Found 858 articles matching your filters across English (2013-03-24 to 2013-04-18). Top authors: Viewpoint, Dr. Uzma Kausar Saeed, Kashif Baloch
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 …
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 …
Iqbal’s idea of God was a far cry from the personal God of monotheism. It was shorn of the traditional attributes of creation, omnipotence and omniscience with important practical and ethical consequences for the system of ethics he envisioned and advocated In …
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 …
Corporate mysticism does not only purposefully exceed from its generic limitations but it also construes incongruent metaphors of modern socio-political system along with other standard thinking tenants Corporate Mysticism is contemporary revelations of Meta-c …
