‘Aawaz Uthey Gi’ -by Hina Mehr Nadeem: This is not the first time that those barbarians have targeted Hazarians. This is not the first the bus of Shia pilgrims travelling to and from Iran is bombed. This not the first time the roads of Balochistan are
The silent war – by Midhat Zaidi: She leaned on to him, the way an old mother would on to the shoulder of her grown up son. He is such a handsome young chap, many young ladies from the community wanted to become her ‘baho’(Daughter in
A Sideshow from Hell – by A Z: Over 60,000 Pakistanis have been killed by the extremists over the past few years. In the wake of Pakistan’s getting sucked into the war-on-terror after 9/11, for the Pakistan Army in particular, allies were switched to enemies and vice
جماعت اسلامی اور طالبان کی وکالت –: یہ شخص روز بہ روز ذہنی مریض بنتا جا رہا ہے. دھماکے طالبان کرتے ہیں، خود کش حملہ طالبان کرتے ہیں، ذمہ داری بھی وہی قبول کرتے ہیں، خوشیاں بھی طالبان کے حامی ہی مناتے ہیں اور پھر بھی
The Threat of the “Salafi/Deobandi Crescent” – by Dr. Shaul Shay: BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 235 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: While Israel and the West are focused on the Iranian threat, another dangerous entity is emerging in the Middle East. Attempts by al-Qaeda and other radical Salafi/Deobandi Islamist groups to challenge the
Sunanda Pushkar loved her husband to death- by Shazia Nawaz: Sunanda Pushkar loved her husband to death. No pun intended. In fact, death doesn’t sound very romantic, does it? Sunanda, the deceased wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, supposedly committed suicide after finding out about her husband’s alleged affair
Children of Lesser God: Early this January, liberal quarters of Pakistan’s civil society commemorated fourth death anniversary of Shaheed Salmaan Taseer, the slain Governor of the Punjab. He was assassinated in broad daylight four years ago because of his unrelenting support for a
AWAZ UTHE GI : Join The Largest Anti-Terrorism Campaign: Awaz Uthe Gi is a collaborative campaign by the youth of Pakistan to demand an end to the rampant terrorism in the country. The terrorists are well known;and so are those aiding and abetting them; whether they hold political
منٹو:چھوٹے جہنم تصویر کرنے والا: سعادت حسن منٹو کی برسی پر ہم اس مرتبہ کوئی پروگرام نہ کرسکے اور نہ ہی میں کوئی کالم لکھ سکا لیکن سعادت حسن منٹو مجھے کل اس وقت بہت یاد آیا جب میں خانیوال میں ایک محلے خرم
Barelvis take on Deobandis over religious propert: take on Deobandis over religious property Manjari Mishra, LUCKNOW: The age-old animosity between the Deobandi and Barelvi schools of thought among Sunni Muslims resurfaced in Uttar Pradesh with moderate Barelvis serving an ultimatum to hardline Deobandis to give up
U.S. Drones Cause Terrorism?: Myth 2: U.S. drones cause terrorism because the Taliban are fighting to avenge those killed by the strikes. False. Many Taliban appeasers often use this myth to justify the group’s brutality against innocent civilians, but there is no evidence
Pakistan should protect minorities says UK Attorney General: Britain’s Attorney General Dominic Grieve MP has said that it’s the responsibility of the government of Pakistan to protect its religious minorities from persecution by the extremist groups through vigorous action against those who perpetrate crimes in the name
Pakistan: Ahmadi youngster shot dead in Rawalpindi: A 17 year old Ahmadi boy, Arsalan Sarwar, was shot fatally in Satellite town area of Rawalpindi yesterday, it is reported. According to the Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya Pakistan spokesperson, Saleem-ud Din, the circumstances surrounding the youngster’s killing are
Aitzaz Hasan (1998 – 2014) – by A Z: Death takes the applause as the humanity’s foremost leveller. Once we cross the gate into our eternal abode, just about everybody is a nobody. Billionaires and wretchedly poor are nobodies alike. Almost every worthwhile philosophy regards death as the