Viewpoint archive - English articles (2010-2016)
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In the “Qaumi English Urdu Dictionary” published by “The National Language Authority” a state-run institution, the term “secularism” has been translated as “Lad...
Rivalled by Ahmed Sarhindi – then a fundamentalist cleric who even decreed mathematics and science as haram – Mughal emperor Akbar tastes a humiliating defeat a...
During WW1 Gandhi took upon himself to play the recruiting agent to enlist Indians for British army. He could one day call himself ‘an anarchist’ while next day...
There are now 20% of young people without employment or education. The figure is expected to rise to 40%. Young people without means were eligible for an Educat...
Now that we celebrate Manto’s 100th birthday, acknowledging his contributions to Urdu literature and his gifts to humanity, we also need to acknowledge the hars...
‘’They can hold their heads high now that some of them are given the highest positions. The psychological effect is bound to be tremendous, though they may not ...
" Comrades, I am glad to tell you that Comrade Che Guevara was in Karachi yesterday. He was travelling on an Arab country's passport and came here as an Arab gu...
Such forcible imposition of the Hindu religious scripture in a secular and composite society, ignoring others’ views is completely against the spirit of secular...
Mr PM, I can allow you only two plain meals a day. Nothing more, no lavishness. How much does a meal cost you? I think the simplest meal, if you cook for yourse...
Only weeks ago, after Salman Taseer was gunned down by his own bodyguard, Mr Mir was telling a posh audience at London School of Economics: ‘Pakistan is no more...
George Galloway’s stunning electoral triumph in the Bradford by-election on Thursday, March 29, 2012, has shaken the petrified world of English politics. It was...
Justice Khosa is the last man left standing between edifying culture of high class poetry and the horrid plebeians who occupy the parliament house. If it was no...
I do not know how it is from the Indian side. Are the requirements for a visa just as dauntingly obtuse? Do RAW agents harass and insult those Indians applying ...
Did anybody see Minhaj Barna receiving any award? Did you see Mazhar Ali Khan or Nisar Usmani receiving any benefit? But tell me: was Mazhar Ali Khan not a cele...
Contrary to the steps taken by Junejo and Nawaz Sharif, Mr Zardari and Mr Gilani have come forward to save the face of the army and to rescue the generals caugh...
Terrorism as a tool to challenge a state or some social and political order has deep historical roots in the politics of the world but from the late 19 th centu...
Within months, three pro-Western governments have fallen in the Arab World: parliament removed Saad Hariri’s Lebanese government, while popular movements drove ...
It goes without saying that the first thing which the Supreme Court will ask the next PM to do is to write the letter to the Swiss authorities. He will refuse t...
While you and your protégés at the ISI headquarters have been dispatching battalions after battalions of suicide bombers, India has infiltrated Afghanistan by b...
While battling the civilian government on an institutional level, the SC has been dependent on the media for sustained popular support. Consequently, when the F...
