Pakistan

Deaths put Siachen standoff into sharp relief

Credit: Asia Times By Sudha Ramachandran BANGALORE – An avalanche near the Siachen Glacier, which buried around 140 Pakistani soldiers and civilian contractors a fortnight ago, has triggered debate in India and Pakistan over the huge costs of keeping troops in a stand-off at its icy heights. Pakistan’s army chief […]

Why do Ahmadis not perform Hajj?

Lankaweb An objection that is raised is that why Ahmadi Muslims do not go for Hajj? Instead they go to their holy place in Qadian (the birth-place of their Founder Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Punjab, India)? Hajj is a pillar of Islam which they disrespect and they show more love for […]

An Indian Muslim’s response to Pakistan

Pakistan is full of people who still think that they will someday launch a ‘holy war’ or let’s say “Gajwa–e-Hind” on India. They aspire of imposing their colonial rule on India, quite same as America has done in Afghanistan and Iraq. The subjects as it aspires will have a unbreakable […]

A blessing or a bane?

Credit: Pakistan Today by Wasim Saroya By:Rabia Ahmed Hundreds of people are killed in the name of religion Many moons ago in a different continent a Pakistani acquaintance asked me, very seriously, whether she should attend the wedding of her friend’s daughter. Let me explain. My acquaintance, her friend and […]

Acid attacks and Pakistani schizophrenia

Dawn.com I’m not particularly interested in the Oscars.  Surprising really as I have recently taken to making films myself, but the Oscar winning films are often of little interest (Inception and Inglorious Bastards are rare exceptions).  My ears pricked up however, when news trickled through that there had been a […]