Asia

A Syrian Christian’s opinion

These views were expressed in a ‘National Public Radio’ Talk Show on 12th April 2012: See here for full article. A woman calling from Pennsylvania offering a far different perspective: I’m a Syrian-American. I grew up in the United States. My parents decided to leave Syria when Hafez al-Assad was […]

Home Truth: Ahmadis in Pakistan

Credit: My telegraph by Wasim Saroya. By shermeen Much is being written about right wing politics these days in the British media.  This morning someone told me about an article in The Independent . I read the piece and very casually went on to say to the person that I […]

Reinventing the toilet, Bill Gates way

Source: Dawn Author: Murtaza Haider The abysmal state of sanitation stinks to high heaven in Pakistan. The economic losses resulting from poor water supply and sanitation in Pakistan equal $6 billion. Alarmed by the under spending on basic disease prevention in Pakistan, Rachid Benmessaoud of the World Bank noted that […]

US-Bangladesh security dialogue not aims at China

Source: China Daily DHAKA – US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena on Tuesday dismissed as untrue the notion that the ultimate objective of US-Bangladesh Security Dialogue is to forge a US-India-Bangladesh axis against China. “China is not the enemy of America. You never hear that from President Obama, Secretary […]

‘Secularism is the way forward’

Dawn.com KARACHI, April 18: Secularism is not against religion; it is the message of humanity. This was the gist of the speeches delivered by eminent speakers at the launch of the Pakistan chapter of the Forum of Secular Bangladesh and Trial of War Criminals of 1971 at the Karachi Press […]