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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 [...]
This is the Time to Act!
This small passage was written by Rwail Sirmed in May 2009, when she was 9 years old I.D.P’s are our sisters, brothers, friends ect. Who have been displaced from their home because of the Taliban. Pakistan army is trying to fight against Taliban and getting them out of our Homeland, these people are the kkk’s [...]
How Islam Divorced Science
This post was published in the winter edition of Middle East Quarterly Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy (b. 1950) is one of South Asia's leading nuclear physicists and perhaps Pakistan's preeminent intellectual. Bearer of a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , he is chairman of the department of physics at Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad [...]
UN panel probes Pakistan army's role in Bhutto murder
Malaysia News.Net Wednesday 3rd March, 2010 (IANS) In a new twist, the UN Commission, probing into the assassination of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, is now suspecting involvement of Pakistani soldiers in the plot. Pakistani officials said they were searching for four military personnel who had disappeared just before the suicide attack on [...]
It’s all about Constitution Marvi, Keep Bias aside! (An analysis of Marvi’s Article)
This Note was posted on my Facebook page by Mr. Noman Shabbir. I'm posting it here as received, with no amendments, respecting his right to express opinion. I would be, however, happy to respond to the important points raised by him, for it is important to generate an environment of healthy dialogue in our society. [...]
Sexy Islamism
[LCT-|-embed]Posted by Khawar Khan on his wonderful blog Sexy Islamism Like conventional Islamism, Sexy Islamism is a political ideology that holds that Islam is not only a religion but also a political and economic system. In addition to this, Sexy Islamism is also a genre of rock music and a fashion aesthetic. Sexy Islamism [...]
Presidential Notification was Constitutional, But. . . .
Honourable Justice (R) Fakhruddin G. Ebraheem writes about the current judicial crisis developed after the late night suspension of presidential notification by the Chief Justice of pakistan We are again faced with a judicial crisis – not a bonafide crisis but a crisis created for ulterior reasons. Ostensibly the crisis is the elevation of chief [...]
Women: Humans or Objects?
Written by Ed Yong for Not Exactly Rocket Science For something intangible, a glance can be a powerful thing. It can carry the weight of culture and history, it can cause psychological harm, and it can act as a muzzle. Consider the relatively simple act of a man staring at a woman's body. This is [...]
Folly, not clash of institutions
By Ayaz Amir for The News, appeared on Friday Jan 29, 2010 Clash of institutions has a grand ring to it, suggestive of Cromwell's Roundheads battling the monarchy; or the children of the French Revolution slaughtering the French nobility; or Lenin's Bolsheviks storming the Winter Palace. Would that this were the state of affairs [...]
Pakistan Armed Forces ‘Tried to Oust President'
Military still 'calling the shots' in political and judicial process, report reveals By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent – The Independent (Jan 22, 2010) Pakistan's powerful military has actively worked to undermine efforts by the elected government to improve human rights in the country, according to a new report. It also tried to destabilise the elected [...]
