Pakistan

Breast Cancer highest in Pakistan

In conservative Pakistan, fighting breast cancer means fighting taboos One in nine women in Pakistan will face breast cancer during their life, with the country itself having the highest rate of the disease across Asia. The Toronto Star, 20 Jan 2014 B.K. Bangash / AP Breast cancer survivor and prominent […]

Pakistan: Celeberating the Birth of Prophet of Islam Fearing War and Disorder Among Muslims

Eid Miladun Nabi: Mobile phone services suspended in various cities ET: Karach­i, Hydera­bad, Sukkur, Mirpur­khas, Quetta, Peshaw­ar, Dera Ismail Khan cut off. KARACHI: Mobile phone services have been suspended in several cities of the country for security reasons on the occasion of Eid Miladun Nabi, Express News reported on Tuesday. Eid Miladun Nabi, […]

Same old mistakes

Source: ET: It seems that bad ideas never truly die in Islamabad. There is a notion among both politicians and bureaucrats that the economy can simply be forced by fiat to behave the way the government wants it to. The latest example of this mode of thinking is the government’s decision […]

BANGLADESH I am sorry

Courtesy: http://www.thedailystar.net Faheem Younus I was born in Pakistan, a few months before the war which resulted in the creation of Bangladesh on December 16, 1971. And it was only after I moved to the US that I recognised the magnitude of human rights abuses the Pakistani army committed against their […]