Spot the difference – by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid: Following back-to-back blasts in Sibi and Rawalpindi last week, claimed by the hitherto unknown United Baloch Army (UBA), comparisons between the UBA and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have spiraled to the point of going berserk. Just like most realms,
Pakistan’s Fragile Periphery – by Vikas Kumar: Key Points The relationship between its ethno-linguistic provinces and territories is a crucial determinant of the territorial integrity of Pakistan. Punjab is the only province of Pakistan that has both an abiding material interest in the integrity of the
کوفہ اور تاج لنگاہ – از عامر حسینی: شیعہ کے تیسرے امام اور مسلمانوں کے تمام مکاتب فکر میں عزت و احترام سے دیکھے جانے والے امام حسین رضی اللہ تعالی عنہ کے کربلا میں زندہ بچ جانے والے واحد صاحبزادے علی بن حسین المعروف سجاد و
Buying the bad boys – by Waseem Altaf: I recall, during the 1973 Arab-Israel war, the Arab leaders of the Gulf States offered millions of dollars to Israeli pilots on media to defect to an Arab country alongwith the equipment and in return, they would be offered
زوالفقار بھٹو سے بلاول بھٹو تک – از عامر حسینی: پاکستان کی سیاسی تاریخ میں اب کجھ ایام ایسے ہیں جن میں ایسے واقعات ظہور میں آئے جن کی وجہ سے پاکستان کے ایک مضبوط فیڈریشن ہونے کے تاثر کو سخت نقصان پہنچا ایسا ہی ایک دن 4-اپریل 1979ء
Fabricating specious ethos – by Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur: The atrocities against the Baloch or the ravages against the Bengalis, the recent burning of the Hindu Dharmshala in Larkana or the carnages against the Hazara Shias or Christians sadden me deeply as do all the brutal and
Five ways Pakistan degraded women – by Rafia Zakaria: Pakistani women know to expect no special concessions. At any given moment in history, one or another political force, religious edict, or social problem is aiming directly at them, pointing fingers, attaching blame. Given this, most of them expected
Pakistani version of Aam Admi launched – by Zahid Gishkori: What is to be seen is whether this former bureaucrat can weave the Kejriwal magic in the hotly contested environs of political Islamabad. PHOTO: facebook.com/Adnan.H.Randhawa ISLAMABAD: Meet Adnan Randhawa. You probably don’t know who he is. Just like a