Newspaper Articles Archive
War against Isis: US air strategy in tatters as militants march on – Patrick Cockburn: America’s plans to fight Islamic State are in ruins as the militant group’s fighters come close to capturing Kobani and have inflicted a heavy defeat on the Iraqi army west of Baghdad. The US-led air attacks launched against Islamic
My father was an Ahmadi serving the Pakistan Air Force – Ayesha Noor: On October 14, 62-year-old Mr Latif Alam Butt, an Ahmadi retired Pakistan Air Force (PAF) serviceman was gunned down at Kamra Air base, Attock District. He was shot due to his religious beliefs. My father was also an Ahmadi and a
An overview of LUBP’s services for human rights and alternative discourse on terrorism: LUBP’s main contribution as a human rights advocacy and alternative media web presence has been to alter mainstream discourses and shift perceptions. This it has managed to do by taking a bold and relentless approach and striving for intellectual
Ambiguous: Big question mark over privatisation plan – by Ali Wahab: Ever since the Supreme Court declared the privatisation of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) null and void in 2006, it has been a challenge for Pakistan to undertake its plan of slowly and gradually divesting itself of state-owned enterprises. With
خواتین اسٹاف پر مشتمل پہلا ملکی پٹرول پمپ: جیسا کہا جاتا ہے کہ یہ مردوں کی دنیا ہے اور پاکستان میں یہ کسی اور ملک کے مقابلے میں زیادہ سچا بیان لگتا ہے، جہاں ہم اس بات پر تو فخر کرتے ہیں کہ مسلم دنیا کی پہلی
When Jews found refuge in an unlikely place: Pakistan: When Hazel Kahan went back to Lahore, Pakistan, in 2011 for the first time in 40 years, her childhood homes were completely different. Her first home, formerly a tan stone mansion covered in flowery vines, was now completely painted
کھڑ پینچوں میں گھرا بلاول؟ – از وسعت اللہ خان: سلطنتِ ذوالفقاریہ کے ولیِ عہد بلاول زرداری کی بطور بھٹو ثانی رسمِ تاجِ پوشی پر اس وقت تک کچھ نہ کچھ کہا جاتا رہےگا جب تک وہ دوسرا خطاب نہیں کر لیتے۔ بہت سوں کو رعایا سے ان کا
Dr Adib Rizvi: Pakistan’s ‘miracle’ doctor inspired by UK’s NHS: Dr Adib Rizvi says he and his team still has “a long way to go” to improve healthcare in Pakistan. Pakistan’s shambolic public health system suffers from corruption, mismanagement and lack of resources. But one public sector hospital in
BBC’s report on Pakistan’s drunk Deobandi cleric Tahir Ashrafi: A leading Deobandi Islamic scholar in Pakistan who appeared to slur his words on live TV has become the subject of ridicule on social media. When it comes to Islamic clerics in Pakistan, few are more senior than Hafiz
Accuse Tahir url Qadri of anything but…. – Ayaz Amir: The New Pakistan if it is to mean anything has to be a repudiation of all the detritus and obsolescence accumulated in the name of the faith. Whatever happened in the past is over and done with. Ziaul Haq
ملتان کے انتخابات میں نواز لیگ اور پیپلز پارٹی کی بد ترین شکست – عامر خاکوانی: Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-10-18&edition=LHR&id=38844_87152171
جاوید ہاشمی ، سازش کا لطیفہ اور ملتان کے انتخابات – نزیر ناجی: Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-10-18&edition=LHR&id=38840_44285606
ڈاکٹر طاہر القادری سنی ، شیعہ اور اقلیتوں کے حقوق کی بات کر کے نیۓ پاکستان کی بنیاد رکھ رہے ہیں – ایاز امیر: Source: http://jang.com.pk/jang/oct2014-daily/18-10-2014/col2.htm
ملتان اور جاوید ہاشمی کی غداری کا پاندان – حسن نثار: Source: http://jang.com.pk/jang/oct2014-daily/18-10-2014/col1.html
Europe Tries to Stop Flow of Salafi and Deobandi Citizens Joining Jihad – Steven Erlanger: BIRMINGHAM, England — European countries pressed ahead on Tuesday with efforts to deter the growing numbers of their Salafi and Deobandi citizens seeking to join radical Islamic movements in Iraq and Syria, as some experts warned that the United States-led
PMLN Lawyers Wing aka Lahore High Court upholds death sentence for Aasia Bibi: ISLAMABAD: The upholding of death sentence awarded to a Christian woman Aasia Bibi on blasphemy charges way back in 2009 has brought the blasphemy laws back to the light again. General Ziaul Haq was the architect of Section 295-C
Pakistan’s Deobandi militants pledge allegiance to ISIS – Aamir Mir: ISLAMABAD: The decision to pledge allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) led by Abu Bakar al Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph, by six key TTP leaders is a major setback not only for the fugitive Ameer of Pakistani Taliban
Being Malala – by Afiya Shehrbano Zia: Recipients of humanitarian awards often invite controversy. In Pakistan, religious and political identities are valued more than the contributions of such recipients. Malala Yousafzai may have the Nobel Peace Prize, but she remains the target of criticism from Pakistani
کاش ملالہ دیوبندی وہابی جہادی بن جائے – نذیر ناجی: Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-10-15&edition=LHR&id=38634_13743987
Anti-Western diatribe: Erdogan declares Lawrence of Arabia a bigger enemy than ISIS: GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took on the iconic Lawrence of Arabia Monday in a furious anti-Western diatribe. The Turkish president compared the outside meddling in the region now to the role the renowned British army
نواز شریف کی خارجہ پالیسی ناکام – ایاز امیر اور نذیر ناجی: Source: http://jang.com.pk/jang/oct2014-daily/15-10-2014/col1.html Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-10-16&edition=LHR&id=38718_33490925
شیعہ ، احمدی ، پارسی اور دیگر افراد پاکستان کیوں چھوڑ رہے ہیں – وسعت اللہ خان: سنہ 47، 48 کا پاکستان وہ ملک تھا جہاں پہلے سے رہنے والوں نے یہ پوچھے بغیر کہ تو دکنی ہے کہ بمبئیا کہ مدراسی کہ راجستھانی کہ گجراتی کہ لکھنوی کہ بہاری ۔۔۔سب کے لیے کیمپ ، بازو
Daily Times editorial: Deobandi takfiri threat to prison security in Pakistan: The discovery on Monday of an underground tunnel being dug by terrorists to break prisoners out of Karachi Central Prison gives further cause for alarm as well as some for optimism. Sindh Rangers say that acting on an intelligence tip-off
مقام اہل بیت اطہار (ع) – از مفتی منیب الرحمان: Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-10-16&edition=LHR&id=38727_78089980
Time to kick Turkey out of NATO?: The Kurdish town of Kobane in western Syria is under siege by the Islamic State. A U.S.-led coalition has hit at the jihadists sieging Kobane—with 13 strikes on Wednesday and Thursday—but bombs alone may not suffice. It is the
عمران خان اور ڈاکٹر طاہر القادری کے جلسوں میں اتنے زیادہ عوام کیوں شریک ہو رہے ہیں – عمار چودھری: Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-10-14&edition=LHR&id=38599_24375622
دو ہزار تیرہ کے انتخابات کی آیئنی اور قانونی حیثیت مشکوک ہو چکی ہے – کنور دلشاد: Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-10-14&edition=LHR&id=38594_72996846
Ubaidullah Sindhi’s Pan-Islamism – Tahir Kamran: Renowned historian Aziz Ahmed credits pan-Islamist Ubaidullah Sindhi as “the only political thinker of any considerable calibre to come directly in contact with Russian communism at an early stage”. He epitomised the plural character that characterised the Ghadar Movement,
Why I HATE Malala Yousafzai – by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid: The politicians propagated their own agenda, liberal fascists whined about their cause and journalists used the issue to put forward their personal agendas through the debate surrounding the teenager. Some writers wrote satires that were taken seriously, others wrote
سوشل میڈیا سے خوف زدہ لوگ – از بابراعوان: Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-10-13&edition=LHR&id=38535_37801959
ملالہ کے لیے ایک خط – از وسعت اللہ خان: ایڈیٹر نوٹ : جناب وسعت اللہ خان صاحب نے ملالہ کے نام لکھے گیے اپنے خط میں ڈھکے چھپے لفظوں میں اس بات کی جانب صاف اشارہ کر دیا ہے کہ ملالہ پر حملہ کرنے والے کوئی بریلوی ،
Salafi Deobandi propaganda on internet is more dangerous than the so called Islamic State – by Robert Fisk: Ever since the Pentagon started talking about Isis as apocalyptic, I’ve suspected that websites and blogs and YouTube are taking over from reality. I’m even wondering whether “ Salafi Wahhabi and Deobandi Isis” – or Islamic State or Isil,
The life of a Christian in Pakistan – Lubna Thomas Benjamin: ‘The land of pure’ is the meaning of the name of my native country, Pakistan. The country’s population is 97% Muslim while the remaining 3% is divided into Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis and other minorities. Ever since the
TTP bowled over by Malala’s Nobel Prize – Amir Mir: ISLAMABAD: Malala Yousafzai’s winning the Nobel Peace Prize and becoming the youngest recipient of the prestigious award has certainly come as a rude shock to the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which had expressed joy last year over her missing
Misyar: Legalized prostitution in Saudi Arabia – by Abdul Hannan Tago, Arab News: Misyar marriage has become a social reality and, as such, a solution to some problems and a cause of others, said a professor at King Saud University in Riyadh. “Misyar is widespread because many need to keep their marriages
A letter from Dr Abdus Salam to Malala – by Faraz Talat: Disclaimer: the blog post below is an imagining of what Dr Abdus Salam would convey to Malala today Dear Malala, Despite all that occurred, I’d always lugged around with me a sliver of optimism. They referred to me
IS in Iraq, TTP-ASWJ in AfPak: The same old Salafi Wahhabi and Deobandi movie – by Irfan Husain: A COUPLE of days ago, I watched a 45-minute documentary about life under the Islamic State. Made recently, the film-makers had extraordinary access to fighters and civilians in Iraq and Syria. Clearly, IS wanted to show the world
Insights into a suicide bomber training camp in Waziristan – by Sohail Tajik: Since the overthrow of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in 2001, Pakistan has been increasingly victim to suicide bombings. In the past three years, attacks have escalated dramatically, especially after the Deobandi Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) operation in 2007.[1]
بلاول کا سب سے بڑا مسئلہ اس کے والد آصف زرداری ہیں – نذیر ناجی: Source: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-10-11&edition=LHR&id=38400_49371849
Bilawal, B Team of the PML-N, says Imran Khan should learn politics from the Bhuttos – Ayaz Amir: Source: http://jang.com.pk/jang/oct2014-daily/11-10-2014/col1.html The old tottering, the new struggling to be born – Ayaz Amir Sounds a bit dramatic, the title, doesn’t it? But I get the feeling that hesitantly, without most of us fully realising it, a new