Viewpoint archive - English articles (2010-2016)
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According to official and newspapers reports, 14 workers were killed. Mussawat reported a total of 22 deaths. But unofficial estimates put the total number as h...
Salafist Islam administered by the army (perhaps with a charismatic cricketer as its public face) is the likely option.Trade, travel and cultural exchange with ...
In " Distant View of a Minaret ," the late and much-neglected Egyptian writer Alifa Rifaat begins her short story with a woman so unmoved by sex with her husban...
On Oct 19, 2009 Sen. Kerry and Gen. Patreus told Gen. Kayani if he pulled a fast one, Washington would severe its ties with Pak army. Kayani counseled his advis...
As International Labour Day approaches, rights groups in Pakistan are redoubling their efforts to win freedom for six incarcerated union leaders in Faisalabad, ...
A comedian who poked fun at the Taliban's practice of apprehending thieves and meting out summary punishment to them was kidnapped from Peshawar in northwest Pa...
Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) has appealed to the Islamist-dominated parliament not to approve two controversial laws on the minimum age of marriage ...
Published in 1986, ‘Facts are Facts’ by the late Wali Khan was an instant hit. ‘Facts are Facts’ is an attempt to contest text book versions of Pakistan’s histo...
Despite the fact the FDI in Iran has shown 87% increase in one year, it stood at $3 billion- at this rate, it would take Iran nearly three centuries to attract ...
Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani made a mockery of the bereaved Hazara families by offering to send them a truckload of tissue papers to wipe off their tears ...
ICJ notes: “We heard insinuations that the Chief Justice picked colleagues who would determine cases or reach decisions in the way he would have himself decided...
In assuming this role as warmongers voluntarily, news media flare up the war hysteria and promote conflict and tension between rival nations. In this role the m...
Gilani or no Gilani, the democratic process should prevail and the current government should be allowed to continue and complete its term for the first time in ...
Electronic media methodically give exposure to the likes of Hamid Gul and others who are Taliban acolytes. The popularity of Imran Khan among the youth is also ...
I was in a Bangkok criminal court yesterday to show solidarity with Samyot Prueksakasemsuk, a Thai labour activist and editor of Voice of Thaksin. He is been ch...
Just take the example of Kim Jon-un. He is almost Bilawal’s age and much younger than Rahul. Today, he is the undisputed King Kong in North Korea because his da...
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I bet Chaudry gave Khar a big, sympathetic hug, let him cry in his lap for the injustice done to him and the two are now avid members of the ‘I-Hate-Mean-Girls-...
“When I became convinced that the Universe is natural — that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul, into every drop of my...
From Ajwa date to dust of the holy lands and halal dating on the web—every notion is couched in the commercial idiom The onerous challenge faced by every commer...
