The return of Masood Azhar Deobandi – by Zahid Hussain: Maulana Masood Azhar, a notorious militant leader in Pakistan, resurfaced last week when he addressed by phone thousands of his supporters in Muzaffarabad. — File Photo BREAKING his long hibernation, Maulana Masood Azhar Deobandi , a notorious militant
Shameful capitulation – by Zahid Hussain: HALF the battle was lost long ago when our national leaders embraced the militant narrative and legitimised violence. Now it is complete capitulation. So, it doesn’t matter how many more people are killed, religious places bombed or soldiers blown
Pakistan’s march to theocracy – by Ayesha Siddiqa: It was a quick call from my editor’s office in Karachi informing me not to bother writing anymore about the Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or any other militant outfit, religious party or even the cricketer-turned-politician’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI). I
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
تربت سے 10سالہ بچے کی تشدد شدہ لاش برآمد: بلوچستان کے علاقے تربت سے گذشتہ چند دن سے لاپتہ تقریباً 10 سالہ بچے کی تشدد شدہ لاش ملی ہے۔ چاکر بلوچ نامی بچے کے بھائی بلوچستان کی قوم پرست تحریک میں سرگرم ہیں۔ نامہ نگار ریاض سہیل کے
Soldier’s Debt – by Saroop Ijaz: The writer is a lawyer and partner at Ijaz and Ijaz Co in Lahore saroop.ijaz@ tribune.com.pk In the last scene of ‘Macbeth’ when the battle is over, the tyrant King defeated, one of the victorious generals, Siward, is
In Zia’s defence – by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid: The man who gave Pakistan its only logical identity All “liberals” from our neck of the woods come together every August 17 in condemnation of a man who enforced Islam in a country that was created in the
جمہوریت اور پاکستان کی مذہبی سیاسی جماعتیں: < لاہور میں ایک رکشا کے پیچھے لگا بینر جمہوریت جمہوریت جمہوریت مختلف نعرے سننے کو ملتے ہیں، کبھی جمہوریت بہترین انتقام تو کبھی جمہوریت کفریہ نظام. لیکن ایک بات جس کا دم پاکستان کی تمام سیاسی جماعتیں بھرتی نظر
On the verge of mutiny – Ejaz Haider: Predictably, the Punjab government’s ill-thought move to enhance the province’s counterterrorism capacity by sidelining the police has resulted in deep resentment within the force, especially the Police Service of Pakistan, which comprises the top officer cadre and from where
Imran Khan and illusion of a Messiah: Up till now I always thought very harshly of Imran Khan, my opinion of him was that of a simpleton who lacked any political acumen. His public appearances are usually crass and full of vulgarities in which he often
بلوچستان کی ڈرٹی وار – از ندیم سعید: ارجنٹائن میں انیس سو چھہتر اور تراسی کے فوجی دور آمریت کے دوران سینکڑوں سیاسی کارکنوں کو ریاستی اداروں کے ہاتھوں جبری گمشدگیوں، تشدد اور ہلاکتوں کا سامنا کرنا پڑا۔ سیاسی مخالفین کے خلاف بہیمانہ کارروائی کے اس دور