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Found 858 articles matching your filters across English, Cartoons (2011-10-24 to 2011-11-14). Top authors: Malik A. Rashid, Mujahid Hussain, Nayyer Khan, Jamshed Iqbal, Abdul Majeed Abid

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Hopelessness to doom: Pakistan's journey

Malik A. Rashid · Nov 14, 2011

It is obvious that Pakistan’s army has lost legitimacy because of the crimes they committed. Incompetence laid bare their claim as the defender of territorial integrity BBC reported, "The US is so concerned about security in Pakistan that it is considering pla …

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A society obsessed with love for death

Mujahid Hussain · Nov 13, 2011

Pakistani society of today has transformed into a society of fire arm bearers and if one tries to get any clue from clergy of the country of this sanguine behavior, their ready-made reply goes like that “It is the result of deviation from true teachings of Isl …

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Spectacular bloodshed

Nayyer Khan · Nov 10, 2011

In agricultural society, live stock represents wealth and hence sacrifices. In an urban society wealth is represented by money. If one contributed the equivalent of the price of a goat or a cow to charity --- i.e. feeding the poor, donating to hospitals etc, i …

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Secularizing the ethics

Jamshed Iqbal · Nov 8, 2011

Seeing the covetous and fearful nature of religious goodness, a secular person’s free good deed becomes more valuable. If we could feel clearly, goodness really becomes goodness when it flows spontaneously from one’s being What essentially is ethical in being …

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Deconstructing Zaid Hamid (V)

Abdul Majeed Abid · Nov 7, 2011

Being a ‘Jihadi veteran’ from Afghanistan, hope Zaid Hamid someday also talks about Israeli role in fighting Soviets Zaid Hamid is a TV-phenomenon popularized by his programmes like Brass Tacks and Iqbal ka Pakistan. Eight episodes of Iqbal ka Pakistan have be …

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Haqqani’s war

Mujahid Husain · Nov 7, 2011

Some people think that if Al Qaida and Taliban succeed in Pakistan, America and other enemies of Islam will be defeated. It seems strange that to humiliate America and its allies, we are willing to dismantle our own state and call the current fiasco a conspira …

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United Arab Emirates of FATA

Hakim Hazik · Nov 7, 2011

We will soon hold an amputee sports day in Miran Shah. The last one was planned for Orakzai, but was cancelled at the last minute because a stoning ceremony came up. No, no, this had nothing to do with personal toiletry according to religious injunctions. This …

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Whose war is this?

Farooq Sulehria · Nov 7, 2011

Zbigniew Brzezinski: ‘What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the cold war?’ The Taliban are an American hand-fed group , w …

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A brief analysis from a Wall Street occupier: Yotam Marom

Viewpoint · Nov 7, 2011

The occupation of Wall Street is now in its third week. Thousands of people have worked and fought for it, have given it their time, their bodies, their ideas, their blood. People have used their bodies as shields, sent letters of solidarity, marched, slept ou …

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Halwa in Hawaii

Waseem Altaf · Nov 7, 2011

“Middle Class” transport service was inscribed on the top front of the bus. As it stopped several girls with colorful tights and tops appeared with hijabs . Some of them had their faces covered with earphones attached with iPods and were biting McDonalds burge …

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If USA attacks Pakistan...

Harris Bin Munawar · Nov 7, 2011

It is not a smart move to make permanent enemies. It is not too late for Pakistan to invest in Afghanistan’s economy rather than (or at least as well as) in its insurgents. Your geo-strategic location can only benefit you…when you are useful, than when you are …

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Oct 7: Afghan women on 10 years of US occupation

Sahar Saba · Nov 7, 2011

The war in Afghanistan costs US taxpayers two billion dollars a week. However, these phenomenal figures have not translated into anything tangible for Afghan women Ten years ago on October 7, the NATO troops, captained by the USA, landed Afghanistan. This UN-m …

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Of Choorian and ‘Calm Down, Dear’

Hafsa Khawaja · Nov 7, 2011

By roaring that one does not wear bangles, he intends to put the message across that he is neither weak, a simpleton nor woundable or anything perceived to be of the other sex through the lens of condescension; thus completely depreciating womanhood and making …

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Pol. economy of occupation

Dr. Qaisar Abbas · Nov 7, 2011

The question is why at this point of time when American forces are withdrawing from Afghanistan, they are so anxious about the region’s economic development and well being of its people? U.S. business giants, investment firms and construction industries are se …

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Privatising the Arab spring: Akram Belkaïd

Viewpoint · Nov 7, 2011

Tunisia and Egypt face economic challenges besides the difficulty of achieving political stability. The collapse of the previous systems of sinecure will release individual energies and initiatives, but these will go nowhere unless the new administrations find …

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What lies beneath: Basharat Peer

Viewpoint · Nov 7, 2011

On a pleasant September morning, Mohammad Sidiq, a sand-digger in his early 30s, pushes his long wooden boat out onto the River Jhelum, which cuts through the heart of Srinagar, the biggest city in the disputed, Indian-controlled province of Kashmir. As the su …

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Messiah of Crystals: on translating Faiz

Dr. Ali Madeeh Hashmi · Nov 6, 2011

'Aaj ek harf ko phir dhoondtaa phirtaa hai khayaal’ ‘Today an image seeks, once again, a word’ – Faiz Ahmed ‘Faiz’ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), considered by many to be the most important writer in the German language, said: “Say what you will of it …

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Cartoon: 28 October 2011

Sabir Nazar · Oct 28, 2011

Viewpoint editorial cartoon

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Psychology of a Tablighi

Waseem Altaf · Oct 26, 2011

The tableeghis preach cleanliness but do we often see them cleaning their own dirty streets. They preach acquisition of knowledge, yet do we often witness tableeghis coaching science and mathematics to underprivileged children from their area Mohammad Siddiq, …

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Ghazi on screen

Farooq Sulehria · Oct 24, 2011

While Ilam Din is embracing death, Jinnah is addressing a rally in Lahore, telling people, “As long as Muslims do not create a separate country, Raj Pals will be born over and over again”. In 2002, Gujar Art Production produced a remake of Haider’s film, Ilam …

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