Pakistan

Will Hillary Clinton bar Imran Khan’s visit to US?

[W]hy would the American embassy in Islamabad and Obama/Clinton’s State Department facilitate an anti-American fundraising inside America by a hate-mongering jihadi with an anti-West agenda? In case they missed what Khan has to say about the U.S., here he is mocking America and hinting at Pakistan’s nuclear capability: “Confronting the […]

The extremist mindset

Dawn.com: by Kaiser Bengali. TWO events in recent weeks have shaken the country and — fortunately, for a change — led to intense soul-searching. The first event was the response to the anti-Islam film in the US and the second the shooting of 14-year old schoolgirl and anti-Taliban blogger Malala […]

Address our minorities’ concerns

The Express Tribune: by Syed Mohammad Ali. The Pakistani diaspora is usually at the forefront of expressing disgruntlement when it comes to complaining about Islamophobia abroad. Yet, as a nation, we continue to treat minorities within Pakistan itself abhorrently. ………Hatred and fundamentalism have fermented to unacceptable levels. They need just the […]

State of denial

The Express Tribune: by Chris Allbritton Pakistan is a land of many stories, and I miss them terribly. But what I don’t miss, having been forced to leave Pakistan this summer because of a possible threat to my safety, is the constant barrage of conspiracy theories and an unwillingness by […]