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Mass protests sweep Gilgit Baltistan

Peter Boyle · Apr 24, 2014

Baba Jan, a popular leader of the struggle who was jailed and tortured by Pakistani authorities until 2013, leads a April 19 protest rally in Aliabad, Hunza Valley, in support of the charter of demands of the Awami Action Committee. [Photo from PYF Gilgit Balt …

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Biggest democracy in the largest poverty

Lal Khan · Apr 11, 2014

India is often projected as a modern state yet in the midst of the high-rise buildings and corporate plazas, huge swathes of shanty towns go on breeding misery. Millions live in extremely unhygienic and filthy dwellings. The artificial glitter and facade of se …

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Are Russia and China imperialist powers?

Chris Slee · Apr 10, 2014

Russia and China both play an important role in world politics. This includes involvement in armed conflicts distant from their borders. Russia for example supplies arms to the Syrian government. Both Russia and China supplied arms to the Sri Lankan government …

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Viewpoint · Apr 1, 2014

Internet Explorer 6 isn't supported by this website... Home Submissions Archives Redaktion You are here : Home / 2014 / 04 / vp198 Subscribe to this RSS feed vp198 (8) ‘Mir’s support for Baluchistan alone should wash clean all his stigmas’ ‘ It is true that Ha …

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Minority politics in Pakistan: A Dispatch from India

Asma Khan · Mar 13, 2014

[Hindus frequently ill treated in Pakistan sends a chill down the spines of Muslims in India, the dirty minority politics of both the countries is a matter of big concern. Here is a brief review of the past and present Minority Politics of these nations. ] Pak …

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Taliban win, women lose

Viewpoint · Feb 27, 2014

I hereby announce a mass suicide event for the women of Pakistan. Oh, wait, the government is already ‘negotiating’ that suicide mission for us. There goes my chance of going down in history with a bang. I will probably go down wearing a black burqa, anonymous …

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Creating a secular Jinnah

Kunwar Khuldune Shahid · Feb 20, 2014

The magazine Newsline’s February 2014 edition has an interesting – albeit unoriginal – cover photo depicting Pakistan’s founding father Muhammad Ali Jinnah as a bearded Islamist, with cover story titled: Islamisation of Jinnah. While Ayesha Siddiqa’s cover sto …

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An Open letter to Mr. Tehelka

Asma Khan · Feb 6, 2014

Mr.Tehelka, Hope you are doing fine…. Egad! Fine? In a jail? Sorry. Dunno how to begin? The media fraternity you were once part of, has already paid you homage, for the horrific crime you committed. May be, rightly so. The man in such a high position should ne …

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Sleuths harass VBMP Long Marchers, sympathisers

Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur · Feb 6, 2014

On February 4 th, a day before Pakistan closes down ostentatiously for the rights of Kashmiris, Pakistani intelligence agencies’ personnel harassed the Voice of Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) Long Marchers with intimidation and questions. They didn’t stop at th …

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The Art of Losing War

Kunwar Khuldune Shahid · Feb 6, 2014

The Art of Losing War is a counterterrorism treatise attributed to Chun Choo, a high-ranking Pakistani military general, geopolitical strategist and tactician. Chun Choo’s actual name is unknown and the writer’s choice of a pseudonym is owing to the threat inv …

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Submissions

Viewpoint · Jan 24, 2014

Mail your submissions to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. We accept article submissions from anyone who can add desirable content to our pages. We do have some simple rules: 1) Please keep your submis …

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Viewpoint · Jan 1, 2014

Internet Explorer 6 isn't supported by this website... Home Submissions Archives Redaktion You are here : Home / 2014 / 01 See you in 2015! This is our last issue this year. We will take a break and will be back on January 7, 2015. We hope a peaceful Pakistan …

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Psychology behind conspiracy theories

Waseem Altaf · Nov 3, 2013

Conspiracy theories fail to maintain the same level of skepticism towards those who advance conspiracy theories…conspiracy theorists may also be lying to advance some political agenda The creation of Bangladesh was solely the result of an Indian conspiracy. 9/ …

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Should the HEC live or die? Pervez Hoodbhoy

Viewpoint · Oct 31, 2013

T he Higher Education Commission (HEC) stands on death row. Appeals for reprieve have been rejected by the commission responsible for implementation of the Eighteenth Amendment. That commission’s chairman, Senator Mian Raza Rabbani, declared that “the HEC act …

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Drone attacks: a critical perspective

Farhat Taj · Oct 24, 2013

' The News' reported 687 civilians have been killed in 60 drone attacks. There is no information on how the authorities quoted in report collected the figures. The said authorities fail to provide names of the victims. Also, the authorities have not been able …

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The missing link in drone debate

Dr. Mohammad Taqi · Oct 24, 2013

Politicians have been coerced by the Army to publicly condemn the drone attacks and parliamentary resolutions were used to indicate to the US the purported public outrage. However, privately, many are appreciative of the drone campaign With about a hundred dro …

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Our viewpoint on US droning of Pakistan

Viewpoint Team · Oct 23, 2013

F irst things first. The USA has no right to stay in Afghanistan let alone drone Pakistan. It is the US military aggression and presence in the region that has fuelled unrest and complicated the matters. The very Taliban and al-Qaida that Washington is busy fi …

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Balochistan cauldron

Viewpoint · Oct 17, 2013

Instead of visiting Balochistan, Mr. Sharif, accompanied by the Chief Minister of Balochistan, visited China with the aim of handing over Gwadar-Port and the RekoDiq project to the Chinese authorities Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest and mineral rich province h …

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Khaki corruption: Hush! Hush!

Waseem Altaf · Oct 11, 2013

NAB has evidence of the involvement of at least 20 retried senior military officials including three former chiefs of army staff, two naval chiefs and an air force chief in the purchase of tanks, submarines, naval mine hunters, Mirage fighters and army jeeps O …

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Media concealing Malala’s progressive background

Viewpoint · Oct 10, 2013

A picture in which she is seen with a poster of Lenin and Trotsky should indicate her proximity to some of the most ideologically groomed bunch of men and women in Swat Last year, on October 9, now world-famous Malala Yousafzai and two other schoolgirls were s …

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