Viewpoint archive - English articles (2010-2016)
773 articles
Much before loans for overseas studies, I would like to see such a loan system for students wishing to study at Pakistani universities ‘No one should pay the sl...
While Sindh is not as marginalized as Baluchistan, however, its position is secondary even to Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KPK), let alone Punjab The case of Baluchista...
Titled ‘Karachi:The State of Crimes,’ the report below was commissioned by the Center for Research & Security Studies (CRSS: www.crss.pk). It has been posted he...
Islamic Movement of Britain was formed on May 12 this year at a meeting at Hyderkheil village (North Waziristan). Qari Hussain assembled about 200 militants fro...
The NY Times can claim, correctly, that it is the most informative newspaper in the world. It is therefore interesting to look at what it chooses not to tell us...
There was consensus that main threat to the nation is from the law and order situation in Karachi which the financial hub of the Ummah, and provides one half of...
Moncef Marzouki, interim president of Tunisia, has suggested an international constitutional court as a way to overcome the failure of international law to deal...
The news anchor was at his fast and furious best as he pelted his panelist with questions and objections. But Khurram Parvez spokesperson for the Jammu and Kash...
School textbooks in India and Pakistan present divergent views on historical events. The History Project attempts a truce. Here are two versions of the same seq...
Imran Khan has also fulfilled all his major pre-election promises. Corruption ended well within the 90-day deadline in KPK. Some reports suggest that it ended a...
The bigger the lie the more people will believe it. We all know who said that – but it still works. Bashar al-Assad has chemical weapons. He may use them agains...
When it is argued that Islam provided more rights to women as compared to the pre-Islamic societies, it might be true. Islam might have been ahead of Arab socie...
After the election, Dr Masood was all over the place, yelling "rigging, rigging” without explaining where and how exactly and without offering proof. He provide...
Like any person affiliated with the right wing, Javed Chaudhry has managed to brew anti-India and pro-Jamaat sentiments. Similarly, and fittingly, as the quinte...
What Achcar contemptuously, but in a highly informed manner, dismisses is the tendency to understand the Arab spring via conspiracy theories whereby every twist...
Presenting Morsi as the man who has fulfilled the “revolution’s” wishes is all the more grotesque for the fact that he has named the chief of military intellige...
Immigrants are perceived as not being loyal to the country and the system . This situation leads to collective frustration for majority society who is paying ta...
The case of Iran, following the establishment of the Islamic regime in the country, has warned the region that when it comes to freedom, dignity and social just...
Pakistan military has performed better as a rented entity in other countries than it has as a national army in Pakistan ‘The state in Pakistan is reflecting the...
A report for the FY2008-09, shows almost a total dependence of Pakistani TV networks upon multinationals for advertising revenue. Among the top ten advertisers,...
