Original Articles Archive
Balochistan’s burden of slavery – by Dr. Zaffar Baloch: Editor’s note: The following was sent to us by our valued contriber, Imtiaz Baloch. In Pakistan, the chattering elites who supported the restoration of a compromised bureaucrat thought he might do something to address the missing person’s case. So
MQM, Politics of a Chameleon – by Danial Lakhnavi: ہندوستان میں اپنے آبائی علاقے چھوڑ کر سندہ کو گھر بنانے پر جب ہم ہندوستانی اور مہاجر کہلائےجانے لگے، اور ہمارے کچھ احباب نے اس اصطلاح کو اپنا بھی لیا اس وقت میرے والد محترم کو اس اصطلاح سے
Zardari: Is he on the side of truth or Islamofascism?: Related articles: How to kill the Shia snake: Letter from brother Abdullah – by Hakim Hazik Recruitment of Bahrain National Guards in Lahore to kill Shia protesters in Bahrain Zardari’s was elected by popular vote, not by anti-democratic forces
In appreciation of Fauzia Wahab: Related articles: LUBP Archive on Fauzia Wahab On 14 February 2011, a courageous woman while responding to questioners at the Karachi Press Club said what many men won’t have ever said. She treaded on to a territory which was
Contempt Notices But Only Against PPP and People of Sindh – by Abbas Bhutto: Related article: Pakistan’s lord and his flies: On SCP’s contempt notices to Taj Haider and Sharjeel Memon Contempt of court notices have been issued against former senator and general secretary of the PPP’s Sindh chapter, Taj Haider, and the
Pakistan’s lord and his flies: On SCP’s contempt notices to Taj Haider and Sharjeel Memon: Related articles: LUBP Archive on Justice Deedar Shah Contempt Notices But Only Against PPP-P and People of Sindh – by Abbas Bhutto Shameless arrogance of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry et al By Omar Khattab in Islamabad God hurled Iblis/Lucifer
PPP’s Media Policy and the Code of Conduct – by Ahmad Khan Lodhi: Related article: Do you have a media policy, PPP? – By Sikandar Mehdi Since coming into power, the PPP has undoubtedly done a good job in holding its own in the political arena despite all the baggage from previous
Nothing, yet everything personal – by Naveed Ali: “He was retired and came back to Pakistan after long years of service overseas; he had plans and many things to do. On that fateful day he was out shopping with his wife, he was inside the shop while
World Cup semifinal between Pakistan and India: Real game or business as usual? – by D. Asghar: It is no secret that March 30, World Cup Semi Final Cricket match, between India and Pakistan will be a nail biter. Fans are completely charged and ecstatic. The traditional rivals facing each other at Mohali, will literally bring
Pigeons of the Middle East and Africa – by Shiraz Paracha: The imperialist attack on Libya is yet another reminder that capitalism is governed by Machiavellian principles and is based on lies and deceit. Western politicians lie to their own public and every few years Western countries go to bloody
Do you have a media policy, PPP? – by Sikandar Mehdi: Related article: PPP’s Media Policy and the Code of Conduct – by Ahmad Khan Lodhi In last couple of months, PPP has wasted many opportunities to bury Media and PML-N in the same grave. The blunders committed by the
Review of PIDA’s water sector reforms – By Malik Rab Nawaz: The human history unveils many of the civilizations which left their homelands only because of the scarcity of water. The East India Company inaugurated the modern irrigation system in Sub Continent and proved their abilities to utilize the local
The woman of substance Nusrat Bhutto Isphahani – by Saria Benazir: When one glances into the record of Pakistan Peoples Party, one will stumble on it _ but a long history of struggle and sacrifices and indisputably, unfolding them is not even that unproblematic, but necessitates a lot of audacity
Sectarianism and racism: The dishonest narratives on Bahrain – by Hasnain Magsi: Related articles: Why are Pakistan’s urban chatterers neglecting the Bahrain uprising? Recruitment of Bahrain National Guards in Lahore to kill Shia protesters in Bahrain The fabrication of Bahrain’s Shiite-Sunni divide – by Shirin Sadeghi Currently, there are two false
Who will monitor the monitors? – by Nirmal Jalal: Onora O’Neill in her 2002 Reith lectures said, ‘breach of trust has been around since the garden of Eden’. But the ever deepening crisis of loss of trust that we as a nation have plunged into, appears to have
Hamid Mir and Captain Imran: Cricket with Politics ka Tadka – by Danial Lakhnavi: ہمارے سند یافتہ اعتدال پسند صحافی جاوید چوہدری جن کے کالمزکو میں انٹر ٹینمنٹ کے صفحے کے طور پر پڑھتا ہوں ایک ان کے موضوعات اور دوسرے اس وجہ سے کہ پاکستانی اخبارات کے انٹر ٹینمنٹ کے صفحات ہفتہ
Excerpts from an Interview of Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo Part 1 – by Dr Feroze Ahmed: غوث بخش بزنجو کے انٹرویو کے اقتباسات – ڈاکٹر فیروز احمد قومی جمہوریت کا نظام – موجودہ نو آبادیاتی نظام جو انگریز چھوڑ گئے تھے لیکن جو اب تک ہم پر مسلّط ہے، اس میں ایک آزاد ملک کےاقتصادی،
Islamic mob tried to burn down Church in Lahore: Flood relief by F G A church Badami bagh lahore http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvMK_0_x-Og Furious mob tries to demolish church in Badami Bagh By Afnan Khan LAHORE: A large number of people on Tuesday gathered at Chatti Gali, Badami Bagh to burn
Love You George:ISI Chief – by Anas Abbas: Dearest George Washington: I am writing this letter to personally congratulate you on your heroic efforts for working towards the independence of the country that has vastly benefited us over the past 60 years. By the way, your country
PCS officers in Punjab deserve respect and justice: PML-N & DMG is an urban elitist union made in hell: There is a noticeable elitist silence in Pakistani media and blogs on the current protests by the PCS officers in Punjab (PCS slaves of the Takht-e-Punjab), whose legitimate demands for respect and equality are being met with naked brutality
Right wing media and conspiracy of silence: “Control your ‘flight of imagination and avoid fabrication’. the smarter the journalists are, the better off society is.” Warren Buffett . Today, Pakistan is facing troubled times where people are dying of terrorism around the country. In a conflict
Islamic identity, militancy and modernity: Pakistanis need soul searching – by Shiraz Paracha: We, Pakistanis, are talented and intelligent people but many of us have an unrealistic approach towards life and a naive world view, even so we wish to impose our view upon the rest of the world. The case of
Ridiculing Imran Khan’s revolutionary? The joke is on you, mates! – by Maula Bux Thadani: Related articles: Let’s have a revolution in Pakistan: Yeh, Yeh, Yeh! A conversation with Raid Shamat and Sasha Sham-me – by Razzak Memon The Civil Society Bulletin – by Abbas Baloch One of Pakistan’s renowned social commentators, Nadeem Paracha
Let’s go on Marvi Memon’s jihad – by D. Asghar: Looks like there is no end to the comic relief in the last couple of days, from the Pakistani political scene. If Altaf Bhai and his pact with Imran Khan was not enough, the Lota League of Q, have
Deny the Holocaust and go to prison – by Kourosh Ziabari: Those who think that Europe is a “beacon of freedom” and “heaven of liberty” should give themselves an opportunity to reconsider what they had simplistically believed for so long. Tens of people, including high-ranking academicians and authors from various
Aapas Ki Baat: ISI plays a major role in the Raymond Davis release: It’s not a secret anymore that the Pakistani security and intelligence establishment facilitated Raymond Davis release after the spy agency, the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI) succeeded in working out new terms of engagement with the CIA for operating in
Altaf bhai invites Taliban to join hands? – by D. Asghar: Related article: “Aafia United”: Imran Khan calls up Altaf Hussain If Altaf bhai can only realize his immense potential as an entertainer, he would definitely give many Umer Sharifs, and other “Comedy Kings” of Bollywood, run for their money.
Brother Raymond Damond and the Blasphemers of Islamic Diyat – by Molvi Iqbal Haider: Dear Pakistani brothers and sisters, Muslims and non-Muslims, mullahs and humans, Notwithstanding my name, I am not a religious Molvi. I am a half-mullah, half-proxy and remain available for the service of both (mullah and military) as and when
Dishonest Analysis – by S. Akber Zaidi, with introduction by Sikander Mehdi: I have been writing on this issue for some time that our “BORN AGAIN MUSLIMS” are in a over kill mode criticizing the present government. Our Gen Hameed Gul and other burn out generals are talking of peace with
Death of autarchy – by R.A. Toori: George Orwell said: repression is the seed of revolution. The term repression is quite wide in its spectrum as it contains meaning of suppression, tyranny, exploitation, injustice, poverty, inflation and subjugation. All these are the motivating factors that contribute
Raza Rumi and Cyril Almeida on the Raymond Davis Affair: We would like to recommend the following two articles, by Raza Rumi and Cyril Almeida, to our readers that sum up the issue well. For us, the outcome and the subsequent analysis is a vindication of what has already
Raymond Davis sahib aur qiblah Hamid Gul – by Danial Lakhnavi: کل رات اپنے ناسٹلجیا کے تحت امجد خان مرحوم، آنجہانی سنجیو کمار، دھر میندر اور امیتابھ جی کی شاہکار فلم “شعلے” دیکھ رہا تھا، اس دوران بارہا نیوز چینل بھی دیکھتا رھتا جس میں ریمنڈ ڈیوس کی سلطنت سعودیہ
Raymond Davis Affair: A Sorry Saga: By now we all know where this would led to, Davis is somewhere in US, enjoying his new found freedom. Cue the Ghairat brigade to make some more noises, hyperboles and such. Eventually because it was all done by
Raymond Davis Saga: Everybody was Looking For The Happy Ending – by Shaista Aazar: In Pakistan, Hamid Mir and Javed Chaudhary have been conferred with the title of “Moderate” by none other than Mufti Hanif Qureshi, the man who incited lunatic Qadri, (the lone wolf as per the anti-American lobby) to take law
Dare you not oppose the sharia law in Raymond Davis case! – by Fawad Manzoor: Related articles: Ramond-Diyat: Raymond Davis, Blood Money and ISI’s Shariat LUBP Archive on Raymond Davis Our Confused mullahs and right wingers Yes it was all over the retail news channels of Pakistan. Everybody had their own take on it.
Becoming a part of the solution: How to sell our country – by Ali Wahab: Source: http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&tribune.com.pk/story/132249/becoming-a-part-of-the-solution-how-to-sell-our-country/ On my recent visit to California, I was asked what in my opinion was the biggest problem facing Pakistan these days?” “There isn’t just one” I replied. “Already under a lot of stress due to deficits, our country
Raymond-Diyat: Raymond Davis, Blood Money and ISI’s Shariat – by Ali Sher Mussali: Related articles: Dare you not oppose the sharia law in Raymond Davis case – by Fawad Manzoor LUBP Archive on Raymond Davis Now it is very obvious for all people of Pakistan that Raymond Davis’s case was actually a
Pakistani Soldiers and Bahraini Mogambo – by Danial Lakhnavi: Related articles: Recruitment of Bahrain National Guards in Lahore to kill Shia protesters in Bahrain بحرین میں پاکستانی بندوق برداروں کی بھرتی اور اہل وطن کے رویوں پر تحریر بحرین میں عوامی احتجاج اور اس کے خلاف ریاستی تشدد
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and the flock of sycophants – by R.A. Toori: Politics in Pakistan is a murky business. It is historical fact, evidences substantiate it and proves strengthen it. The question is where does the fault lie? Which are the factors that are making politics a dirty game? What is