Found 346 articles matching your filters across English (2013-05-10 to 2013-08-01). Top authors: Viewpoint
Having been sacked recently, Ehsanullah Ehsan is looking for a new job. With the Taliban threat, and possible negotiations to counter said threat being high on the agenda for the next army chief, who better to take up the military reins than the former TTP spo …
The form of the capitalist state as the means of government of the bourgeois class is therefore determined by class interests. It can only assume a given form, if it coheres with its nature “Historical materialism elevates the principle of the dialectical rela …
And I think Pakistan is not the most hated country in India. We could say that about perhaps Bangladesh or Afghanistan where Pakistan is disliked near-universally. However, I can safely assert that the only country where I have been warmly received as a Pakist …
What hurts is the fact that the stereotypical image showcased by the media often means people do not take us seriously. Stereotypes and segregation based on religion needs to be condemned and stopped Is every Sikh a Punjabi? Does every Sikh belong to Punjab? N …
On June 23rd some 15-20 men dressed in the uniforms of the Gilgit Scouts climbed up to the base camp at the foot of the Diamir face of Nanga Parbat. There, at the height of 13000 feet above sea level, they pulled climbers, guides, porters and cooks out of thei …
Some political experts from an illusory angle believe that this high-rate participation and Rouhani's election must be seen as a "Big No" to Khamenei and his preferred candidate Saeed Jalili, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, while there is couple of facts push …
By now it is an established fact that the other party—the Taliban and their ilk—are extensions of this security arrangement by the military. So the matter of who is to talk to who is confusing Whether or not the PML (N) government should talk to the Taliban ha …
The emergence of Pakistan as the biggest customer of the Chinese military industrial complex (C-MIC) has added another element of complexity in the region because it directly impinges on China-India relations The Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s received a thunder …
Whatever the predictions for the future of political parties, it is a fact that democracy is here to stay. Political parties will survive the losses or gains only if the democratic process will prevail Pakistan is the fifth largest democracy of the world and s …
MAHMUD'S raid on the temple of Somanatha and the destruction of the idol has become an event of immense significance in the writing of Indian history since the last couple of centuries. According to some writers, it has been seminal to antagonistic Hindu-Musli …
Comrade Ali Wazir has won the election in South Waziristan - in the heart of Taliban territory! The news was published yesterday (Sunday) in one of the main television channels in Pakistan, GeoTV . Yet, today (Monday) it was announced that the election in Sout …
By teaching us to hate our bodies as we grow up, Cosmetic Capitalism, of which the fashion and cosmetic industry is an indispensable part, creates competition among women and men alike to achieve physical beauty and to struggle to maintain this beauty Hollywoo …
Pakistan is the least spending country on education all over South Asia and is one of the 12 countries in the world that allocate less than 2% of GDP on education. In fact, the ratio has come down to 1.8% in 2000s than 2.6%, in the 1990s Education is central t …
Things are chaotic here, as we recover from the surprise, disappointment, and a bit of hurt from the election results, but also go out in the street to express our support for those results, and to defend the national electoral system, one of the best and most …
Over the past week, at least seven people have been killed in sectarian clashes in Egypt. Violence erupted last Friday in the town of Al-Khosous, north of the capital, Cairo, when five Copts (Egypt’s minority Christians) and one Muslim were killed. Violence co …
Sabir Nazar has been working with Lahore-based weekly The Friday Times since 1991 and with Pakistan Today. Sabir Nazar did his Masters in painting from Lahore's famous National College of Arts. He paints in watercolors. He combines symbols and myths from South …
“Can you imagine the psychology of my soldiers when they stand here all day, knowing that one of these cars could be a suicide bomber?” The Syrian army colonel eyed the two long lines of cars trailing past the Assad library, each pulling to a gentle, slightly …
In his presentation of Marx’s Theses on Feuerbach (1845), which he published posthumously in 1888, Engels described them as “the first document in which is deposited the brilliant germ of the new world outlook”. Indeed, in this little text Marx surpasses diale …
Issue 527 th carries a vitriolic against cartoons. Titled ‘cartoons ka zeher’[The cartoon poison], this story narrates the case of school teacher horrified at her students passion for Indian and English cartoons. There is no attempt to deconstruct the content. …
Saudi Arabia is a monarchy and all its legal and social systems flow from that basic standpoint. Here crops a fundamental question: what is Islamic about Monarchy? Monarchy is monarchy The title of Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s beautiful poem ‘Mozoo-e-sukhan’, literally t …