Original Articles Archive
The Grand Narrative: There are things we observe but we either don’t want to admit them or we don’t know what they are. We all hear big terms such as the establishment, status quo, civil-military bureaucracy & foreign plots to exploit Pakistan. These things have
Justice for Mirza Abbas Arif – by Alizeh Khaleeli: The words stare back at me,and leave me bereft of speech.What justice will there be when our collective consciences are in denial as a nation? I cannot love justice without hating injustice.I am not made of the clay that
فلاحِ انسانیت یا تباہِ انسانیت ؟؟؟ – از یاسر علی: فلاحِ انسانیت کے نام پر انسانیت کو بدنام اور تباہ کرنے کا جو پلان میاں صاحبان اور رانا ثناءاللہ کی مدد سے کالعدم تنظیم لشکر طیبہ کا نام بدل کر کام کرنے والی جماعت ا لدعوۃ نے بنایا ہے
مسلم پاکستان میں کافر یوٹیوب – عمید ملک: ستمبر ٢٠١٢ میں ایک متنازعہ فلم کو بنیاد بنا کر حکومت پاکستان نے یوٹیوب کو پاکستانی صارفین کے لئے بند کر دیا۔ آسان الفاظ میں ہیروئین، چرس گانجا، خطرناک ہتھیار، بارود، خودکش جیکٹ اور اسی طرح کی خطرناک اور
Martyrdom is our Inheritance – Alizeh Khalili: I do not know the strength it takes to sit with your son in the cold.In a coffin.I do not know what those eyes look like when their glance falls upon the snatched youth of their son. I do
The Saudi Arabian Salafi winter casts its dark shadow over Egypt: Pakistan is next: In an article dated October12 2011 LUBP asserted that the Arab Spring was in fact the Saudi Arabian Winter. We saw further evidence with the brutal murder of Ambassador Stevens. Now we see the emergence of a Salafi government backed
The Implications of Pakhtuns’ Stereotyping – by Arshad Haroon: It would not be wrong to claim that the people inhabiting both sides of the Durand Line are peace-loving people who entertain a secular worldview and who hold in high esteem aesthetic practices. This is evident from centuries old
Jamat Islami: The Apex of Hypocrisy!: News Beat – 6th August 2013 by zemvideos Editor’s note: we are Cross posting an article by Hassan Amin from Pakistani Spectator. This article explains some of the points made by Shaher Bano Walajahi and Saleem Safi in the talk
The Confused Jang Group and its Khushamdi Sahafi Hazraat: There is a list of adjectives that can be attributed to Jang Group and its journalists. While “cheater” is the most appropriate one for the entire group, “confused” is another for them. Jang Group has a number of journalists
Why I am Anxious About Chilas.: Diamer District is bounded by Astore District in the east, by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the southwest Neelum District of Azad Kashmir in the south, the Ghizer District in the north and northwest, and the Gilgit District in the north and northeast. Before the Karakoram Highway was opened in 1978, the
Courage to stand for the oppressed: Today a Muslim Man in Orangi Town, Karachi Recieved 18 Bullets, and died while running after 2 armed Gun-men.. Do you Why? Because He took a Stand.. He was the neighbour of an Ahmadi Man Zahoor Ahmad Kiyani, aged
Maudoodi’s article on Takfiris: Introductory note: Maulana Maudoodi wrote an article entitled Fitna-i Takfir (‘The mischief of calling Muslims as kafir’) for his magazine Tarjuman al-Quran in its May 1935 issue. It can be found in the collection of his writings published under
Comment on Mehr Abbasi’s News Eye, August 13, 2013: It was a pleasant surprise to see Mehr Abbasi conduct a reasonable show against religious extremism and violence. The only guest who made any sense and highlighted the root of the issue was the independent scholar, Sherbano Walajahi. To
A society without meaningful dissent – by Osama Siddique: Slowly but surely, Pakistan’s intelligensia is waking up to confront the Judicial dictatorship of PCO Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary. What was once a trickle is slowly gathering pace as more scholars, legal experts and lawyer’s are taking a
Chief Justice to be Statistics Minister after retirement: The Monster in Chief of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry is cementing his candidature for the post of statistics minister after his retirement expected to be on 12th December 2013. The day will be celebrated as a “Good Riddance” or
What Perpetautes Low Income Mobility In Pakistan From Childhood? By A Z: Corruption? Nepotism? Lack of meritocracy? Low GDP growth? Yes, all of these and more. But in the final analysis two factors are more responsible for the widening gap between the rich and poor than anything else. These two factors
Hussain : My sacrifice to God – by Midhat Ali Zaidi: Life was a clear set path ahead after I got married and Hussain came to my life; it was complete – a home, a loving husband and child, a family. It was an ordinary day, like any morning when
Taliban Spokesman Ansar Abbasi on a mission!: Pakistan’s chief Taliban spokesman in mainstream media, Ansar Abbasi in his “Analysis” published simultaneously in The News and Jang on Monday, August 19, 2013 has suggested that the PML-N government should use the opportunity of suspending indefinitely the execution
فرعون مرحوم: ————– حالانکہ ان کے زمانے اور فرعونوں کے زمانے میں صدیوں کا فرق ہے. مگر جس آن، بان، شان اور مکمل اختیار کے ساتھ مرحوم نے حکومت کی وہ فرعونوں کو بھی نصیب نہیں ہوا، کہتے یہ ہیں کہ
بلیک ستمبر- جب جنرل ضیا الحق نے اردن میں پچیس ہزار فلسطینیوں کا قتل عام کیا: آج 17 اگست ہے. آج کے دن پاکستان کو ایک آمر سے نجات ملی تھی. یہ آمر نہ صرف پاکستان میں مذہبی انتہا پسندی کا بانی ہے بلکہ اس نے پاکستان کو امریکا کی گود میں ڈال دیا تھا.وہ
Zamurd Khan and PPP – by Zulfiqar Ali: A man drives in a vehicle with black windows. Enters the most secured area of the country. No one stops him. Then a PPP Jiyala shows bravery. Now all are saying that PPP had nothing to do with it.
Persistent Plagiarism and “Predictions” of Orya Maqbool Jan – by Zulfiqar Ali: Mr. Orya incessantly bashans about morals and ethic. He wails how Pakistani society is going against the teachings of Islam. However he seems to think that theft i.e. plagiarism is not against Islam. Just few days ago his about
Scaling Jinnah’s Mausoleum To Search For His Pakistan – by A Z: When the country’s birthday has become a “media circus” and an “Islamic day” glorifying our horrors and mistakes to children, then we would be remiss to skip the sideshows. Here, captured on the image and film (appended below), are
PPP Jiyala thwarts the Era of Mullah Umar – by Syed Riaz Malik Hajjaji: Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Yesterday a Great Mujahid of Islam showed how the Islam of Mullah Umar can be implemented in Pakistan – by Peaceful methods such as waving and flashing an automatic machine gun with a decent rpm.
Are Ismailis being dragged into the mayhem? – by A Z: Editor’s note: This incident highlights, yet again, the intellectually dishonest approach of Pakistan’s intelligentsia when the falsely misrepresent Shia Genocide is a Shia-Sunni war and Saudi-Iran Proxy war. The Ismailis, a Shia sub-sect are a low profile community who have made
14 August Time for Freedom Again – by Bahadar Ali Khan: Six decades ago, we achieved freedom from Britain. But the habits of the slaves don’t die overnight. Over the years following independence we got busy with hunt for a new master. Among two available choices we picked one, the
Forgotten Pakistani: Stranded Pakistanis Stranded Pakistanis, also known as Biharis, describes the people mainly of the Bihari ethnic group currently residing in Bangladesh who did not support its
Critique of “The Emirate of TTP- by Babar Sattar”: While there are some errors and omissions in Babar Sattar’s “The Emirates of TTP (DAWN, August 12 2013 http://dawn.com/news/1035362/the-emirate-of-ttp) the idea of declaring the TTP and its apologists as anti-State is an interesting idea. It is refreshing to see
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom on Shia Genocide and persecution of Minorities: Editor’s Note: LUBP applauds the notice taken by United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Shia Genocide and persecution of minorities in Pakistan based on their religious identity. LUBP looks forward to interviewing the commissioner in the
عدالتی فرعون اور بھٹو – از حق گو: مجھےایک چھوٹے اخبار میں چھپنے والی یہ خبر یا رپورٹ دیکھ کے انتہائی درجے کی حیرت اور پریشانی ہوئی – جو عمران خان کے عدالت میں پیش ہونے کے بعد تین اگست کو اخبار کی زینت بنی جس میں
Chaudhry Nisar obfuscates Shia genocide in Pakistan – by Mahpara Qalandar: On the evening of 13 August, just a few hours from the 66th anniversary of Pakistan, Chaudhry Nisar held a nationally televised press conference in which he explained his government’s plans on how to tackle “militancy” in Pakistan. Yes,
پاکستان اور بھارت کے دیوبندیوں میں فرق: بھارت کی جماعت اسلامی اور جمعیت علما ہند ،علما دیوبند نے کشمیر کے معاملے پر بھارت کی حمایت کر دی – جبکہ پاکستانی جماعت اسلامی اور دیوبندی پاکستان کی حکومت کے خلاف طالبان کی حمایت کرتے ہیں -کشمیر
The Forgotten Warrior for Justice: Justice Maqbool Baqar – by Haq Navees: On Wednesday 26th June early morning, as Sindh Assembly went into session, just a few metres away near SHC Karachi was rocked with a bomb blast that claimed nine precious lives of the law enforcement agencies and left several
میں بطور شیعہ کیا سوچتا ہوں؟: کافی دنوں بعد تحریر لکھ رہا ہوں زہنی طور پر کافی پریشان ہوں مگر جسمانی طور کافی تندرست، زہن آجکل ایسی کشمکش میں مبتلا ہے کہ کچھ بھی کرلیا جائے سکون ہی نہیں ملتا۔ آئے دن جنازے، آئے دن
١١اگست ملک میں بسنے والی تما م اقلیتوں کے حقوق کے تحفظ کا دن: قائد اعظم کے تصورات کے مطابق 11اگست کے دن کو ملک میں بسنے والی تما م اقلیتوں کے حقوق کے تحفظ کے لئے منا یا جانا خوش آئند ہے۔ اقلیتوں سے تعلق رکھنے والے افراد بھی ملک میں بسنے
پرائم ٹائم خیرات: اطلاع یہ ہے کہ ڈاکٹر بلا آج کل بہت خوش ہیں، بلکہ پھولے نہیں سما رہے ہیں. کہتے ہیں کہ ان کے فلسفۂ لنگر بانٹو لنگر اور دو خیرات لو خیرات کو جو پذیرائی اور قبول عام ان رمضانوں
Education for all: Education is necessary for the children.Every child has right to get education.It is the basic need right and need of every child.Education enriches lives and is an economic necessity for any developing country. We need to modernise our education system
One Step Forward Two Steps Back (A story of Pakistan selection policy) – by Talal Mahmud: One Step Forward Two Steps Back!!! Aptly describes the crazy world of Pakistan cricket administration. Whether it’s interference by political (or even their judiciary fronts) and business interests to mind boggling selection decisions, apathy in handling match fixing menace
Syria’s War, Another Tragedy on Euphrates that nobody wants to end – by A Z: PROLOGUE It has been well over two years since the Syrian opposition, propelled by long-held and varying grievances, rose against Bashar al Assad. With Assad’s long autocratic reign under serious threat, the regime responded with force, arresting protesters and
What Ails Pakistan Cricket? by A Z: Almost every day I hear analyses from cricket pundits in Pakistan that the standard of the game in Pakistan is going down because of the lack of international cricket in the country. This is. Indeed, very far from the