Of holy lies and Lal Masjid
The ongoing Lal Masjid case, leaving aside everything else, is an example, if one were still needed, of what’s wrong with us. By Ejaz Haider TRIBUNE Two sets of people […]
A Pakistani Nuclear Physicist: “Deep Down, Muslims Feel That They Have Failed”
In the following interview from Der Spiegel, a Pakistani nuclear physicist gives a lucid account of the state of Islam in the 21st century. Notice that the interviewer is actually […]
“with friends like these, who needs enemies?”
Source: MINN Post via Wasim Sr: By Jean MacKenzie | 10/28/13 The long-running sham of US-Pakistani relations enjoyed yet another farcical episode last week. In the wake of a report by an international rights group showing the failures and dangers of Washington’s drone program, Islamabad takes its alleged ally to task, warning of dire […]
They blamed Pakistan!
Source: Dawn.Com They blamed Pakistan for allegedly sending its “troops, not just the Taliban” for attacking US soldiers in Afghanistan. They accused Pakistan of “patronising” cross-border terrorism in Afghanistan and for “sending terrorists” into India to “kill Indian civilians”. Pakistan was also blamed for nurturing Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaatud Dawa and […]
Nixon Kept Mum on Hindu Genocide by Pak Army: Book
Ahead of Bangladesh’s liberation in 1971, the Pakistani Army systematically committed genocide of the Hindu community in the then East Pakistan and the Nixon Administration turned a blind eye to it, a new book says. While the Indian Government was aware of it, it tried to play it down and […]
Why I hate Malala
Viewpoint: by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid – How can I accept Malala to be a hero, when her speeches do not have any Islamic or nationalistic agenda? How can I consider her to be my future leader when nothing she says or does imbues a false sense of superiority in me […]
Police, Islamic Extremists in Pakistan Hunt for Christian Accused of ‘Blasphemy’
Morning Star: ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – Police and a banned Islamic extremist group in Lahore, Pakistan are searching for a young Christian accused of blasphemy – with the extremist group calling for his death – after he sought to correct misconceptions about Christianity in a Muslim book, sources said. Sources […]
Pakistan: Growing polio cases: KP Governor fears travel ban on Pakistanis
Dawn.com: PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shaukatullah Khan on Thursday feared that Pakistanis could face travel restrictions over the growing polio cases in the country. “If the situation (high polio incidence) is not handled on war footing, there could be a ban on Pakistanis wanting to travel to Saudi Arabia for […]
Pakistan's Women Police Fight Criminals, Militants And Scorn At Home
Huff Post: by Katharine Houreld – ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan Oct 21 (Reuters) – When Shazadi Gillani, the highest ranking female police officer in Pakistan’s most conservative province, wanted to join the force she had to defy her father, forego marriage and pay for her own basic training. During the next 19 […]
Pakistan’s Women Police Fight Criminals, Militants And Scorn At Home
Huff Post: by Katharine Houreld – ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan Oct 21 (Reuters) – When Shazadi Gillani, the highest ranking female police officer in Pakistan’s most conservative province, wanted to join the force she had to defy her father, forego marriage and pay for her own basic training. During the next 19 […]
Secret memos reveal explicit nature of U.S., Pakistan agreement on drones
washington post: Despite repeatedly denouncing the CIA’s drone campaign, top officials in Pakistan’s government have for years secretly endorsed the program and routinely received classified briefings on strikes and casualty counts, according to top-secret CIA documents and Pakistani diplomatic memos obtained by The Washington Post. The files describe dozens […]
Pakistan PM Sharif to discuss drones with Barack Obama
Source: BBC Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif is due to meet President Barack Obama in the White House seeking an end to drone strikes and the formation of a new post-Afghanistan war relationship. But correspondents say that few breakthroughs are expected on contentious issues on their agenda. The US is unlikely […]
“Burka Avenger” Pakistan’s Female Muslim Superhero
Source: Qantara.de A burqa-wearing superhero? The first episode of Haroon Rashid’s animated “Burka Avenger” has been shown in Pakistan. The creator of the series says he wanted to create a […]
"Burka Avenger" Pakistan's Female Muslim Superhero
Source: Qantara.de A burqa-wearing superhero? The first episode of Haroon Rashid’s animated “Burka Avenger” has been shown in Pakistan. The creator of the series says he wanted to create a […]
Buried Alive.
Source: LUBP Perhaps this is the anguish the families feel doing their best to “survive” after ASWJ,LEJ and the Taliban have left them in a colorless world.Perhaps after reading this, we can empathize with such survivors.It is based on what I have been made to witness from childhood through adolescence […]
Swallowed by the Taliban
The Express Tribune: by Ayehsa Ijaz Khan – Contrary to many of my peers, I never felt as hopeless or dejected about Pakistan’s future as I did during the past election. Some were hopeful because they saw in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) ‘a new political force’ that would take on […]
How to Tackle Terrorism in Pakistan
By Obaid Ullah Khan Tackling terrorism, and dealing with terrorists are two separate issues. On the latter our leadership is obscuring the matter, thus delaying the immediate actions. If the terrorists are not controlled, this could result in grave consequences. But if this object is somehow achieved (which is in fact not possible […]
Strengthening the state
Source: ET In a situation where we see what amounts to a breakdown of the rule of law, any attempt to strengthen the writ of the state is to be welcomed. The declaration on October 20, by the federal government of all peace-disrupting elements as ‘enemies’ of the state, and the […]
Appeasement
Source: ET: In what can only be described as an extraordinary sense of optimism, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) cabinet has called on the Taliban to stop killing on ‘humanitarian’ grounds. We can only wonder how much a force that has killed some 40,000 people, most of them civilians, knows of humanity, […]
Pakistan's Prime Minister-Dead or…..?
The Express Tribune: by Fahd Husain — The abnormality of normalcy A weird silence has descended upon the government, punctuated only by the sounds of explosions and the hapless shrieks of dying victims. Each killing, each massacre makes Sharif brood more and do less. He is numb. He is indecisive. […]