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Listen, Gentlemen!

This piece was originally published in Daily Times on July 21, 2010 Considering the establishment’s numerous attempts in the past to disgrace the civilian leadership both domestically and internationally, it is particularly disturbing to see the latter not trying to understand the hazards involved if it keeps on kneeling before the former Like Dwight David Eisenhower, I [...]

Rediff.com Vs Rediffpk.com

Another Indo-Pak warlike situation on cyber arena it seems! At least it has been made so. This is apparently a case of copyright violations and / or domain name overlap, but since the two warring parties belong to two different countries, this has become a rallying point for the overly patriotic / nationalistic Pakistani cyber-activists. [...]

Lost and Sought in Seven Decades: Peeping through Indo-Pak History

Baaghi is committed to truth and bringing to its readers the analyses on historical events objectively and dispassionately. Those who are firm believers of state-authored textbook history in subcontinent are on higher risk of being offended and agitated. It is recommended to kindly treat history as a sacred thing which we owe to our posterity [...]

And Hamid Mir Replies

Dear Marvi Sarmad, I have just seen your letter.I appreciate your concern and i am responding your questions despite the advise of my friends and lawyers not to speak on this issue because i can face some legal problems in the future.I don't know much about you.I only know that you are working with some NGO.I [...]

Open Letter to Hamid Mir

Islamabad, May 30, 2010 Dear Mr. Hamid Mir, Much has been said and written about your audio tape since last two weeks. I have also read your rebuttal, your email, a message that got "leaked" – as is claimed by one of the blogs, in which you're (claimed to be) clarifying your position and Asian Tigers' position, [...]

Facebook Ban: The Take of PTA

Below is the text of email that the Spokesperson of PTA sent me on my query about the ban on Facebook along side many other websites in Pakistan in the wake of a Lahore High Court Order on Draw Mohammad Day Page of Facebook: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Director (Public Relations), Headquarters, F-5/1, Islamabad Ph. 051 2878152, Fax.051 [...]

The Islam that is Practiced

Bad smell, huge mass of disoriented people – young and oldn well mostly old – litter, noise, unwanted pushing. . . That was Islamabad airport when I entered this morning at 9 am to catch my Karachi flight. What has gone wrong with place in just few months? I realised that it had been over [...]

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Zardari!

Posting this to remind Pakistanis, what was being written about President Zardari (the then inmate of a jail) in 2005. Written by a veteran journalist, a columnist par excellence, an inspiring rights / peace activist and a professional with unblemished credentials, Beena Sarwar, this post appeared on January 26, 2005 in The News, a paper [...]

From the Forgotten Archives: Question Mark for Judiciary, Army & Media

This article was posted on the website of The South Asia Tribune (Issue No 54, August 10-16, 2003). SAT was a web news portal run and edited by Mr Shaheen Sehbai, now Group Editor of the Jang Group, who was at daggers drawn with Musharraf led army at that point in time. So fierce were his writings [...]

Eleven Years Ago in the Courts

In Court With Nawaz Sharif This account was published in Time Asia on November 22, 1999. Posted on Baaghi for the sake of revisiting immediate history that seems to somehow dissolve in the air and put the people in amnesia so often. Read, think and decide! By GHULAM HASNAIN Karachi Muhammed Nawaz Sharif was [...]