Newspaper Articles Archive
Joyless Justice: The Unhappy Legacy of Pakistan’s Newly ‘Independent’ Judiciary -by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari: Plato’s philosophical discussion, the Crito, illustrates the dilemma faced by those of us who yearn for an independent judiciary in Pakistan. Too many of us had to suffer at the hands of a judiciary so independent that it often
Death to the blasphemer, death to human rights —by Nasir Saeed: Can Pakistan roll back its Islamic programme started by Ziaul Haq? Can the government and army change their policies? If not, we must be ready for the worst The issue of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws has always been alive in
Whose sarin? – by Seymour M. Hersh: Barack Obama did not tell the whole story this autumn when he tried to make the case that Bashar al-Assad was responsible for the chemical weapons attack near Damascus on 21 August. In some instances, he omitted important intelligence,
Salafis declare Jihad on Yemeni Shiites: In Yemen highlands, the Houthis — Shiite group whose stronghold is based in the northern Province of Sa’ada and which is led by Sheikh Abdel Malek al-Houthi — have come face to face with their sworn enemies, the Salafis,
The Deobandi Sectarian Agenda – by Adnan Adil: Sectarian violence in the country is no longer a one-dimensional, local phenomenon of intense expression of hatred of one sect towards the other, as it was at the time of its inception in the mid-1980s. It has
دہشت گردی کے خلاف جنگ میں امریکہ اور ایران فطری اتحادی ہیں – از نزیر ناجی: Source : http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2013-12-08&edition=LHR&id=20917_32763272
شہری حقوق: پاکستان صرف شام، کانگو اور سوڈان سے بہتر ہے: برطانیہ کے ایک تجزیاتی ادارے کی تازہ رپورٹ کے مطابق پاکستان شہریوں کے بنیادی حقوق کو لاحق سنگین خطروں کے لحاظ سے دنیا میں چوتھے نمبر پر ہے۔ تحقیق کے مطابق پاکستان میں روایتی انسانی حقوق کی خلاف ورزیوں
Deobandization of Pakistan: TNS’s interview with Arif Jamal: Urdu version: پاکستان دیوبندی سٹیٹ بننے جارہا ہے،جہاں ہر غیر دیوبندی خوف سے زندگی گزارے ہوگا-عارف جمال https://lubpak.com/archives/294089 Arif Jamal is an independent journalist and scholar based in the US. Besides his forthcoming book, Call for Transnational Jihad: Lashkar-e-Taiba
The New Axis of Evil: Saudi Arabia And Israel – by Richard Walker: • Despite religious differences, two Mideast states work hand-in-glove By Richard Walker To the rest of the world they are strange bedfellows, but Saudi Arabia and Israel have a shared agenda to shape the Middle East to their liking
بلوچستان کی ڈرٹی وار – از ندیم سعید: ارجنٹائن میں انیس سو چھہتر اور تراسی کے فوجی دور آمریت کے دوران سینکڑوں سیاسی کارکنوں کو ریاستی اداروں کے ہاتھوں جبری گمشدگیوں، تشدد اور ہلاکتوں کا سامنا کرنا پڑا۔ سیاسی مخالفین کے خلاف بہیمانہ کارروائی کے اس دور
Salmaan Taseer gets top US peace prize: Former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer has been honoured with the Martin Luther King Junior Peace Award for his efforts in promoting human rights, peace and humanity. PHOTO: FILE LAHORE: Former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer has been honoured with the Martin
General Kayani’s most dangerous and potentially fatal policy was the appeasement of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi – by Yousuf Nazar: The history may not be that kind to General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani as some of the analysts and journalists have been. He may be remembered as the man who took Pakistan to the brink of civil war. He was one of
Turkey Says Pakistan-trained Militants Fighting In Syria: Report says some 500 Turks are battling Damascus alongside terrorist groups. As many as 500 Turks, some of them trained at terrorist camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan, have crossed over into Syria to fight the Bashar al-Assad regime
Deobandi Sectarian State – by Adnan Adil: The state has fed the sectarian and extremist elements for the sake of its ill-conceived strategic plans. Now they have grown into a force to be reckoned with Sectarian violence in the country is closely linked with the
امریکہ کو اپنی معیشت کے لئے جنگ چاہیے اور پاکستانی فوج کو اپنے بجٹ کے لئے – نذیر ناجی: Summary: In this column published in Dunay newspaper on 1 Dec 2013, Nazir Naji writes that Pakistan army will continue to obstruct peaceful resolution of issues of Kashmir and Afghanistan to ensure flow of U.S. military assistance and also
Secularism Leading to Islamism – by Tufail Ahmad: In South Asia, Islamist forces emerge out of the womb of secularism, or the practice and politics of it. In 2008, secular leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party and Awami National Party, which came to power in Islamabad and
‘The only relevant debate in the Arab world is between secularism and Islamism’ – by Alice Fordham: “The most relevant, if not the only relevant debate in the Arab world is the debate between secularism and Islamism,” declares the 38-year-old Moroccan journalist. “It is the one relevant societal line in the Arab world right now.” With
سانحہ راولپنڈی کے بارے میں حیران کن انکشاف: Post by Shiakilling Media. Source : http://www.thenewstribe.com/urdu/?p=360746
Why Netanyahu is wrong about Iran nuclear deal – by Matthew Bunn: Cambridge, Mass. — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns that this weekend’s nuclear deal with Iran increases Iran’s chances of building nuclear weapons. He’s exactly wrong – so much so that nuclear weapons advocates in Tehran are probably hoping
راولپنڈی واقعہ: کیا کیمرے بھی جھوٹ بولنے لگے ہیں؟: یہ تصویر اصل میں ایسوسی ایٹڈ پریس کی سنہ 2009 میں کراچی میں ہوئے ایک خودکش حملے کی تصویر ہے جسے راولپنڈی میں جھڑپوں کے طور پر دیکھایا جا رہا تھا حال ہی میں جب پاکستان میں فرقہ وارانہ
Aberrant apologists to Shia genocide – by Shivangini Patak: By– Shivangini Patak Religion & philosophy are a part of life they are also art of living, the ways in which schematically we present our human form spiritually. This reflection comes sans any material or worldly spheres which instill
ایران ایٹمی ڈیل اور سعودی عرب اسرائیل اتحاد ناراض: ایرانی صدر حسن روحانی نے اپنے خطاب میں کہا کہ میں ایرانی قوم کے سامنے یہ اعلان کرتا ہوں کہ ایران کی یورینیم کی افزودگی ماضی کی طرح جاری رہے گی۔ ایران اور چھ عالمی طاقتوں کے درمیان مذاکرات
NAB chief closes eyes to ‘illegal’ appointments – by Amir Jalil Bobra: ISLAMABAD – Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Qamar Zaman Chaudhry instead of ratifying the illegal and unlawful acts of his predecessor Admiral (Retd) Fasih Bokahri has closed his eyes on appointments of four lucky director generals (DGs) in Grade-21
Israel may join defense pact with Saudi Arabia, UAE: Israel is working on joining an anti-Iran defense alliance with a number of moderate Arab states that would involve sharing Jerusalem’s newly developed anti-missile technologies, a British newspaper reported Sunday. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email
Israel and Saudi Arabia Co-Planning Iran Attack – by Adam Chandler: It should go without saying that Israel and Saudi Arabia are never going to be allies. The two countries don’t maintain any formal diplomatic ties after 65 years and Saudi Arabia has long been a sponsor of terrorism
پاؤں زخمی سہی ڈگمگاتے چلو – از ریاض سہیل: کراچی سے کوئٹہ جانے والی سڑک پر ایک بچہ ٹرالی لیے چلا جا رہا ہے، اس ٹرالی میں پانی کی بوتلیں، کلر سپرے، تصاویر اور ایک سپیکر موجود ہے جبکہ آٹھ خواتین سمیت دو درجن کے قریب افراد اس
میں شیعہ مسلمان ہوں؟ میرے لئے یہ بھی بہت ہے – از نذیر ناجی: Source : http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2013-11-20&edition=LHR&id=19883_78488464
آج مسلک دیوبند کو بڑی سیاسی اور علمی آزمائش کا سامنا ہے – از خورشید ندیم: Source : http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2013-11-20&edition=LHR&id=19889_38000449
راولپنڈی کا سانحہ، دیوبندی تشدد پسندی اور کچھ تجاویز – خورشید احمد ندیم: Rawalpindi sectarian violence on Ashura, Deobandi militancy and some suggestions – by Khurshid Ahmed Nadeem
افغانستان میں طالبان کے ہاتھوں سینکڑوں اعتدال پسند سنی علماء کی شہادت: طالبان مخالف مولویوں کے قتل کی منظم مہم خاموشی سے جاری داؤد اعظمی بی بی سی پشتو سروس آخری وقت اشاعت: منگل 19 نومبر 2013 افغانستان میں پچھلی ایک دہائی میں افغان طالبان کے طریقوں اور نظریات سے متفق
Misbah interview raises questions on Sethi’s role – by Umar Farooq: In what can be charitably termed a bizarre occurrence, the PCB head Najam Sethi donned his other hat as a journalist on Saturday night and interviewed Pakistan’s captain Misbah-ul-Haq on his popular political show, Aapas ki Baat. Sethi
Rawalpindi revelations: CCTV cameras were killed prior to mob violence: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar speaks during a news conference in Islamabad. PHOTO: AFP/FILE ISLAMABAD: Discussions in a high-level meeting headed by Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif revealed footprints of a planned conspiracy behind the Rawalpindi riots as officials discussed the who, how
Are Kashmiri Shias The Next Pandits? – by Saba Firdous: Fatima received a fatal injury in police action during sectarian clashes that broke out in Budgam district of Kashmir valley in July this year. According to her relatives, Fatima was looking for her grandson outside her house when
Wahhabi impact: The growing influence of Wahhabism, a radical stream of Islam, on Indian Muslims and on the political scene, especially south Indian politics, can cause further communal polarisation if the state fails to uphold the secular ethos. By AJOY
Ashura clashes turn Pindi into ghost town – by Aamir Yasin and Mohammad Asghar: RAWALPINDI, Nov 16: For the second year in a row, Muharram has brought death and destruction to Rawalpindi. Last year, a suicide bomber struck a procession in the heart of Rawalpindi while this year the city’s own residents were
Govt blamed for Ashura violence – by Muhammad Asghar: RAWALPINDI: A report prepared by intelligence agencies blamed the provincial government and its law enforcement agencies for the Ashura violence in the city on Friday. The report sent to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif pointed out that Madressah Taleemul
Why Pakistan Lionizes Its Tormenters – by Mohammed Hanif: Four years ago, in the main street of Mingora, the largest town in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, I saw a man trying to make and sell kebabs. The coals weren’t catching fire, he was fanning them with a rolled-up newspaper,