Viewpoint archive - English articles (2010-2016)
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The conspiracy of silence over Balochistan is finally breaking but the alienation of the province runs too deep for any easy solutions. If Pakistan manages to w...
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(Faiz A. Faiz’ editorial of the Pakistan Times dated Feb 2, 1948. Original title was: Long Live Gandhiji) The British tradition of announcing the death of a kin...
Caliph al-Hadi put to death in Baghdad 5,000 philosophers in order to destroy sciences in Muslim countries. Be it the brutal treatment of liberal scholars or an...
An ardent critic of this unholy alliance, Hamza Alavi always thought we have been serving a super power that used us throughout the history of our existence for...
Caliph al-Hadi put to death in Baghdad 5,000 philosophers in order to destroy sciences in Muslim countries. Be it the brutal treatment of liberal scholars or an...
Since the last summer, police have arrested over 4294 stone throwers across different places to ensure peace in the Valley On February 25, 2011, Faizan Rafiq Ha...
Josh is not a memorable film, qualifying for an honorable mention in the book of recent Pakistani movies. Its media hype is strangely strong in Pakistan, but on...
AZO's struggle indeed was aimed at toppling a brutal and reactionary military dictatorship, but by no means was it being waged for the restoration of democracy....
It is the not an accident that India and Pakistan, housing 22 percent of the world population, host 44 percent of the world poverty yet they are amongst the top...
Instead of highlighting their problems that force them to take up prostitution, they are insulted, guilt-framed, and harassed in the lust for ratings The televi...
Punjabis are more open-minded and welcoming. This phenomenon also dominates the folk dances of Punjab Naach is a Sanskrit word, which was also used in Urdu, Pun...
Just like FEMEN cannot speak for all feminists, MWAF or other veil-endorsing Muslim feminists are not the sole voice of all Muslim women Bearing out a common ma...
Shilpa Phadke tells Richa Kaul Padte that feminist mothers face the dilemma of giving their daughters agency while teaching them to take calculated risks in neg...
The Planning Commission has once again embarrassed us with its claims of decline in poverty by 2011-12 to grossly unrealistic levels of 13.7 per cent of populat...
Ali returned home late evening on 20 October, 2012 after spending 45 days without sunlight. He and his family are convinced that his return was divine miracle r...
The commander of the faithful, the rightly guided caliph of the Ummah, Imran Khan, has said that this war is not our war. He also said that Mumtaz Qadri has bee...
A Muslim is not just 76 kilograms of Islam turned flesh; a one-dimensional being whose every action, from writing a book to doing an interview, can be traced ba...
Chomsky answers a familiar question as he has often answered before. The supposed wisdom of Zizek, Lacan, etc. - answers Chomsky, ( http://www.openculture.com/2...
Ban on the ad stems from our society’s deep rooted patriarchal and hegemonic perspective on sex as an act and marriage as an institution. Sex as a topic is disc...
