Found 346 articles matching your filters across English (2013-04-04 to 2013-05-07). Top authors: Viewpoint
He was an officer in the Saudi Royal Navy assigned to the strategic Saudi base of Jubail in the Persian Gulf, and he wanted to hire a maid. She was a single mom from Mindanao in the Philippines who saw, like so many others, employment in Saudi Arabia as a rout …
The Pakistani state has done little to protect the Hazaras. As I said, some institutions of the state are involved in supporting the organizations that carry out these attacks. There are individuals within the police and FC, for example, who still have sympath …
Can human beings come up with a model of survival that does not depend on constantly wiping out all other species? When grandpa once told me that human beings evolved out of our ancestors that sounded like a sensible hypothesis. We microbes are the earliest li …
There are seventeen AWP members running from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 6 for the National Assembly and the rest for the provincial. The major focus of our elections will be Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. In the Punjab, we expect 10 AWP candidates Farooq Tariq, general secretar …
In a number of cases our attitude and behavior towards animals is bizarre. Why should we hate pigs and what is the logic behind abhorring a creature which is as natural a product of evolution as we are Animal rights’ situation in Pakistan is dismal. While dog …
The USA had no problem in recognising a victory of Felipe Calderon in Mexico in 2006 with less than 0.2 per cent of the vote The victory of Nicolas Maduro in presidential election held April 14, with a narrow margin of 1.6 percent, brings to the fore the threa …
We will march forward in unison, with inspiring leaders of the Ummah such as Maulana Ludhianvi and Malik Mumtaz Qadri to achieve the ideal that our forefathers had laid down their lives for and that Abbaji had dreamed of Dear Brother Abdullah, Virtue is consol …
Whether it be that sector of the Arab capitalist class that sponsors al Qaeda, or the capitalist regimes in the European Union who are devastating Greek society - they're all the same under the surface The response of the Wall St. Journal editors said it all. …
Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven (London: Allen Lane), 2011; pp xvi + 560 (paper); GBP 16.99. The Future of Pakistan by Stephen P Cohen and Others (New Delhi: Oxford University Press), 2011; pp xvi +311 (cloth), Rs 695. Pakistan: Beyond the ‘Crisis St …
From Che Guevara’s perspective, launching an armed struggle within a parliamentary system, as the Indian Maoists have done, is already a strategic error. But the strategic error is compounded, in Nirmalangshu’s view, by the tactical choices and practices Centr …
One major theme was a number of panels where communalism and fascism were discussed. Little in these can be called mere repetition of well aired information. Serious attempts were made to come to grips with the changing tactics and strategy of fascism Historic …
The enabling of the working class as leaders is the crucial task of all of us who want to see the working class movement reach its logical conclusion in Pakistan In this brief note I want to argue that the organised left needs to incorporate and support the in …
Environmental sciences taught in our universities is a total farce when it comes to guarding animal rights in terms of their ecological and aesthetic value. Most students and teachers refuse to acknowledge status of animals in an eco system Notorious for const …
An architect from Jamia Millia Islamia has figured out how to minimize conflict between species India's urban dogs are an unfamiliar sight to a visitor. Their behavior is mysterious. Why do we hear them barking at night, and not during the day? What kinds of t …
When the Taliban took Kabul, they had to do various stages of decision-making to decide whether the zoo was halal or haram. They tried to stone the animals to death. American soldiers, who love their dogs at home, kill Afghan dogs for fun ‘Conflicts between an …
The democratic government that followed Zia should have revoked Articles 62 and 63 earlier. Because the military dictators need no tests and this pre-election ablution was solely for politicians. They should have foreseen that this clause will catch up with th …
In simple words, we are trying to tell ourselves: if I lie to myself frequently enough that person X is my brother/sister; I will (hopefully) stop looking at him/her in a more sexualized context “How are you, bhai”?! “Good work, behna”! “Welcome to our home, b …
It is important for the people of Asia to understand the true nature of the anti-Asia lobby in the West that is constantly pitching one nation against the other Today, once again, the top most email in my inbox had an anti-China article - reminding me to take …
In the past two decade, Taliban have earned notoriety as perpetrators of massive atrocities. Besides losing ground among their own sympathizers, they are also losing support among rural communities ‘ Afghan people view Pakistan’s establishment and its policies …
Allama Iqbal’s Child mujahids wishing to die in the path of Allah as well as misconceived notions of bravery, resistance, struggle, purity and sacrifice are the very problems that we face in today’s Pakistan Fatima bint Abdullah was an 11-year-old Libyan girl …