Found 858 articles matching your filters across English (2013-06-30 to 2013-08-01). Top authors: Viewpoint, Zafaryab Ahmed, Riaz ul Hassan, Shakil Chaudhary, Mustaq Rahim/Arbab Daud
Many centers drift between illegality and legality. On the other hand, there are centers that are legal and run by professionals but provide completely unethical therapies Despite set laws and ethical codes of conduct, Pakistan is one of the many developing co …
And since God is a feminist, it shouldn’t be that big a surprise to see all his devout followers being feminists of the same scale as the deity himself Among all the talk of omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience and omnibenevolence of the Almighty, which seem …
Before BB's agreement with notorious IPPs, electricity was mainly generated through hydel power plants and was not as costly. But after these agreements, the share of hydel power started to decline. Between1996 - 2001 it decreased from 47 % to 29 % and with th …
The real indicator of women’s interest in politics is that almost 150 women filed nomination papers for general seats in 2013, a 129 percent jump from the 2008 election Fauzia Kasuri's quitting of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) created quite a stir. Her compla …
The main reason is not of lust but of control, with a misogynist mentality to keep the women in place which stems from the religious misperception that Eve was born out of Adam, hence her sole purpose was to serve men, a common belief to endorse in a patriarch …
I HAD spent much of my life writing music for commercials, film and television and knew little about the world of philanthropy as practiced by the very wealthy until what I call the big bang happened in 2006. That year, my father, Warren Buffett, made good on …
Feminism is not just a label, it was a movement – it still is a movement. It is not about the women who turn away from it for popularity but about fighting the fight against injustice for the people who do not enjoy the privilege of equality Let’s just be very …
Having been sacked recently, Ehsanullah Ehsan is looking for a new job. With the Taliban threat, and possible negotiations to counter said threat being high on the agenda for the next army chief, who better to take up the military reins than the former TTP spo …
The form of the capitalist state as the means of government of the bourgeois class is therefore determined by class interests. It can only assume a given form, if it coheres with its nature “Historical materialism elevates the principle of the dialectical rela …
(This essay by the late Zafaryab Ahmed was run by Viewpoint on July 6, 1989. A progressive journalist and human rights activist, Zafaryab Ahmed himself spent time behind the bar and died in exile) ASTHMA and silence became his identity ever since his release f …
Tagore told an audience that he cannot compare himself with Iqbal because he does not write in his native tongue. Iqbal issued a rebuttal that Tagore could write in Bengali because Bengali was a developed language Nazar-ul-Islam, the Muslim Bengali poet enjoye …
It was Awami National Party, led by Wali Khan, that declared Urdu as an official language in Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Even the Punjab has never formally made such a move ‘It is absolutely baseless assertion that national unity is harmed by language …
On July 8, 2005, the Nawa-i-Waqt editorially suggested that the U.S. had orchestrated not only the 9/11 attacks but also the London bombings of July 7, 2005. Prof. Dr. Zahoor Ahmad Azhar, a retired professor of Punjab University, in his column of March 16, 200 …
Pakistani media’s financial shortfall is compensated either by mysterious sources or the electronic-media bubble is heading for a big burst I t takes Rs. 40 million per month, for a privately-run, news channel in Pakistan. Apparently, advertising is the only s …
And I think Pakistan is not the most hated country in India. We could say that about perhaps Bangladesh or Afghanistan where Pakistan is disliked near-universally. However, I can safely assert that the only country where I have been warmly received as a Pakist …
Translated, from Pashto, by Arbab Daud My Sweet Malala! What happened, my dear? Dear Lala, I was shot Powerful mustached men shot me They were sons of Khushal Baba! Ney! They are not real sons of Khushal and Rahman Baba Oh yes, I just remembered I was shot by …
A case was registered against ‘unknown’ puritan protestors under the blasphemy law on the charge of attacking, damaging and desecrating a Hindu temple in Karachi Taliban while planning to assassinate Malala Yousafzai, might held the view that after attack and …
Karachi-based researcher and a Viewpoint contributor, Mohammad Nafees, has prepared a report on the Balochistan situation. The report was commissioned by the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS:www.crss.pk). The Viewpoint is serializing this report …
What hurts is the fact that the stereotypical image showcased by the media often means people do not take us seriously. Stereotypes and segregation based on religion needs to be condemned and stopped Is every Sikh a Punjabi? Does every Sikh belong to Punjab? N …
The concept of a separate sovereign Bengal, which was aimed to save the lives of thousands of Muslims in Calcutta, was not appreciated by both the top leadership of Congress and Muslim league, who were bent upon partition of Bengal It was almost 40 years ago t …
