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Viewpoint · Apr 9, 2012

Bad karma: we can't find that page! You asked for http://www.viewpointonline.net/__404__.html , but despite our computers looking very hard, we could not find it. What happened ? the link you clicked to arrive here has a typo in it or somehow we removed that p …

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In conspiracy theory we trust

Dianne Feeley · Apr 9, 2012

As we approach the 9 th anniversary of the 2001 attacks, it is amazing to see how right-wing politicians have attempted to capture media attention with their hollow denunciation of an Islamic center being set up blocks from ground zero, and how weak the libera …

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Theatre of the oppressed

Amjad Nazeer · Apr 9, 2012

What if an entirely new theatre steps in to fight justice for Mukhtaran Mai, having lost it at the Supreme Court or suppose the case of Asya Noreen is presented at stage? What if the assassination of Saba Dashtiari, Saleem Shehzad, or Shahbaz Bhatti is played …

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Exaggerated Sufism in the age of terrorism

Dr. Qaisar Abbas · Apr 9, 2012

Mysticism and Sufism have some potential in providing a common platform to world religions for reducing unnecessary religious animosities and tensions. The potential of mysticism, however, as a dynamic ideology in the contemporary world should not be over emph …

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Teenage promiscuity

Waseem Altaf · Apr 8, 2012

The significance of sex education, including preventive measures and safeguarding oneself from exploitation at the hands of professional thugs plus psychological counseling has increased manifold In most of the cultures, sex before marriage was tabooed histori …

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The race to beat the West Africa food crisis: Jack Craze

Viewpoint · Apr 7, 2012

In the town of Ségou in south-central Mali, Salif Kanté is grappling with the increased costs of basic cereals. ‘I recently purchased my family’s food stock for 2012. I spent almost twice as much as I did last year for the same quantity,’ says Kanté, a worker …

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Watch us lead the UN donkey up the Khyber: Robert Fisk

Viewpoint · Apr 7, 2012

So back to THAT BLOODY WAR. I mean not the Syrian one – where we're going to stay hands off – or the Libyan one (where we were hands on, but not touching the ground). Nor the Iraqi one, which is a war at 60-a-day fatalities (pretty much equal with Syria's dail …

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Zaid Hamid goes to court: Mohammad Taqi

Viewpoint · Apr 7, 2012

The petition itself, though littered with spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, is poisonous drivel supposedly to terrorise into silence the journalists, media persons and activists associated or thought to be associated with SAFMA. Never a dull moment in …

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Deconstructing Zaid Hamid (II)

Abdul Majeed Abid · Apr 5, 2012

Is Zaid Hamid trying to imply here that politicians are immoral people so they should not be given any chance of governing people.? Maybe. If Politics is an immoral science, why did the person on whom you are basing your program take active part in Politics? Z …

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A man with a movie camera in Hashtnagar!

Sheraz Hassan · Apr 5, 2012

"I don’t see any conflict in the thought that beautifying society is greatest of all art forms. Art evolved as a social activity, would be greatly enhanced in a society where it would become ownership of all. I strongly believe that art needs to develop its ow …

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Deconstructing Zaid Hamid (III)

Abdul Majeed Abid · Apr 5, 2012

Cloaking in divine garb an otherwise worldly matter is a specialty of conspiracy merchants like Zaid Zaman Hamid. He is trying to elevate Iqbal to the level of at least a prophet. Iqbal never made such grandiose claims as he was a much wiser person than ZH The …

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Indian Muslims feel secure under secularism

Farooq Sulehria · Apr 4, 2012

Leaders like General Musharraf, patronized the Taliban as many did before him (Benazir Bhutto for one) without bothering to analyse the consequences it would have for secular thought and the nation “Secularism is not about lifestyle, it is about ideology and t …

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Europe’s contested geography: P. Rekacewicz

Viewpoint · Apr 3, 2012

If you asked a cartographer where Europe’s boundary was to the east, you might expect a simple answer, but you would be wrong: its western boundary is obvious, they would say, because there is the ocean, but to the east it’s more complicated. Experts define bo …

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How the West brought Idi Amin to power

Viewpoint · Apr 3, 2012

The reception in Uganda to the KONY 2012 viral video has been unanimously negative. From journalists, academics and bloggers to local NGO workers and local people at a public screening in the northern town of Lira , Ugandans have reacted angrily to their count …

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Corporate social responsibility: Slogan and facts

Aizaz Baqir · Apr 3, 2012

Pepsi Cola donated Rs. five million to Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital in 2009 and has installed several water filtration plants in Multan conveniently ignoring the fact that most of the potable water is being consumed in making carbonated drinks and w …

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Economic democracy and ecological sanity

Viewpoint · Apr 3, 2012

A new historical vista is opening before us in this time of change. Capitalism as a system has spawned deepening economic crisis alongside its bought-and-paid for political establishment. Neither serves the needs of our society. Whether it is secure, well-paid …

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Science & democracy: Vandana Shiva

Viewpoint · Apr 3, 2012

In an interview to the journal Science, the Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh, chose to focus on two hazardous technologies – genetically engineered seeds and crops in agriculture and nuclear power – as vital to the progress of science in India, and th …

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Syria's bloody war: Robert Fisk

Viewpoint · Apr 3, 2012

Syria's bloodbath is carving further divisions in Lebanon as President Bashar al-Assad's Lebanese allies and enemies shout more and more insults at each other. The Christians have even divided among themselves, the old Phalangist leadership calling for Assad's …

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Dubious Ghazi

Abdul Majid Abid · Apr 1, 2012

He will not get a chance to rule this country. But mainstream politicians like Imran Khan espouse the same ideologies as Zaid Hamid. Iqbal ka Pakistan hosted Imran Khan in its 4 th episode According to Wikipedia (which is almost as reliable a source as Zaid Ha …

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Fake Jihadi

Waseem Altaf · Apr 1, 2012

Gul was the mastermind of the ill-conceived all out assault on Jalalabad in 1989 by the Mujahedeen . That proved a total disaster. His daughter having obtained loans worth millions from Askari Bank set up a bus service. Eleven odd generals happened to be the s …

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