Found 346 articles matching your filters across English (2013-08-16 to 2013-10-17). Top authors: Viewpoint
Instead of visiting Balochistan, Mr. Sharif, accompanied by the Chief Minister of Balochistan, visited China with the aim of handing over Gwadar-Port and the RekoDiq project to the Chinese authorities Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest and mineral rich province h …
A picture in which she is seen with a poster of Lenin and Trotsky should indicate her proximity to some of the most ideologically groomed bunch of men and women in Swat Last year, on October 9, now world-famous Malala Yousafzai and two other schoolgirls were s …
Much before loans for overseas studies, I would like to see such a loan system for students wishing to study at Pakistani universities ‘No one should pay the slightest attention to HEC university rankings because they are based on absurd criteria. For example, …
While Sindh is not as marginalized as Baluchistan, however, its position is secondary even to Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KPK), let alone Punjab The case of Baluchistan: In Punjab and Punjab-dominated mainstream media, Baloch grievances are often dismissed on familia …
The NY Times can claim, correctly, that it is the most informative newspaper in the world. It is therefore interesting to look at what it chooses not to tell us. Every day provides many instructive illustrations. Take today, Sept. 12 2013. Here’s a small sampl …
There was consensus that main threat to the nation is from the law and order situation in Karachi which the financial hub of the Ummah, and provides one half of the GDP of Al-Qaida After prolonged dialogue and several All Parties Conferences, including the Tea …
Moncef Marzouki, interim president of Tunisia, has suggested an international constitutional court as a way to overcome the failure of international law to deal with abuses of democracy. Under the dictatorship of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Marzouki witnessed ele …
The news anchor was at his fast and furious best as he pelted his panelist with questions and objections. But Khurram Parvez spokesperson for the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society stood his ground with ease. Unfazed by the onslaught of questions he …
School textbooks in India and Pakistan present divergent views on historical events. The History Project attempts a truce. Here are two versions of the same sequence of events. One: In 1947, when Hari Singh, the ruler of Kashmir, opted to stay independent, Pak …
Imran Khan has also fulfilled all his major pre-election promises. Corruption ended well within the 90-day deadline in KPK. Some reports suggest that it ended at 6:47 pm on Friday, August 30, 2013, while there are witnesses who suggest that corruption’s formal …
The bigger the lie the more people will believe it. We all know who said that – but it still works. Bashar al-Assad has chemical weapons. He may use them against his own Syrian people. If he does, the West will respond. We heard all this stuff last year – and …
After the election, Dr Masood was all over the place, yelling "rigging, rigging” without explaining where and how exactly and without offering proof. He provided no material proof beyond popular headlines seen by all . Seems like after showing us animated vers …
Like any person affiliated with the right wing, Javed Chaudhry has managed to brew anti-India and pro-Jamaat sentiments. Similarly, and fittingly, as the quintessential flag-bearer of a patriarchal society Chaudhry has been promoting gender inequality for a wh …
What Achcar contemptuously, but in a highly informed manner, dismisses is the tendency to understand the Arab spring via conspiracy theories whereby every twist and turn in the Arab world is ascribed to either Washington or Tel Aviv Brushing aside a host of fa …
Presenting Morsi as the man who has fulfilled the “revolution’s” wishes is all the more grotesque for the fact that he has named the chief of military intelligence, Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi, to replace Tantawi. Sisi had distinguished himself in June 2011 by justif …
The case of Iran, following the establishment of the Islamic regime in the country, has warned the region that when it comes to freedom, dignity and social justice, a religious state is no alternative to a pseudo-secular authoritarian state Few people would co …
Pakistan military has performed better as a rented entity in other countries than it has as a national army in Pakistan ‘The state in Pakistan is reflecting the fragmentary nature of Pakistan's society and polity,’ says Nadeem Farooq Paracha. Born in Karachi, …
The conspiracy of silence over Balochistan is finally breaking but the alienation of the province runs too deep for any easy solutions. If Pakistan manages to weather the crisis it is facing with the demand for an independent Balochistan gathering steam, the n …
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(Faiz A. Faiz’ editorial of the Pakistan Times dated Feb 2, 1948. Original title was: Long Live Gandhiji) The British tradition of announcing the death of a king is “The king is dead, long live the king!”Nearly 25 years ago, Mahatama Gandhi writing a moving ed …