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Why no outrage against Taliban?
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) executed 15 kidnapped members of Pakistan’s Border Security Guard, a paramilitary force that guards the country’s northwestern border region in a major blow to government efforts to pursue peace talks with the militants. While the news about this massacre appeared in media on January 5, 2012, the video was released to media [...]
Thanks a lot Tharoor Ji!
This column No More Delusions was written by Shashi Tharoor ji for Delhi Chronicle on August 5, 2011 in response to my earlier column for Daily Times on July 25, 2011 We, the Delusional Liberals, which was in turn in response to Tharoor ji’s column Delusional Liberals on July 21, 2011 in Delhi Chronicle. This very [...]
Euthanasia to the Politics of Reconciliation
Mian Nawaz Sharif, Quaid of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) finally announced the expulsion of Pakistan Peoples Party Ministers from Punjab Cabinet while talking to newsmen on Friday February 25. As quoted by The Express Tribune, he gave the reason for his party’s decision as government’s failure to ‘…end corruption and improve economy’ and passing of [...]
Release Aasiya Bibi, Repeal Blasphemy Laws, Abolish Shariat Court
Pakistanis Shout for Secularism, Minority Rights and End to Islamization People of Islamabad got together in front of the Parliament House on Dec 30, 2010 in order to protest against a highly discriminatory Blasphemy Laws of the country, parallel judicial structures especially the Shariat Court especially Shariat Court’s recent Judgment against the Women’s Protection Act [...]
We Strongly Denounce FSC's Declaration on Women's Protection Act
Number of civil society organizations and human rights activists jointly issued this statement prior to a Press Conference, held in Islamabad on Dec 24, 2010. They expressed their strong concerns on the recent declaration by the Federal Shariat Court, which itself is a parallel judicial structure and is a point of contention between progressive sections [...]
AMENDMENTS TO THE BLASPHEMY LAWS ACT 2010
Sherry Rehman, MNA from Pakistan Peoples Party has submitted this Amendment Bill in National Assembly of Pakistan. With her consent, this Bill is put here for public scrutiny. Please feel free to give your feedback, it will be shared not only with her, but with the members of Standing Committee on Law, Justice, Human Rights [...]
Chronology of Blasphemy Legislation in Pakistan
In order to put the record straight on the chronology of Blasphemy Legislation in Pakistan, following Timeline has been compiled using information from annual report of National Commission for Justice and Peace. 1860: The original Penal Code is written, intended by the British Raj to govern united India. 1927: Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, XXV of [...]
A proposal for Social Democrat Party's Manifesto
There is a need to understand Pakistan’s problems in specific context. If stated in briefest possible terms, all the problems Pakistan is facing, are due to four basic factors: Democracy failure, economic failure, failure in addressing national / ethnic question and failure to ensure gender equality / equality of religious communities. In order to change [...]
We Will Fight Back – Rest Assure!
It was the early morning of Friday Oct 1, 2010 when we woke up to some unusual noise. By the time we got up and came out of our bedrooms, the un-invited guests had already left. They took with them all our important documents including passports, our laptops along with all the data related gadgets [...]
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. [...]
