column on the Mumbai terrorist attacks and Ajma Kasab. Abbasi is in the ‘denial’ mode.: Ansar Abbasi’s column on the Mumbai terrorist attacks and Ajma Kasab. Abbasi is in the ‘denial’ mode. Do you know why? Because he is most probably on the payroll of the Taliban. He is a stauch supporter of Mullah
Media war and India-Pakistan tension: As the world worries about India and Pakistan going to war over the Mumbai attack of November 26, 2008, Pakistan is all set to take on India if it attacks. Defence ministry officials in Islamabad, responding to an intelligence
Taliban enforce sharia in parts of Orakzai Agency: (Supported by ISI? Where is the writ of the Pakistan Government?): Taliban enforce sharia in parts of Orakzai By Saboor Khan HANGU: Local Taliban announced to impose sharia and to ban cutting forest trees in several areas of Upper Orakzai Agency on Sunday, local sources said. The sources said the
Hamid Mir nails Pakistan Government’s lie on Ajmal Kasab ….: This Pakistani nailed Pak Government’s lie on Kasab
Barbarians at the gate – by Ghazi Salahuddin: Sunday, December 21, 2008 There has been no dearth, for some time, of foreign experts and analysts who imply that Pakistan is becoming a failed state. That Nawaz Sharif should now have reasons to corroborate this assessment is surely
The distant gleam of greatness – by Aakar Patel: Sunday, December 21, 2008 (The News) Nehru is the touchstone leader for the secular Indian. Gandhi was religious, bringing him closer to the common man, and he looked wrong. The secular
Pakistan: a nation in denial – by Khalid Hasan: A nation in denial —Khalid Hasan Foreign Minister Qureshi says the “charitable” activities of Jama’at-ud Dawa will not be banned. In other words, Pakistan will disregard Security Council sanctions. And Qureshi was supposed to be among the enlightened ones
Is Pakistan a failed state? An interesting analysis by Muhammad Hanif: Is Pakistan a failed state? Do Pakistanis love Mullahs? An interesting analysis on BBC Urdu dot com by Muhammad Hanif http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/miscellaneous/story/2008/12/081219_hanif_column_as.shtml
The case of Mariam Nawaz Sharif: Of Pakistani Elite’s Sons and Daughters: By COL. RIAZ JAFRI (RETD.) www.ahme dquraishi.com RAWALPINDI, Pakistan—First it was Arsalan Iftikhar, then Farah Dogar and now something has surfaced against Mariam Nawaz Sharif. This takes me back to General Zia era, when a politician close to him
Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s illegal admission in medical college and migration to King Edward: Nawaz Sharif praying to God “Ya Allah Iss Scandal Say Mairi Jaan Chura”: Cat proceeds to perform Hajj after eating 900 mice. …… Maryam Nawaz Sharif and Farah Dogar: Daughter Wars Written by: Sumaira As PML(N) is after the
Nawaz Sharif says Ajmal Kasab from Faridkot, Pakistan: Sharif slams Zardari, says Kasab from Pakistan Challenging President Asif Ali Zardari’s assertion that there was no proof that the arrested Mumbai attacker hailed from Pakistan’s Punjab province, former premier Nawaz Sharif has said that the suspect’s village was
Jinnah said: “Hindus and Muslims would be the best of friends”: Only if they could get rid of…: Peace is the only way out By Kuldip Nayar IT is a shame that only 13 out of 760 MPs were present recently to pay tribute to the watch and ward personnel shot dead on Dec 13 in the
Independent judiciary, meesaq-e-jamhooriat, and Nawaz Sharif…: If Nawaz Sharif is sincere in implementing the “Meesaq-e-Jamhooriat” (the Democracy Accord), then he must stick to all the clauses of the
Who is protecting Masood Azhar Deobandi and why?: Why is security establishment protecting Masood Azhar?
Musharraf murder plot by jailed militant busted: Taliban+Sipah-e-Sahaba+Al-Qaeda = terrorism … By Amir Mir: Amir MirThursday 18 December 2008 LAHORE: The Pakistani authorities have busted a clandestine assassination plot being hatched by the jailed killer of American journalist Daniel Pearl, to kill the former Pakistani dictator President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf. Highly placed
Gallup poll shows the Pakistan Government enjoys domestic support for a crackdown on home-based extremists; public support for crackdown on terrorists: By Khalid Hasan WASHINGTON: A new Gallup poll in Pakistan has shown that the government enjoys domestic support for a crackdown on home-based extremists, with 60 percent of Pakistanis interviewed in October saying the government should take a tougher
The most damaging aspect of the jihadi infrastructure has been at the domestic level, as we have been transformed into a violence-prone society…: In our own interest — Talat Masood Strategies and policies have to change in accordance with current realities. It may have been expedient to pursue foreign and defence policy through the use of proxies in the 1980s and 1990s,
Asif Ali Zardari: The people’s president: Thursday, December 18, 2008Waqar Mehdi Much is being said and written about President Asif Ali Zardari and the PPP coming into power for the third time in the wake of the sympathy vote after the Shahadat of Mohtarama Benazir
In defence of a secular state: Thursday, December 18, 2008Dr Rubina Saigol The mere mention of the word ‘secular’ immediately creates anxiety in the minds of many and defensive reactions are induced from the self-proclaimed defenders of Pakistan’s ideology and foundational theories. The knee-jerk reaction
The creation of Bangladesh and the role of Pakistani media: On December 16, 1971 the Pakistan army in Bangladesh unconditionally surrendered to the joint Indian and Bangladeshi forces. With the signing of the Instrument of Surrender, Bangladesh came into being and united Pakistan was at an end. However, in
Genesis of jihadis – By Dr Manzur Ejaz: On the one hand, religious outfits preach jihad, and on the other they provide education, health and other social services, which are supposed to be responsibilities of the state. If the state had fulfilled its responsibilities, there would be
The Taliban in Swat (a joint group of extremists Deobandis and Wahhabis) kill their rival Sunni Barelvi Pir Samiullah. ISI a silent accomplice?: In Mingora, Swat, Taliban have killed one of their chief opponents in Swat, residents and officials said on Tuesday. But residents of the scenic mountain valley and a senior government politician said increasingly brazen militant attacks were raising fear
view: The Kashmir tinderbox – By L. Ali Khan: India and Pakistan should work towards forging an open borders regional community. They can use and develop the existing institutional structure of SAARC to move toward an economic community The Mumbai massacre was a heinous crime, allegedly carried out
The aftermath of the possible suspension of NATO supplies through Pakistan …. An analysis: Handling the post-Mumbai situation …..The suspension of NATO supplies through Pakistan will probably satisfy those who have recommended it as Pakistan’s response to the CIA drone attacks coming from Afghanistan. But this suspension will symbolically alter the status, in
The time to stop the warlord Mangal Bagh is now before his militia in Khyber Agency becomes an all-Pakistan reality.: Khyber: trouble despite operation The Khyber Agency, crucial for the survival of Peshawar and for the maintenance of the NATO supply-line to Afghanistan, has been the most horribly convulsed area in Pakistan for many months. The disorder got so
Everyone at fault, except us. Why is it that everything that goes against us becomes a conspiracy?: Everyone at fault, except usIn the national interest Monday, December 15, 2008by Kamal Siddiqi The writer is editor reporting, The News One can only wonder at the collective amnesia that Pakistanis suffer, and how the various quarters are quick
10 lessons all Pakistanis must learn – By Hassan Baig: “Mulk khud hi chalta rehay ga” (approximate translation: the country doesn’t need our contribution to thrive) is a sentence many Pakistanis are prone to saying. I confess that till a few years ago, I myself was confident of this
A Religion Of Peace – By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan: The big question on everyone’s mind is how to solve the problem of terrorism. On the one hand, the authorities are trying to crush the terror menace through legal action; and on the other hand, reformers are trying to
New terrorists in an old context – by Mosharraf Zaidi: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 One of the clear invocations of the Bhagvad Gita is an invitation to human beings to explore and traverse the more difficult, but righteous path that Krishna articulates for an angst-ridden Arjuna. The Sangh Parivar’s