Found 858 articles matching your filters across English, Cartoons (2011-05-16 to 2011-07-09). Top authors: Viewpoint, Sabir Nazar, Surbhi Tandon, Mazhar Arif, Shafqat Aziz
A t a time when memory is being erased and the political relevance of education is dismissed in the language of measurement and quantification, it is all the more important to remember the legacy and work of Paulo Freire. Freire is one of the most important ed …
Obama administration officials believe that Pakistan’s powerful spy agency ordered the killing of a Pakistani journalist who had written scathing reports about the infiltration of militants in the country’s military, according to American officials. New classi …
Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina Wajed, launched a coordinated assault in January 2010 on the Islamist order that has gripped her country for 30 years. She attacked its legal foundation. In 1979, Islamists had hijacked control of the state, amended t …
Afghanistan, Pakistan and India are amongst the most dangerous places in the world for journalists. However, I don’t think we need more laws to protect journalists – murder is illegal in all three countries Arthur Miller – playwright and essayist – once said “ …
Retreat of socialism, particularly in former Soviet Union, and rise of “Ziaism” in Pakistan depressed the progressive (Leftist) and secular forces in the country which resulted in fading of “battle of ideas” in media and educational institutions. The consequen …
The urban youth, belonging to upper and lower middle class has developed themselves as brainless zombies, devoid of any reasoning and logic. They are all equipped with same set of absurd conspiracy theories with an extremely narrow and dangerous worldview “The …
We were told to avoid talking politics in the dining hall, as it was against the spirit of the army rules, General Zia, our then dictator, was canvassing the nation to gain support for his sham referendum. No general has left the service for Abbottabad episode …
As the Bombay tragedy was unfolding on TV screens, Pakistani anchorpersons were busy concocting unimaginable cock and bull stories. Most fantastic theory was weaved by a celebrity anchorperson who claimed Ajmal Kasab was neither a Pakistani nor a Muslim but a …
The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from Faisalabad city of Punjab province, the second largest industrial and commercial city of the country that a plan has been chalked out to kill the owners and their family members of 36 commercial a …
When reprobates like Syed Salim Shahzad start casting aspersions on the holiest of all the Ummah institutions, we cannot just sit back and watch. We have to take action which is timely, purposeful and shows our determination to uphold the honour and the glory …
Climate change and extreme climate events do not occur in a social vacuum. The present social climate is that of capitalism run amok. Communities, particularly poor communities, women and people of color live in vulnerable situations, and are over run by major …
The solution for the global warming/global climate disruption crisis lies not in development of nuclear energy. And the problem is not a technological one; it is one whose roots are political and economic “I feel that at least several hundred scientists traine …
Today the ISI has a senior officer designated to look after media management, whereby appropriate persons are purchased. The Abbotabad debacle is a case in point. Army Chief himself held meetings with media persons and advised them to toe a particular line. Co …
