Found 858 articles matching your filters across English, Cartoons (2012-03-02 to 2012-03-30). Top authors: Sholeh Irani, Sabir Nazar, Adnan Farooq, Ahmad Seyf, Nayyer Khan
On Feb. 20, people went out again to mourn the two youth killed during the demonstrations. The regime claimed that one of the martyrs, Sane Zhale, originally a Kurd, was in fact a Basiji and a spy for the secret police. The regime claimed that he was killed by …
Fazal Hadi, was arrested by a raiding team at his ancestral area Asbarn when he returned from Sindh province, where he had been hiding since 2009…The FIR of the occurrence was registered at Charbagh police station on Nov 30, 2010, nearly two years after the in …
At the very beginning of The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, Karl Marx wrote: “ Hegel remarks somewhere that all the great events and characters of world history occur, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farc …
Islamists love secularism in DarulHarab (house of war). As for Darul Salam (house of peace) they want rigid mono-religious and totally intolerant society The modern conception of human rights, demands equal treatment and rights for all. The underlying basis of …
At present US support is on the side of the PPP-led government. Can that ensure a balance of power in Pakistan? In the last few weeks politics in Pakistan has exhibited volatility that could have ended with an explosion. Either the military would have carried …
Nazwz Sharif who supposedly credits himself, for the restoration of deposed judiciary, seems to be back in action, playing for his former king makers. Fact is that, Mr. Sharif has realized, that he has to sing the Khaki tune to be back Looking back at 2007, pe …
One year after the start of a revolutionary process which swept through the Arab region and continues today, International Viewpoint asked Gilbert Achcar to look at the current state of play throughout the region. This interview was conducted on December 14, 2 …
If the civilian government in Pakistan survives its current confrontation with the courts and the military, the big winner may be the playboy international cricket star often dismissed as a political gadfly, Imran Khan. The crisis that has been building since …
On September 23, 2011, at about three in the morning, within hours of his arrival at the Delhi airport, the US radio journalist David Barsamian was deported. This dangerous man, who produces independent, free-to-air programs for public radio, has been visiting …
Published in 1986, ‘Facts are Facts’ by the late Wali Khan was an instant hit. ‘Facts are Facts’ is an attempt to contest text book versions of Pakistan’s history. In a bid to generate debate, the Viewpoint is serializing this text in its entirety Although the …
It was right to support the lawyers’ movement. However, I among others who took part in that movement feel uneasy at the over-hyper activity of the Supreme Court ‘I am sorely disappointed both with Nawaz Sharif himself going to court, and by the walk-out of th …
If economic sanctions are extended, they would increase the probability of creating famine and food shortage in Iran Iran’s Customs Department has recently published data on country’s foreign trade from 1981to September- 2011. What is missing here is Iran’s ex …
O yes, the Sipah Salar Sahib has also reappeared. Before, he was signing the peace treaties with Taliban or hiding under the table in the GHQ when the hostage takers came for an educational tour Lau ji take that, Tzasab is going to the Sapreem Coat, and nat yo …
“Listen,” he said, peering out of the thick collars of his overcoat, “is it possible to arrange for a little cash? just about twenty rupees?” “Certainly!” I said, thrilled that I was being asked to do something by Minto sahib It was a cold January morning of L …
The sudden burst of “Arab Spring” created a difficult dilemma for the Western leaders in general but the US leadership in particular. This fast evolving phenomenon exposed Western hypocrisy for paying only lip service for the cause of ‘real democracy’ The stru …
Enforce rule of law, expose hypocrisy of the Taliban mentality Just over a year ago, Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer was assassinated in the most cowardly manner by a government-assigned security guard. Mumtaz Qadri, a member of the Punjab Elite Force assigned …
Existing ‘Islamic governments’ present us with three alternatives: Saudi Arabian model of hereditary monarchy, Afghanistan’s ‘Taliban’ model to impose the tribal confederacy structure of ancient Arabia and ‘Velayet-e-Faqih’ model prevalent in Iran. None of the …
Army’s role in splintering Pakistan was largely ignored by successive governments. Bhutto personally ordered that each and every copy of the Hamood ur Rehman Report be burnt. A copy of the final report was however saved, which was leaked and publishe d in Indi …
