Issue No. 205 | JUNE 13, 2014
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View items...Sharia Deli & Sandwich Bar: A glimpse into post-war on terror Pakistan
All we want is the rule of sharia in the country. If that is implemented, peace will prevail and the war will come to an end. The Emir ul Momineen, Maulana Fazlullah, will descend from the Hindukush mountains on his noble white steed and will address the nation on FM radio.
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'I have lost my health, not my courage', says Farzana Majeed
In Baloch society where women rarely play a role in public life, Farzana Majeed has bucked the trend. She has emerged as a symbol of struggle for Baloch missing persons. Farzan Majeed (29) is daughter of Baloch nationalist leader, Majeed Bizenjo. Majeed in his youth was a student activist with progressive leanings. After students politics he emerged as an active leader of the Baloch National Movement (Haye).
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How not to win the War on Terror: Ten Tips
Keep shouting “this is not our war” when bombs rip apart Peshawar and jailbreaks are reported from Kohat and Bannu. However, do shout a couple of belligerent statements from ISPR, Prime Minster Secretariat and Bani Gala if they strike in the vicinity of Saddar, Rawalpindi.
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The Art of Losing War
The Art of Losing War is a counterterrorism treatise attributed to Chun Choo, a high-ranking Pakistani military general, geopolitical strategist and tactician. Chun Choo’s actual name is unknown and the writer’s choice of a pseudonym is owing to the threat involved in the war that he uses as the case study.
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Sleuths harass VBMP Long Marchers, sympathisers
On February 4th, a day before Pakistan closes down ostentatiously for the rights of Kashmiris, Pakistani intelligence agencies’ personnel harassed the Voice of Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) Long Marchers with intimidation and questions.
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An open letter to my friends in Pakistan on anti-Semitism
For a change, I want to talk about what’s going on presently in my hometown, Paris. A few days ago, I chanced upon a virulent anti-semitic weekly called Rivarol on sale in the book stand of one of Paris’s leading supermarkets belonging to the Monoprix chain (part of the Casino group).
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Egypt and Syria: The fire of revolution still burns
Gilbert Achcar, a veteran socialist who grew up in Lebanon, is the author of numerous books on the Middle East, including The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising and most recently Marxism, Orientalism, Cosmopolitanism.
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An Open letter to Mr. Tehelka
The media fraternity you were once part of, has already paid you homage, for the horrific crime you committed. May be, rightly so. The man in such a high position should never have done such a thing, (Does that mean, the man in a lower position should be doing it? )
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Draconian law to silence Baloch, Sindhis
Sarfraz Shah, an unarmed 22 year old, was shot in cold blood by the Rangers in Karachi on 8th June 2011. As luck would have it, the incident was filmed and it went on air. This angered the people; consequently the authorities were compelled to take action against the Rangers personnel who shot Sarfraz Shah dead.
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Egypt's dictatorship for the digital age
Egypt was ruled by the Mubarak dictatorship for 30 years before the people managed to overthrow him in 2011. Mubarak was not overthrown by the internet. Some business and technological literature claimed that, because the internet made it more difficult to keep secrets (a valid claim), the “dictator business” was obsolete.
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