On moon-sighting and national standardization: Standardization of all types, from language to education curricula (or moon sighting in Pakistan), is an existential concomitant of the modern bureaucratic state. Standardized national languages have more to do with, in Gellner’s words, the ‘high culture’ of
JUI-F blames ‘ISI within ISI’ for kidnappings, killings – by Irfan Haider: Editor’s note: Hypocritical statements from Deobandi JUI-F which provides umbrella protection for Deobandi Terrorists. JUIF-F also gets money from many foreign notorious foreign donors this was stated in Parliament by General Pasha, former head of ISI. The Taliban see their indispensability for the
Foreign militants seeking ‘safe passage’ – by Hassan Abdullah: MIRAMSHAH: As the government team prepares for another meeting with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan Deobandi (TTP), many of the foreign militants based in and around North Waziristan feel they are facing an uncertain future and are not only seeking assurances from
From Faqir of Ipi to Taliban – by Raja Anwar: In this article (published in daily Dunya), veteran progressive writer Raja Anwar says that Pakistan and Afghanistan must develop a joint strategy to deal with the radical Deobandi and Salafi extremists hiding in Pakistan’s tribal areas and adjoining areas
Mastung to Mir Ali – by Redaktion: On January 21, 2014, twenty-eight Shia pilgrims of Hazara origin were killed, and dozens more injured, when a powerful explosion ripped through a bus in Balochistan’s district of Mastung. As usual, the media were reluctant to utter the word
ایک نیا آئین بنائیں – از حسن رضا چنگیزی: میرا خیال ہے کہ اب وہ وقت آگیا ہے کہ ملک کو ایک نیا آئین دیا جائے۔ اس لئے نہیں کہ پاکستان کے “لے پالک بچّے” یعنی بلوچ موجودہ ملکی آئین سے مطمئن نہیں بلکہ نیا آئین بنانا اس
Drone Attacks – by Abdulhai Kakar: US drones strike are under discussion all over the world and recently Amnesty international issued a report . US drones strike are continue in Pakistan Somalia Yemen. Abdulhai Kakar : Zubair Mahsood Sir there are reports says that most
Dronophobia – by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid: The irrational, abnormal and persistent fear of drone strikes Dronophobia is a case of specific phobia, the irrational, abnormal and persistent fear of drone strikes. A dronophobe believes that drone strikes causes more harm to a state than suicide
ڈرون کا ردعمل: عمران خان اور تحریک انصاف کے لوگ اکثر ہر دہشت گردی پرطالبان کی مذمت کرنے کے بجاۓ الٹا اس کو ڈرون کا رد عمل کہتے ہیں .پاکستان میں پہلا ڈرون حملہ 18 جون 2004 کووانا وزیرستان میں ہوا تھا .جس میں
Bravo Mr. President – by Riaz Ali Toori: I remember a man who was tortured inhumanly; who had spent a decade of his life in jail but emerged victorious and became the most powerful President of the country yet adopted a policy of reconciliation instead of
FATA: Behind Pakistan’s Iron Curtain – by Melissa Roddy: Photo by Melissa Roddy Editor’s note: In the following article published in the Huffington Post, Melissa Roddy presents a point of view that is mostly missing from the Pakistani pro-Taliban media. Her analysis is more fact based than Taliban
Darra Adamkhel is next after the fall of Tirah: LUBP got an email from student of a private University of Peshawar, hailing from Darra Adamkhel. He has requested for anonymity due to risks involved. Telling us about fears of people of Darra Adamkhel after the fall of Tirah.