Found 346 articles matching your filters across English (2012-10-17 to 2012-11-29). Top authors: Viewpoint
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is still holding and Gaza's inhabitants will hopefully sleep undisturbed, at least in the near future. But the memories of the Israeli aggression will not faint any time soon. In the letter below, Marco Espvall describe h …
The merger will survive because it has more positives and no negatives. The cementing phenomenon is the ideology of Socialism that all three parties have agreed upon The merger of three left wing parties---Awami Party, Labour Party Pakistan, and Workers Party …
It has to be noted that the AWP merger comes on the heels of, and is organically linked to, the rejuvenation of the long defunct National Students' Federation (NSF), a historical flag-bearer of progressive campus politics The post-Cold War political, cultural …
Historically, within the Zionist movement there were Jews who wanted to live in peace with the Arabs in Palestine. A tiny Jewish minority had survived in Palestine despite expulsion 2,000 years ago Modern Jews, convinced that the establishment of a Jewish stat …
Cities can't be planned by inept and unimaginative bureaucrats, neither can they be built with bricks and mortar alone. What they need is creative and inclusive development policies For their expansionist activities, the transnational companies want infrastruc …
The liberalization of feminism over the last few decades parallels the liberalization of everything and the corporatization of poverty. It ties in to the mushrooming of NGOs. This liberalization has also captured the narratives that used to belong the left Ali …
Ideology exists as an established theory, however if the doctrine is not imbued in the heart and mind, then it should not be included in poetry just because the doctrine is true Qayyum Nazar: Let us return to your poems. After 1936, as you said, you had a chan …
Hindu, Muslim, Christian – religious channels are mushrooming in India. What impact are they making? What fuels their zeal? How authentic are the godmen? How altruistic is the spiritual industry? Supriya Menon finds out Press button, switch religion: Telly wat …
We hope you and our dear bhabi are well and partaking of the wholesome festive foods from the various wedding celebrations of the Prodigal Brother. May Allah expand his clan and bless him with obedient, God fearing and upright wives, as He has blessed Brother …
An AWP poster promises heaven to workers and peasants, youth and students, but has only ‘Izat’ (Respect) to offer to women. I always thought the left in Pakistan wants equality for women The formation of Awami Workers Party (AWP) --as a result of merger betwee …
As if sexist men weren’t enough to judge us, at least I need a break from supposedly ‘pakeeza kahawateens’ to stop passing remarks at my back for something as personal as my dress Forget male misogynists; let us first talk about female misogynists. Alice Albin …
And frankly, not enough elite women are feminists. They, who have the power to make a difference and change, are silent on everyone’s behalf. They are comfortable in their own privilege and do not feel the need to advocate on behalf of all women When I was con …
For the first, our media mujahid does not enlighten us as to why has the Lord of the Worlds battered Haiti and Cuba through Sandy for an anti-Islam film produced by the USA. One really hopes the Lord knows that Cuba is Uncle Sam’s officially-designated ‘enemy …
Over the years, the TTP eliminated the tribal leadership. Now, it appears to have arrived at a similar strategy with regard to the Pakistani media, considering it as an armed front in a war against Islam and deciding to eliminate liberal journalists, at least …
BY Dr. Muhammad Taqi J alib’s revolutionary poetry is in a league of its own in Urdu literature. Unlike the many greats including Faiz, Ahmed Faraz and Iftikhar Arif who were influenced by the Progressive Writers Movement as well as classical Urdu poetry and w …
The world stood still 50 years ago during the last week of October, from the moment when it learned that the Soviet Union had placed nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba until the crisis was officially ended -- though unknown to the public, only officially. The imag …
Turn on the TV. There is breaking news about a 16-year-old girl who has gone missing. A few hours later, we learn that the abductors have contacted the missing girl's parents. The abductors, according to the news anchor, maintain that the girl was not kidnappe …
Fourteen years ago, around the time young Rimsha Masih, now in jail under Pakistan's blasphemy law, was born, a Roman Catholic bishop walked into a courthouse in Sahiwal, quite close to my hometown in Central Punjab. The Right Rev John Joseph was no ordinary c …
It is normal that all those who believe in democracy — and democracy obviously presupposes secularism — fear the arrival of a fundamentalist religious force which takes as its source of legislation sacred texts rather than the will of the people. We all fear t …
In their interactions with the South, Chinese leaders have always affirmed that their country is a developing nation too, and that China will never replicate the unjust, exploitative behaviour of the former imperial powers. “China is the world’s largest develo …