Private hospitals or money-minting units? – by Imtiaz Gul: The writer is the Executive Director of the independent Centre for Research and Security Studies When the state abdicates its primary responsibility, it invariably throws its citizens at the mercy of brute non-state operators. This is true for
سونامی خان کی جمہوری قلابازیاں: عمران خان پی پی پی کے دور حکومت میں اسی چیف جسٹس کی غیر جانبداری اور عدل و انصاف کی تعریفیں کرتے نہیں تھکتے تھے۔ اور آج جب خود اسی چیپ جسٹس کے دہرے معیار کا شکار
No action on banned Deobandi groups: IF banning terrorist and militant groups has not led to any credible or effective results, does that mean the government should quietly give up on the practice altogether? Or if the government is engaged in dialogue with the
Shia Genocide in Sindh and Bilawal Fan Club: 23-04-2014: Ejaz Hussain killed in Karachi. 22-04-2014: Sajid Mehdi, 25, killed in Karachi. 22-04-2014: Yet another Shia Muslim, Sajjad Raza, killed by ASWJ Farooqi Group in Karachi. 21-04-2014: A Shia Musim, Shahid Hussain, killed in Karachi. 20-04-2014: Ali Raza
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
مہاجروں کے مسائل 18 مارچ 1984 سے پہلے: مہاجروں کے ساتھہ تعصب کا آغاز تو اس وقت ہی ہوگیا تھا جب وہ ہجرت کرکے پاکستان پہنچے تھے.اس وقت بھی بہت سے لوگ مہاجرین کی آبادکاری کی خلاف تھے.اس وقت کے سندھ کےوزیر اعلی ایوب کھوڑو بھی سندھ میں
Karachi : Enter Deobandi TTP – by Zia Ur Rehman: They came in trickles and floods; as individuals, whole families, and entire caravans. Fleeing the insurgencies and operations in their homes, displaced persons from various parts of FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sought refuge in Karachi as well as other
Remembering Majid Mir: A Tribute – by Shoaib Mir: HE was a godsend, I thought. Particularly, after my nasty brush, to put it very mildly, with the military regime whose “90 days” extended infamously to an 11-year long night of terror and its kangaroo courts, a bloody tale
Someone is ready to admit -by Dr. Prince Ali: Few days back one of my colleagues made a blunder at the hospital regarding patient management. A diagnosed case of Prostate tumor was admitted in the ward that was operated in the morning. Later in the afternoon consultant called
Iftekharuddin: The sole rebel – by Waseem Altaf: After the creation of the dominion of Pakistan on Aug 15, 1947, within a short span, the secular and liberal elements in the Muslim League gradually lost the battle for a progressive and modern Pakistan, while the delusional right-wingers,
Bilawal Bhutto’s plea for Pakistan – by Rob Crilly: The son of Benazir Bhutto opened a new front in the war against extremism in Pakistan at the weekend, with a glittering gala of music and fireworks set against the illuminated ruins of a Bronze Age city. In
Bilawal and the future of the PPP – by Mohammad Waseem: The writer is a professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has started his political career with a bang. He has been aggressive in his stance on Imran Khan and militants