Viewpoint archive - English articles (2010-2016)
773 articles
On June 23rd some 15-20 men dressed in the uniforms of the Gilgit Scouts climbed up to the base camp at the foot of the Diamir face of Nanga Parbat. There, at t...
A number of Tablighi office holders have been active in the ranks of the Muslim League (Nawaz). The biggest example is the former President Rafiq Ahmed Tarar. G...
Taliban are not by any means a representation of pashtuns as what we are witnessing today in the shape of the barbaric Talibanized militant values are not of ho...
Ironically, the White Paper (education policy) misses out on reporting and articulating the educational concerns and needs of those whom the ‘white colour’ of o...
Some political experts from an illusory angle believe that this high-rate participation and Rouhani's election must be seen as a "Big No" to Khamenei and his pr...
If the Supreme Court advice is acted upon and haste is shown, the electoral rolls will not be accurate hence not fair The call for early elections has picked up...
By 2015 bilateral trade between them is going to cross the $100 billion mark. Yet, there is long list of political disputes between the two There is, an oft quo...
It was indeed ironic that Islamabad, crying hoarse ever since 1947 for the Kashmiris’ right to self determination, denied Kashmir under its control even the rig...
Are rewards such as martyrdom, pride, nationalism, spiritual duty, iconography, paradise and piety ever going to translate into any material terms of engagement...
By now it is an established fact that the other party—the Taliban and their ilk—are extensions of this security arrangement by the military. So the matter of wh...
Although general public got permission to run private channels in 2001, the eagles of PAF's Shaheen Foundation were already soaring above the law with their rad...
The emergence of Pakistan as the biggest customer of the Chinese military industrial complex (C-MIC) has added another element of complexity in the region becau...
It was Sunday night. My father called me from Pakistan, unexpectedly. He sounded terrible on the phone. He called from the hospital. I’d not seen him in the lon...
Whatever the predictions for the future of political parties, it is a fact that democracy is here to stay. Political parties will survive the losses or gains on...
MAHMUD'S raid on the temple of Somanatha and the destruction of the idol has become an event of immense significance in the writing of Indian history since the ...
When Taliban rose to power, one US diplomat justified Washington’s tacit support: ‘Taliban will develop like the Saudis did. There will be Aramco, pipelines, an...
Comrade Ali Wazir has won the election in South Waziristan - in the heart of Taliban territory! The news was published yesterday (Sunday) in one of the main tel...
By teaching us to hate our bodies as we grow up, Cosmetic Capitalism, of which the fashion and cosmetic industry is an indispensable part, creates competition a...
Pakistan is the least spending country on education all over South Asia and is one of the 12 countries in the world that allocate less than 2% of GDP on educati...
Things are chaotic here, as we recover from the surprise, disappointment, and a bit of hurt from the election results, but also go out in the street to express ...
