Pakistan

Ahmadiyya Muslim conversation ends now

Source: World Muslim Congress. Thanks to ya’ll for the extensive responses on the topic. Most of us agree on certain basics, some don’t, and it is time to close with the following notes and move on: 1. Whether the Pakistani right wingers believe Ahmadies are Muslims or not, they need […]

Of ban and boycotts

THERE are many in Pakistan who argue that the problem with the country is not its uneducated millions, but its educated: those who ought to know better (and too often, to the detriment of the rest of the country, operate under the belief that they do). Let us take the […]

Taliban Gaining More Resources From Kidnapping

Credit: Newyork Times: LAHORE, Pakistan — A campaign of high-profile kidnappings has provided the Pakistani Taliban and its allies with new resources, arming insurgents with millions of dollars, threatening foreign aid programs and galvanizing a sophisticated network of jihadi and criminal gangs whose reach spans the country. Wealthy industrialists, academics, […]

Black coats and blacker faces

Whilst democracy as practiced by the present dispensation ekes out its revenge upon the Pakistani nation, accompanied by the contempt held, not only for the Supreme Court of the land but for the people at large, an unhealthy segment of the national mindset is sinking into the national sewerage system. […]