Original Articles Archive
300 Sipa-e-Sihaba scoundrels call Punjab government’s bluff: 17 July 2010 By Omar Khattab in Lahore Everyone know that the Punjab’s government’s “action” against the terrorists in the backdrop of the Data Sahib bombing is as bogus as the Pak Fauj’s action against the Taliban in the
Taliban attack convoy in Kurram agency, killing 18: In an ambush attack on a private convoy of vehicles in Kurram agency, 18 people have been killed. The convoy was under military escort, headed to Peshawar from Parachinar on the route that had previously been declared cleared of
Sun from the East- by Ali Irtiza: The Bangladeshi government has ordered mosques and libraries across the country to remove all books written by a controversial Islamic scholar. The chief of the government-funded Islamic Foundation told the BBC that the books by Syed Abul Ala Maududi
India-Pakistan Grow Up, Please! -by Bahadar Ali Khan: The stalemate persisted during and after the fresh round of talks between foreign ministers of India and Pakistan in Islamabad. From cordial to hawkish overtures by Pakistani foreign minister didn’t help the matters either. Even during the wars, foreign
Pakistanis – a bunch of pessimistic, passive critics..?- by Sidra Zia Butt: A character in the Sesame Street cartoons used to say to little girls, “When you grow up, you can be whoever you want to be.” Ironically, throughout their growing years women are told about all the things that they are
Criteria for a Parliamentarian- by Mishel Syyedd: Pakistan, a country always famous for one major concern or the other, is yet surrounded in another show up. This show up occurred late last month when the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the Education Commission to assess the
Courts accorded temporary endorsement only ? – by Jinnah Bhutto: I got a kick out of reading the news about Justice Khalil Ramday’s comments regarding constitutional amendments petition being heard in the Supreme Court these days. His remarks sounded not just funny but hollow as well. He said,
Politicians are their own enemy – Ayaz Amir’s article: Ayaz Amir was a renowned columnist years before he became an elected legislator from his hometown of Chakwal. Urbane and suave, seeing him with the PML-N makes me wonder about his judgment about a party and its leadership. One
Another Friday attack in FATA: Today, on friday 16th July 2010 , bomb blast occurred in Friday market during rush hours . According to initial reports 10 people killed and 15 others injured in a blast in Tirah valley in Khyber Agency on Friday. The people,
How Irani Muslims celebrated the birthday of Imam Hussain (a.s.), grandson of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) – by Ahsan Abbas Shah: Two suicide bombings at a mosque in southeast Iran killed more than 20 people Thursday, including worshippers and members of the Revolutionary Guards, state media reported.The attack came as people celebrated the birthday of Imam Hussain (A.s), grandson of
Devising a new framework for Indo-Pak peace: Raza Rumi Today the foreign ministers of Pakistan and India will meet. This major development should be welcomed. Sceptical noises of distrust in both countries have been heard and the Kashmiri leaders have issued rejectionist statements. Subcontinental leaderships have
On Abu Bakr Naji’s “Edarat al-Wahsh” (Government in the Wilderness) – by Sehar Tauqeer: Who killed the brave Son of Baluchistan fighting for his Rights today ? Who killed 100s of Baloch Nationalists , Punjab Settlers and Hazara Shias , all 3 big Entities of Baluchistan ’s Demographics in recent years ? Who
Doctor rapes Christian student nurse, sexual assault and violence adds greatly to minorities vulnerability – by Junaid Qaiser: A third-year Christian nursing student in the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Karachi was found unconscious with a head injury near Doctors’ Backyard Mess after a Medico-Legal Officer (MLO), Dr Jabbar Memon allegedly raped her, the media reported on
Facts behind ‘Suspicious degree’ of MNA Faryal Talpur- by Farhad Jarral: Yesterday I saw strange news when I turned my TV on to watch 9’o clock news bulletin; it was about the degree of President Asif Ali Zardari’s sister MNA Faryal Talpur. She got Masters Degree in Sociology from Karachi
Varying Degrees of Reality- by Sana Ali: To an avid spectator of Pakistani politics, manufactured hysteria is a sad reality. To the same spectator, there is nothing surprising about the media’s seeming obsession with the educational histories of elected officials. The accusing, spiteful and politically-motivated mud-slinging
Final figures of FY2010 by Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association – by Ahmed Iqbalabadi: Pakistan is a strange country with contradictions abound in what we see and what is made to be seen. On one hand, we are always cribbing about the increase in fuel prices, the growing inflation and rising poverty but
Issues With Our Education – By Pakeezah Saadat: Etymologically, the word education means educare, which means to ‘bring up’ or ‘bring out’ the potential and the creativity of an individual. It mean to bring out the real creativeness from inside ‘you’ and to display in some form
Senator Habib Jalib Baloch gunned down- by aliarqam: QUETTA: Central Secretary General of the Balochistan National Party (BNP) and former senator Habib Jalib Baloch has been killed in the provincial capital on Wednesday. Moscow-educated Jalib was a prominent Baloch intellectual and a former chairman of the Baloch
LUBP condemns assassination of BNP-M leader Habib Jalib Baloch: Former senator and Baluchistan National Party Mengal (BNP) leader Habib Jalib was shot dead on Saryab Road in Quetta. Habib Jalib was ambushed by unidentified gunmen on Saryab Road. He was taken to the Civil Hospital Quetta where he
Benazir Bhutto Hospital Rawalpindi: The name changing practices – by Nadeem Khan: For cheap fame, our politicians name or re-name, government departments into their own name or on the names of their political affiliates. Once this practice was considered as a respectable paradigm and the names of some real renowned personalities
Black coat thugs at it again – by Jinnah Bhutto: A couple of days ago, lawyers in Lahore once again showed their “badmashi”. They are behaving like badmash (law breakers) in the courts. In Lahore yesterday they beat up judge; when other judges came to resolve the matter, they
A collection of Taliban “night letters” to Afghan women: As the Taliban in Bajaur blew up another girls’ primary school just yesterday it might be relevant to look at some details of Taliban threats against women as documented in a recent Human Rights Watch report Many people are
ANP and women legislators: Awami national party is the only political party in Pakistan, which doesn’t has a separate women wing unlike other mainstream political parties of Pakistan. The another important fact worth mentioning is that only two female members who were part of historic constitutional
Zardari’s China policy- By Shahid Javed Burki: Shahid Javed Burki is a renowned economist and also belongs to the anti-PPP divide. He was a minister in the interim cabinet after the removal of the 1996 government of MBB. This article that appeared in Dawn is extremely
United for yellow journalism – by Saad Mansoor: It becomes clearer by each passing day that the calls for accountability, fairness and sense of social responsibility by media, judiciary and the so-called civil society of Pakistan are nothing but a sham. It became all too clear when
Four elements of “Dr” Babar Awan: (1) Dark past as a faithful of General Zia-ul-Haq, (2) Hate speech against Ahmadis, (3) Financial corruption (e.g., distribution of funds (bribery) to various bar councils and lawyers, charges of bribery in Haris Stell Mills) (4) a fake PhD
Yet another instance of lawless lawyers: Judges announce 15 day strike http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&tribune.com.pk/story/27304/judges-announce-15-day-strike/ LAHORE: Civil and additional sessions judges in Lahore announced a 15 day strike after lawyers forced a sessions judge out of his chambers today. The lawyers also took out a rally from Aiwan
Suicide bombing: a “reaction” one day and Blackwater conspiracy the next – by Farhan Q: Today in Jasarat (JI newspaper ) Moulna Aslam Shaikhopuri, a well known Deobandi Aalim in Karachi (graduated from Jamia Binoria) justified suicide bombings because of not having “Khilafah ” اگر مسلمانوں کا کوئی خلیفہ ہوتا تو انہیں خودکش حملے
Khawaja Sharif : ‘The Politically Loyal and Just’- by Hafsa Khawaja: The judiciary of a country is supposed to play a silent and impartial role in doling out justice and withholding the supremacy of the Constitution and Law. Lamentably, in Pakistan the flow of the system always been opposite due
Would you permit me – by Nizar Kabbani: (this poem was originally shared on our forum by our esteemed contributor Javed Sheikh. You can join the discussion about it here) Would You Permit Me? نزار قباني Nizar Kabbani في بلاد يغتال فيها المفكرون، ويكفر الكاتب وتحرق الكتب،
Fatal obsession: Raza Rumi It is a matter of public record that the founder of Pakistan had stated that Indo-Pakistan relationship will resemble that of the USA and Canada. Even before the Partition, Jinnah in a 1946 press conference stated, “the
Blackmailers in media – by Farhad Jarral: A few days ago, CCPO Gujranwala DIG Zulfiqar Cheema called a meeting of police officials and asked them to take an oath to end corruption in the police department. Media representatives were also present in that meeting. During the
“Aisay dastoor ko, subh-e-bey-noor ko mayn nahee maanta”: “Aisay dastoor ko, subh-e-bey-noor ko mayn nahee maanta” – Shahbaz Sharif in his revolutionary speech in early 2009 This verse is from Habib Jalib’s poem, Jamhooriat. Shahbaz Sharif had taken it to the next level by singing it in
Sensitizing the Degrees Verification Process – Saleh Zafir’s role: With no National Assembly in session currently where Saleh Zafir could write his salees Urdu and applaud the 2 hour long speeches of Chaudhry Nisar. Neither is the Prime Minister traveling that Saleh Zafir would be free loading a
Does Pakistan have a civilian strategy? – by Mehlaqa Samdani: Source: AfPak Foreing Policy, JULY 9, 2010 As the Pakistani government tries to shape the future in Afghanistan by facilitating talks between the Haqqani network and the Afghan President Hamid Karzai, its own citizens continue to bear the brunt of
A huge round of applause for the Punjab Assembly – by Junaid Qaiser: All political parties in the Punjab Assembly on Friday passed a unanimous resolution against certain sections of the media for adopting an irresponsible attitude which could adversely affect the constitutional arrangement in the country and derail democracy. It has
The evolution of Dawn News – from English Medium to Urdu Minded – by Ahmed Iqbalabadi: Being stationed abroad, I do not receive many Pakistani channels. Until February 2010, I was a little spoilt for choice by receiving Geo!, Dawn News, ARY, AAJ News, PTV and Indus TV on my receiver. Having moved residences, the
Zardari in China – by Amjad Rashid: It is very difficult for a country to maintain balanced relations with its neighbor countries when most of its neighbors are super powers of the world. Pakistan is situated in such a geographical area that it has China, Russia,
LUBP and Freedom of Expression – by Ahmad Nadeem Gehla: Freedom of expression is a right to express what an individual feels. There is a divine right to speak out. What are requirements for such freedom? 1. A liberal and tolerant society. 2. A state which does not oppress