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
تیئس مارچ کا قاتل کون؟ – ازعامرریاض: آج 23 مارچ ہے جو ہمیں اس دن کی یاد دلاتا ہے جب آج سے 74 برس قبل پنجاب کے دل لاہور میں آل انڈیا مسلم لیگ نے فیصلہ کن تحریک کا آغاز کیا تھا۔ اجلاس کی پشت پناہی
The Frankenstein – by Waseem Altaf: Jinnah once went to Saydan-Pur (Srinagar) to meet Pir Syed Jama’at Ali Shah who knew about the potential of Amin ul-Hasanat a.k.a Pir of Manki Sharif to exploit religion in service of politics. He advised Jinnah to meet Pir
Homecoming to Jinnah’s Pakistan – by Dr Akbar S. Ahmed: “We have to cancel today’s program due to a very high alert security threat. One brave officer died in Karachi yesterday, Chaudhary Aslam.” The email from Dr Naeem Mushtaq, the head of Human Resources at the Islamabad Club, sounded
Jesus and Jinnah – by Harris Khalique: Merry Christmas to all! Today is celebrated as the day Jesus was born. It was Jesus Christ, the prophet of God, who was crucified by the powers that be in his times for what he stood for. In terms
Sardar Asif’s Claims – by Zulfiqar Ali: Sardar Asif Ahmad Ali Sahab was guest in of Hina Malik in the program ‘The Right Angle’ aired on August 11, 2013. I started watching Sardar Asif very enthusiastically. I think he is intellectual who speaks up his mind
Counter psychological warfare policy? – by Shiraz Paracha: Reportedly four to five people attacked the residency building in Ziarat, Baluchistan. The number of militants and suicidal bombers is small. Out of nearly 200 million residents of Pakistan suicidal bombers and militants could be no more than a
Bombs on Quaid’s residency in Ziarat – by Maryam Sadiq: The Quaid-e-Azam dies decades ago and ‘they’re’ dropping bombs on his ‘residency’ in Ziarat- do ‘they’ spare any one,even the dead? To put it mildly, ‘they’ erase names from Ahmedi graves even, hound Christians,and scare the daylights out of
Rapist of History and Jinnah: There are two people in Pakistan for whom I would advocate the punishment according to the Sharia Law (though I oppose all those barbaric punishments given in the name of Sharia). But for these two people I am okay
Jinnah-Ispahani correspondence -by Sharif al Mujahid: IN his day, Mirza Abul Hassan Ispahani (1902-1981) was an All India Muslim League (AIML) Parliamentary Board member (1936), an AIML Working Committee member, and a confident of Jinnah since 1936. He was very proactive in the Pakistan movement
The Jinnah’s Pakistan, embroiled in mayhem -by Saria Benazir: “There is no power on earth that can undo Pakistan”…, the founder’s words reverberate in my brain on the country’s Defence Day. I am engrossed in the paroxysm of decidedly treasured reminiscences of September 6, 1965, when Pakistanis from
Would Jinnah have lived as a Shia? – by Faiza Mirza: j Source: Dawn Twenty-nine years ago a boy was born in the city of Karachi. His excited parents just like many before and after them, faced the common question: What should we name him? A name which would do
A letter to Mr. Jinnah -by Kumail Ahmed: Dear Sir, There are two reasons why I’m writing this letter in English. Firstly, I’m fortunate enough to attend a school that taught me to write in English, and secondly because it’s easier for you to comprehend English. (Though
Rape of History by Muslims – by Hamid Akhtar: In the following two columns published in daily Express in March 2009, veteran columnist (late) Hamid Akhtar offers some excerpts from Hasan Jafar Zaidi’s article “hamari tarikh fehmi aur humara fikir aur siasi bohran” which was published in the
Jinnah: Secular or Islamist? – By Dr. Niaz Murtaza: The controversy about Jinnah’s vision for Pakistan rages on. Did Jinnah want a secular or a Sharia state? The two sides buttress their arguments by quoting his words selectively. Liberals quote his August 11, 1947 speech which says, “You
Moving beyond Jinnah’s Pakistan —by Fahd Ali: What exists right now in the name of the Pakistani state is an institution that oppresses its citizens, discriminates against them on the basis of religion, usurps their rights, and rewards the coterie of a few, which consists of
On being Pakistani -by Morial Shah: With 14th of August around the corner, festive fever is on the rise. Civic organizations, student groups, and social, electronic and print media are joining the swelling ranks of celebratory brigades. And that’s where some of the problems with
Independence Introspections – by Usmann Rana: Today Pakistan celebrates the 64th years of its infancy in world history. Forgive Pakistanis if they seem perplexed as to what exactly are they celebrating. Is it the increasing sense of isolation that Pakistan feels whenever a major wanted
August 11th: Minorities Day: Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s 11th August Speech is one of the most famous speeches made by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founding father of Pakistan and known as Quaid-e-Azam (Great Leader). Today there is hardly a more contentious issue in Pakistan than