Viewpoint archive - English articles (2010-2016)
773 articles
Abstract The paper aims to highlight the process in which the institution of parliament evolved in Pakistan. The paper will mark various developments in regard ...
C ertain enlightened Pakistani expatriates in the USA have developed a consensus that the genesis of what ails Pakistan can be traced to the feudal system our f...
His anti-Americanism took the better of him in his faulty analysis of the Arab Spring. He brazenly supported Moammer Gaddafi The President of the Republic of Ve...
We are against the polio drops and missiles dropped from the drones. They are clearly against the Sharia The time is now. It cannot be delayed any more. We have...
In Pakistan we have seen the introduction of programmed reality in well received PTI jalsas. It is only a matter of time when other mainstream parties too will ...
Karachi-based researcher and a Viewpoint contributor, Mohammad Nafees, has prepared a report on the Balochistan situation. The report was commissioned by the Ce...
After the killing of bin Ladin, in Brussels the then Pakistan army spokesman, Maj. General Athar Abbas admitted openly that the army would not start the war aga...
Considering the daily mass murders of people of Shia faith in Syria, Pakistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan and designation of Ahmedis as non-Muslims, it is not clear ...
Recently, the SSP released the first issue of a magazine called Al-Rashideen in English language. The magazine, whose cover page declares that "Iran must fall b...
Being a resident of Sargodha, I am most proud of a little mosque just opposite my family home. Every Muharram when the media begins reporting sectarian tensions...
Once there were 66 Parsis in Lahore. Now they are less than 30.The rest have immigrated Dr. M is a Shia and he teaches at a Medical College in Lahore. He has be...
It is unclear what, exactly, impresses the Arabs most about the new "Leopard 2" battle tank. Is it its reliable 120-millimeter smoothbore cannon, which remains ...
Any durable solution to Taliban terror requires that Pakistan gives up the use of religion in state affairs. Also, it should give up Islamist proxies as foreign...
In light of recent mob violence against Christian community in Lahore, with valuable input from Anzar bhai. Question For I seek a name Whom to blame While They ...
The only faces you saw on the Mall Road with beards were those of hippies with ruck sacks, on their way to Wahga Barder. The only Mullah you saw an the TV was M...
The decisions of the judiciary, actions of the police and the handling of such cases by the administration are biased and show clear religious prejudices agains...
Negotiations have a rule of thumb: negotiate from a position of power. Situation is such that our besieged civilian government and military troops beg Taliban p...
It was in Ireland and Great Britain where, in January, horse DNA was first identified in meat sold as beef. Companies like Tesco, Lidl and Aldi, and even Burger...
On Feb 19, the Court of Arbitration declared an interim Award on the fate of the Kishanganga/Neelum project on river Jhelum. This award was hailed by the Indian...
The grapevine buzz places the Congress party in the dock for allegedly doing a ‘deal’ with the Italian authorities over the Augusta Westland VVIP helicopter dea...
