Found 346 articles matching your filters across English (2013-03-14 to 2013-04-04). Top authors: Viewpoint
It occurs to me that you run a chain of boutiques selling expensive dresses. Cotton picking is almost exclusively a woman’s job. I have never seen women clad in burkas picking cotton. Should you ask Maulana Tariq Jamil if dresses made out of cotton picked by w …
"A new earthquake" is what peasant farmer leader Chavannes Jean-Baptiste of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the news that Monsanto will be donating 60,000 seed sacks (475 tons) of hybrid corn seeds and vegetable seeds, some of them treated with high …
They remained silent on the CJs stand/suo motto call for the need for Hindu Marriage laws, forced conversions/marriages in Sindh and the Lady Health Workers minimum wage (to mention a few) --- cases where the PPP govt was opposed to and an obstacle rather than …
Apparently, the two major contenders of power in the next election viz. the PML-N and the PTI have failed to identify terrorism as a major problem, let alone strategising on how to tackle it ‘I have this sense, this power could be minimised with at least anoth …
Candidate should not only have the vision of developing ambitious plans in the interest of the Core Group, he should also have the courage to wake up every morning, look into the mirror and say ‘I am ready to pursue the high command’s agenda today by hook or b …
C ertain enlightened Pakistani expatriates in the USA have developed a consensus that the genesis of what ails Pakistan can be traced to the feudal system our former colonial masters imposed on India. The colonizers declared them and their vassals a martial ra …
His anti-Americanism took the better of him in his faulty analysis of the Arab Spring. He brazenly supported Moammer Gaddafi The President of the Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez (58), who passed away on March 5, was a rare leader of our times. Attached to c …
We are against the polio drops and missiles dropped from the drones. They are clearly against the Sharia The time is now. It cannot be delayed any more. We have to finish the unfinished agenda of the Partitions. No, not to take back Kashmir but to drive out th …
In Pakistan we have seen the introduction of programmed reality in well received PTI jalsas. It is only a matter of time when other mainstream parties too will make their packaging more attractive In 1916, with the popular slogan of ‘Peace without Victory’, Pr …
After the killing of bin Ladin, in Brussels the then Pakistan army spokesman, Maj. General Athar Abbas admitted openly that the army would not start the war against terrorism in Punjab as well as would not do a crackdown on the sectarian and religious groups w …
Considering the daily mass murders of people of Shia faith in Syria, Pakistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan and designation of Ahmedis as non-Muslims, it is not clear if they are included or excluded from Ummah The Egyptian President, Dr. Mohamed Morsi, recently paid …
Recently, the SSP released the first issue of a magazine called Al-Rashideen in English language. The magazine, whose cover page declares that "Iran must fall before Palestine can be liberated,", produces a number of hateful articles against Shia Muslims, repu …
Being a resident of Sargodha, I am most proud of a little mosque just opposite my family home. Every Muharram when the media begins reporting sectarian tensions, I proudly think of my mohalla mosque, a unique experience in sectarian harmony Growing up in the 1 …
Once there were 66 Parsis in Lahore. Now they are less than 30.The rest have immigrated Dr. M is a Shia and he teaches at a Medical College in Lahore. He has been advised by his friends to maintain a private guard for himself and his children. He was told by a …
It is unclear what, exactly, impresses the Arabs most about the new "Leopard 2" battle tank. Is it its reliable 120-millimeter smoothbore cannon, which remains stubbornly fixed on its target, even when the 68-ton behemoth is traveling at high speeds through th …
Any durable solution to Taliban terror requires that Pakistan gives up the use of religion in state affairs. Also, it should give up Islamist proxies as foreign policy tools in Afghanistan and India ‘Imran Khan’s discourse on the tribal-Taliban connection is s …
In light of recent mob violence against Christian community in Lahore, with valuable input from Anzar bhai. Question For I seek a name Whom to blame While They burn ... The Mob Sadistic, hedonist, seeking pleasure in violence? The Preacher Clamouring, shouting …
The only faces you saw on the Mall Road with beards were those of hippies with ruck sacks, on their way to Wahga Barder. The only Mullah you saw an the TV was Maulana Kausar Niazi who would go back to his Black Label after Baseerat Af course I grew up in Lhor. …
The decisions of the judiciary, actions of the police and the handling of such cases by the administration are biased and show clear religious prejudices against the religious minorities and different sects of Islam The arson and burning down of 178 houses in …
Negotiations have a rule of thumb: negotiate from a position of power. Situation is such that our besieged civilian government and military troops beg Taliban protection in FATA. If such is the power configuration, outcome of any ‘peace negotiations’ is alread …