Original Articles Archive
From “Qatil” League to “Qabool” League – by Furqan Ahmed: Editors’ note: We believe in open debate and hence are posting an article written by our regular contributor on the topic of taking in the PML-Q as part of the coalition. Though it is a decision which when happens
Bullets of Intolerance – by Farhad Jarral: The apparent lull following the daylight slayings in recent months of two of Pakistan’s most prominent liberal politicians raises even more questions about a nation unwilling to confront the propagators of fear and destruction. They took less than 60
Salute to Javed Hashmi: I have been a long admirer of Javed Hashmi particularly because of his principled stance against General Musharraf and Pakistan army, and his reconciliatory approach to other political parties including the Pakistan Peoples Party. However, the words that he
Why Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto loved us – by Ali Sher Mussali: Related posts: A brief history of PPP: mauj mela, madari, maqtal – by Hasan Mujtaba Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto slaps General Zia and Ziaists from his grave – Hasan Nisar What is the difference between ZAB, Benazir Bhutto and other
A humble tribute to Mukhtaran Mai – by Naveed Ali: یہ تو عدل جہاں کی بے کسی ہے وفا کشوں نے کب بازی لٹائی کوئی امید ظلمت میں نہیں تھی چراغ شب نے ہی ہمّت دکھائی فرامین جہاں داری ہیں بے بس دلوں میں زندہ رہتی ہے صداقت عصمت
ISI-backed judiciary’s verdict in favour of 14 rapists – by Ali Sher Mussali: Chief Justice Iftakhar Chaudhry’s party, Supreme League of Pakistan (SLOP) has proved all rapists in Mukhtara’s case as honorable citizens and innocents. After six years, SLOP reached a consensus that suo moto against Punjab’s SLOP was a non-political decision
Mukhtaran Mai and the pro-rape judicial brigade – by Dilshad Chandio: Now I will appeal to Allah, says Mukhtaran Mai Source: The News, April 21, 2011 MULTAN: Mukhtaran Mai, a victim of gang rape, expressing her distress over the Supreme Court verdict said now she would take recourse to Allah’s
Musharraf’s “non-political” journey – by D. Asghar: As usual our former President Musharraf was throwing pies in the sky. In a recent interview to a popular daily, he made a tall claim. He was going to be back in the country before the year end. He
Prophets of Doom – by Dr. Niaz Murtaza: Pakistan is probably the country whose demise is predicted most frequently and nervously. David Kilcullen, an American-based guerrilla warfare expert, wrote the most apocalyptic (and inaccurate!) obituary back in 2009: collapse within months. Political scientists, wiser than narrowly-focused warfare
Another Black September by Pakistan Army? – by H.A. Khan: Related articles: The role of General Zia-ul-Haq in the events of Black September (1970) in Jordan LUBP Archive on Bahrain There is no future without the past. These words were written by our Mentor Dr. Lal Khan in his
Najam Sethi: Geo’s Catch-22? – by Noha Beig: Last night (Tue, 19 April 2011) Najam Sethi’s show, Aapas Ki Baat, on Geo-News went off the air when Sethi was talking about agencies propping up Imran Khan. It returned after almost 10 minutes of ads. Its host said
They don’t have to die young! – by Shahid Nadeem: Related Readings: Bhutto Reference. Why it should be opened? – by Sikandar Mehdi Why the case of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto must be re-opened? – by Urooj Hussain The trial of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto – by Fauzia Wahab Source: Express
Bhutto Reference. Why it should be opened? – by Sikandar Mehdi: I have written few times about people who are spokesperson for ruling PPP. They should be well versed, they should be smart, they should know the PPP & its history, along with all the turmoils that it has gone
We beg you to open the Pandora Box, Mr. CJP – by Imran Qadir Butt: I kept reading and kept on laughing. No, I was not reading any comedy, surprisingly I was merely reading a very serious story quoting one of the most important personality in present day Pakistan. Yes it was about Mr
Ijaz-ul-Haq Bhutto and the Real PPP: Reflections of a Jiyala – by Maula Bux Thadani: Last week, Pakistan’s Fake Civil Society (FCS) who are actually the real PPP supporters, were using Ijaz-ul-Haq (son of Pakistan’s Islamofascist military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq) to diss Babar Awan. Many of them were inflamed that Babar Awan was representing the Government
Karachi’s Industrialists, and “Institutionalized” Extortion; an unbiased perspective – by Furqan Ahmed: Karachi is often referred to as the backbone of Pakistan’s economy. In reality it is actually the heart of Pakistan’s economy. Home to over 20 million people of various ethnic and religious backgrounds, Karachi is a place where everyone
Media whiz kids of the security state: Corrupt Army, corrupt journalists! By Dr Abbas Zaidi In his Distant Voices (1994), John Pilger narrates how a Soviet intellectual got the shock of his journalistic life during his visit to the US in the mid-1980s. He spent a
PPP is pro-establishment? A response to Najam Sethi’s editorial – by Fawad Manzoor: Related Post : IJI for 2013 Fake criticism of military establishment Aapas Ki Baat: ISI plays a major role in the Raymond Davis release Najam Sethi’s liberal anarchy against politicians and democracy LUBP archive on Najam Sethi Mr. Liberal
HEC and the Constitution – by Asad Jamal: Note by Sikandar Mehdi It is surprising that someone in the media has reported the facts about Higher Education Commission (HEC) rather than the “science fiction” that has been presented by the news retailers. Dr. Atta ur Rehman probably
Bhutto retrial: Catharsis for PPP haters – by Danial Lakhnavi: حکمران جماعت پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی نے اپنے اتحادیوں کی مشاورت اور کابینہ کی منظوری سے ایک آئینی شق کے تحت طاقت اور اختیارات کی تقسیم کے موجودہ بندوبست کے ایک اہم ساجھے داریعنی جوڈیشری سے ذوالفقار علی بھٹو پر چلائے
The burqa debate: “Just so you do not have thoughts…” – by Shazia Nawaz: Related articles: The burqa debate: “To ban or not to ban?” – by Imaan Hazir Mazari The burqa debate: “Burqa got a befitting French kiss” – by Marvi Sirmed We all know that burqa does not have its roots
The burqa debate: “Burqa got a befitting French kiss” – by Marvi Sirmed: Related articles: The burqa debate: “Just so you do not have thoughts…” – by Shazia Nawaz The burqa debate: “To ban or not to ban?” – by Imaan Hazir Mazari Before reading this argument on recent Burqa-ban by France,
The burqa debate: “To ban or not to ban?” – by Imaan Hazir Mazari: Related articles: The burqa debate: “Just so you do not have thoughts…” – by Shazia Nawaz The burqa debate: “Burqa got a befitting French kiss” – by Marvi Sirmed How do we know when a state oversteps its bounds?
Racist Shia Arabs lynching Pakistanis in Bahrain? – by Ram Alamdar Hussain: Related articles: Sectarianism and racism: The dishonest narratives on Bahrain – by Hasnain Magsi Recruitment of Bahrain National Guards in Lahore to kill Shia protesters in Bahrain The fabrication of Bahrain’s Shiite-Sunni divide – by Shirin Sadeghi The Mainstream
Revisiting Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s trial – by Amna Paracha: The raging controversy that is being generated by the Government’s reference to the Supreme Court to revisit the ZAB trial evidences at least one fact, namely that the forces that ousted and murdered Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto are still all
Another way – by Imran Qadir Butt: Here is a thing for you; you heard spine chilling, devastatingly frank and shockingly straight forward admission of botched suicide bombing attempt by a teenage boy of impressionable mind, what would you make of it? To make your life
Why the case of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto must be re-opened? – by Urooj Hussain: Thirty two years ago on 4th April 1979, a great injustice was done to the majority people of Pakistan. The first popularly elected Prime Minister & Chairman of the Islamic Summit was judicially murdered at the gallows by an
IJI for 2013: This post is in light of ‘news’ of meeting between Imran and Musharaff and the following piece by Dawn. Here is an extract: While the Musharraf League is not denying Musharraf-Imran contacts, it says efforts are under way to
LUBP, the hate blog! – by Chuqandar Khan: Related articles: Let Us Build Pakistan (LUBP) exposed – by Earthman, International Professor An open letter to LUBP – by Samad Khurram Critical article on ‘Let us build Pakistan’ – by Syed Adeeb LUBP agenda, visitor stats and the
Martyrs of MRD Movement 1983 – by Ishaque Soomro: Editor’s Note: The struggle for democracy in Pakistan continues today. Those who feel overwhelmed by the security establishment and its judiciary, media and civil society flunkies should take inspiration from the valiant villagers of Punhal Khan Chandio. Today, it
The HEC hoopla – by Fawad Manzoor: New media hoopla over HEC and political parties is tantamount to taking the mileage out of nonsense issue. Same people who voted for 18th amendment cried foul when media and judges came crying over the appointment of new judges.
Benazir Bhutto, the other name of democracy – by Saria Benazir: “Jeevay, jeevay, Bhutto jeevay! Live, live, Bhutto live!” the crowds roared in Punjabi, a sentiment that just three months before would have cost them rigorous imprisonment and lashes. “Munjhe bhen, thunje bhen, Benazir—My sister, your sister, Benazir,” others called
Has Ansar Abbasi committed blasphemy? – by Shiraz Paracha: Ansar Abbasi of daily Jang newspaper provided his readers incomplete and selective translation of verses from the Holy Qur’an. Just to prove his twisted logic this self-proclaimed soldier of Islam and a ‘good Muslim’, he used the Holy Qur’an to
A small press release is worth more than 10000 attacks by media, judiciary and Fake Civil Society: When I want to relax myself, I switch to Pakistan Television. There is calm there usually and the news / programs cover a wider spectrum of Pakistan. This morning while getting ready to work, I heard the announcement that
Pakistan export boom will not repair economy: With Thanks : Daily Times Experts say gain is fragile in face of uncertain security, unending power crisis, rising oil prices, high fiscal deficit KARACHI: After a year of unemployment and wondering if his family would be better off
Heck, No HEC ! – by Marvi Sirmed: Following the decision of the Parliamentary Commission on the Implementation of the Eighteenth Amendment (PCIEA), the federal cabinet approved the devolution of five ministries to the provinces, including the ministry of education. While news anchors started steaming on their
Devolution of HEC – forgetting the actual challenge – by Naveed Ali: Decision to devolve Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan to provinces has resulted in an outcry from many circles. This decision is outcome of eventual devolution of federal ministry of education as a result of elimination of concurrent list