Viewpoint archive - English articles (2010-2016)
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Addition of the notorious former Intelligence Bureau Chief and PPP legislator Masood Sharif Khattak can only strengthen claims of PTI becoming close to the esta...
Nothing can be substantiated; however, one thing is for sure. The President did not feel secure in his own country and has departed to the Middle East On 1 st o...
Mujeeb was disliked by the establishment not only on account of his being an Ultra-Nationalist; but also a Secularist and a Socialist. PPP’s founding document c...
The entire episode has contributed to lionize Generals Kayani & Pasha while rendering political leadership discredited in the eyes of Pakistani public Much has ...
I must state clearly that I have the utmost respect for the iconic professional lawyer, attorney at law, Mr Mohammad Akram Shaikh who has mastered the art of e-...
The girls initially performed traditional dances which soon transmuted into erotic shuffling and strip tease while Bacaradi and Cabarnet Sauvignon- an imported ...
The economic losses incurred on account of terrorism, by all accounts, pale in comparison to what the country has received in terms of aid. Thus, since 2008, wi...
Defending President Zardari does not imply that one is supporting all his actions. It’s about defending the life of the institution he is heading Once again the...
There is far too much respect for institutions like the BBC shown by media producers from the South. The corporate media were instrumental in the attempted coup...
Rs 25 b would be spent this year alone in Pakistan on this primitive ritual. Can we not spend this huge sum of money in a more rational and productive way? Mill...
He had no doubt of his place in literary history and left behind the following epitaph for himself: “Here lies Saadat Hasan Manto. With him lie buried the arts ...
Business tycoons have ventured into this trade earning billions; terrorist organizations collect meat and hides, while at the bottom of the ladder, the Mullah a...
“I do not think Manto was particularly obsessed with prostitution. It might be more accurate to say that he was part of a broader movement in Modern literature ...
Faiz wrote to his wife Alys upon Manto’s death “I was very sad to hear of Manto’s death. Inspite of all his shortcomings, he was very dear to me and I am proud ...
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...
General Yahya khan was addressing the nation; fully drunk: “We will fight in the streets in the lands and in our houses and devastate the enemy which dared to a...
The lessoned learned after the 1968 movement translated into a doctrine whereby even Bizenjos and the Mengals were discounted let alone Bhuttos and Mujibs. The ...
Imran Khan’s politics of convenience has pushed him into a conflict of ideologies so whenever the secular graduate of Oxford awakes inside him the conservative ...
Mr. Qureshi struck a deal with Imran Khan under which he would get the post of senior vice chairman of the party and chairmanship of the parliamentary board whi...
Both Jamat-e-Islami and Pakistan's deep state were looking for a charismatic character, who had a glitz of the Western culture and a mindset of an Islamist. One...
