Newspaper Articles Archive
Kudos to Badam Zari, the first female candidate to run for the elections from Fata: KHAR: “I am contesting the election with passion, with a clean heart and a clear conscience. My passion is to educate the future generation, girls and women, and to serve them,” says Badam Zari — the first female candidate to run
Pakistan needs another Bhutto but not another Zia -by Riaz Ali Toori: Today is April 4th -a gloomy day in the history of Pakistan. This day in 1979, the alluring leader and voice of the people of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was put to death in a most deplorable way by
ISI wants to micromanage social media debate on #ShiaGenocide – by Ayesha Siddiqa: The writer is an independent social scientist and author of Military Inc. The idea was to gather in a coffee shop in Islamabad and discuss ways civil society could help stop the killing of Hazaras, Shias and minorities in
The Shia Genocide – by Bina Shah: 2013 has been an ominous year so far for Pakistan’s Shia Muslims, who are finding themselves the target of bombs and shootings aimed specifically at members of their community. Two bombs killed hundreds of Shias in Quetta, followed by
Indian girl who strayed into Pakistan, sent back with new dress, candies: Report: Published: April 2, 2013 A seven-year-old Indian girl who had strayed into Pakistan was given a new dress, footwear and candies before the Rangers handed her over to Indian authorities, reported Indian news agency TNN on Tuesday. The girl,
‘Nothing changes for us … we will live and die sweeping’: PESHAWAR: Afzal Masih, 28, slowly walks along Warsak Road, reflecting on his situation, broom in hand. “I am a sweeper, my sons will be sweepers and, in the future, so will my grandsons,” he says. In a jarring similarity shared
Sidelined minorities: ‘The present system has turned us into second-class citizens’: Published: April 2, 2013 PESHAWAR: Non-Muslims in Nowshera on Monday demanded the government give them what they described as the right to elect their representatives so people subscribing to various religions can play their due role for the
‘Don’t burn this house. It belongs to a Muslim’: By Ali Usman / Photo: Abid Nawaz / Creative: Essa Malik Published: March 30, 2013 LAHORE: While most of the two hundred houses set on fire in Joseph Colony have been rebuilt, the shattered confidence of the residents will
Marginalised: Visually impaired student urges society to see the light – by Shabbir Mir: Irshad Kazmi says social barriers are preventing people like him from becoming useful citizens. PHOTO ANAAM RAZA GILGIT: A visually impaired 29-year-old student, Irshad Kazmi says the society’s indifference towards those they view as different restricts people like him
I’m a sinner because I am left-handed – by Khurram Butt: Things you do or don’t or should or shouldn’t span the halal, mubah, mustahab, wajib, makruh, haraam kaleidoscope I eat with the left hand – always have, always will. I can’t help it! It’s called being “left-handed”, though mercifully
Future of Pakistani Shia rests in cemetery – by Imran Khan: I stand watching as a black flag flutters gently, and as the wind picks up, the flag struggles to hang on to the pole to which it is attached. It’s making a forceful noise that gets louder with each
Deobandi militants of Sipah Sahaba Taliban have taken over many Pakhtun neighborhoods in Karachi: Source: Dawn, 30 March 2013, written by Fahim Zaman and Naziha Syed Ali, adapted with minor changes ON the evening of March 13, Director Orangi Pilot Project Perween Rahman was shot and killed by masked men half a kilometre
Accepting a position of political power by a journalist is a direct clash of interest: Mazhar Abbas’s column on Najam Sethi: Najam Sethi will certainly go down in history as the first journalist to get the top slot in Punjab, even if it is for only 40 or 50 days. But would he prefer to be remembered for his journalistic
Shoot a teacher: Kill a country – by Rafia Zakaria: Illiteracy they say is Pakistan’s scourge. It is what shackles people in the chains of ignorance, condemns them to begging at corners, to injecting drugs, to selling their daughters and waiting in vain for birthing sons. Illiteracy, is the
For Zardari, five years of lost opportunities – by Ayesha Siddiqa: Future tense Asif Ali Zardari is a past master at brokering deals but will find it tough to save the PPP from electoral oblivion BUT DON’T you think we are getting over-excited about the PPP (Pakistan People’s Party) government
شام میں لڑائی، امریکی فوجی کے خلاف مقدمہ: امریکہ نے اپنے سابق فوجی کو شام میں القاعدہ سے منسلک باغیوں کے ہمراہ صدر بشار الاسد کی حکومت کے خلاف لڑائی کے الزام میں ایرک ہارون کو جمعرات کے روز اس وقت گرفتار کیا گیا جب وہ واپس
Deobandi militants of Sipah Sahaba Taliban kill another Shia professional in Peshawar: پاکستان کے صوبہ خیبر پختونخوا کے دارالحکومت پشاور میں ٹارگٹ کلنگ کے واقعے میں شیعہ مسلک سے تعلق رکھنے والے سرکاری اہلکار کو ہلاک کر دیا گیا ہے۔ مقامی پولیس کے مطابق ہلاکت کا یہ واقعہ بدھ کی صبح
Motives behind the Shia massacres in Pakistan: PressTV report: While we are talking to each other, there is an old mother sitting in the corner of her house; silently weeping the death of her young son, there is a weak and helpless father struggling to earn some money
Letter From Isa Town Women’s Prison in Bahrain: A great leader is immortal — their words and deeds echo through the years, decades, and centuries. They echo across oceans and borders and become an inspiration that touches the lives of many who are willing to
Punjab’s caretaker CM Najam Sethi and his political somersaults – Daily Times’ editorial by Rashid Rahman: Najam Sethi started life as a revolutionary Marxist and joined the Baloch resistance against Zuklfikar Ali Bhutto’s military campaign in that troubled province in the 1970s. Arrested, tortured and imprisoned in 1975, he was finally released from Hyderabad Jail
PTI’s slogans do not provide answers to FATA, Balochistan problems – by Ali Arqam: The Imran Khan phenomenon seems to have fortified with a reshuffle in the lines of political parties. many big names have been pulled into Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). massive show of popular support through public gatherings and rallies, generous coverage
Pakistan: a nation out of rage — by Syed Kamran Hashmi: Deadliest among all of them, appears in the form of a false claim, “We respect all religions.” No, we don’t, it is untrue For most people, outrage can be defined as an ‘extremely strong reaction of anger, shock
Joseph Colony: Cheques handed out by Punjab govt bounce: Published: March 21, 2013 LAHORE: The cheques distributed among victims of the Joseph Colony attack by the Punjab government bounced, Express News reported Thursday. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had announced Rs0.5 million in compensation for each of those affected in
Terrorism: is media a watchdog or lapdog? On Sethi-Rumi mollycoddling ASWJ’s Ludhianvi — by Dr Mohammad Taqi: Source: Daily Times The ostensibly liberal publication gave space quite liberally to Ludhianvi to bash the Shia without a single challenging question being asked Pakistan finally saw democratically elected national and provincial assemblies plod past the five-year finish line
Living among the marksmen: Supporting those who are busy killing us At the end of every working day, when we sit in front of the TV screens, my mother, who cannot understand Urdu, comes to us and asks us a question, “How
Forensic report: Deobandi militant of ASWJ-Taliban involved in Parveen Rahman’s murder: By Faraz Khan Published: March 19, 2013 KARACHI: Ballistics have matched the weapon used to kill Orangi Pilot Project director Perween Rahman to that said to be found on a suspected Tehreek-i-Taliban commander’s aide in Manghopir. The Sindh forensics
A history of an oppressed community: By Kunwar Khalid Yunus Published: March 18, 2013 The genesis of the Shia community’s persecution goes back to October 1979, when the Iranian revolution occurred. The impact of the revolution was far-reaching. Certain Middle Eastern kingdoms and caliphates panicked.
Terrorism’s Illicit Affairs: By Khaled Ahmed | From the March 15, 2013, issue. After the Feb. 16 massacre of 90 Shia Hazaras in Quetta, and the universal condemnation of the act, Pakistan’s politicians are desperately distancing themselves from the terrorist group that
A pipeline to some sovereignty: Ayaz Amir Friday, March 15, 2013 Just last year the leading national flavour was anti-Americanism… and the heroic assertion of national sovereignty. After the Raymond Davis affair, the stealth assault on Bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad and the killing
Sindh assembly passes resolution over misuse of blasphemy law: KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly passed a resolution regarding the ‘misuse of the blasphemy law’ and to condemn the ‘barbaric’ attack on the Christian homes in Joseph Colony, stated a press release on Monday. The Joseph Colony incident took place on
Violence brews at BZU: By: Our Staff Reporter | March 15, 2013 MULTAN – A visiting lecturer of English Department of Bahauddin Zakariya University, who has been accused of blasphemy, was the target of a students rally bought out against him while Tehreek
Election 2013: Abid Raza Deobandi of ASWJ-LeJ gets PML-N ticket from Gujrat: From the Newspaper | Waseem Ashraf Butt | GUJRAT, March 17: As the `sufferings’ of old guards at the hands of new entrants to Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) continue in Gujrat, the fresh `casualty’ is party’s district president and
Pakistan’s real image – by Saroop Ijaz: The local police told the inhabitants of Joseph Colony, Badami Bagh, to evacuate their houses as they were going to be attacked the next day. This is shocking incompetence or perhaps complicity, even by our
Benazir Bhutto’s vision: victory of democracy – by Jehangir Badr: The completion of the term of constitutional government marks the collective achievement of the democratic forces in Pakistan. Admittedly, the five years was a period full of turbulence, myriad challenges and tumultuous events. Despite all odds and fragility of
Why I stand with the Shias – by Amber Darr: “No man is an island, Entire of itself … Each man’s death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know, For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.” — John Donne, Meditations XVII
Peshawar mosque attack: Sunni Barelvis become victim to sectarian terrorism by Deobandi militants: PESHAWAR: Saturday’s blast in Mohallah Baqir Shah hints at the beginning of a newer, darker chapter in the history of this city, which is already gripped by sectarianism. Masjid-e-Chishtia belongs to the Sunni Barelvi sect, which until recently, was primarily
Pakistan: Sinking State – Analysis – by Ajit Kumar Singh: In a development heavy with irony, on March 7, 2013, Pakistan’s Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani – who effectively oversees all internal and external security dispensations in the country, notwithstanding the visible pretence of a ‘civilian’ and ‘democratically
Victims of malignant malice: By Azam Inqilabi/ Kashmir Reader New Delhi superciliously bulldozed the democratic political resistance institutions in Kashmir and should not now feel worried about the unpredictable militant bulge in Kashmir. They should try to understand that carnage could