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Ideological Battles in Iran
New lease for Islamic Republic In many ways, Ahmadinejad’s victory is the latest and perhaps final clash in a battle for power and influence that has lasted decades between Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president of Iran. … Read entire article »
Islam, Constitution and Fundamental Rights
By Rafique Ahmed Mangrio God created human on the earth, the period he fixed for creature to live is called “Life” which is very precious for every living creature on the earth. This is very basic and fundamental right for an individual to let him live safely, smoothly and freely. Then every prerequisite for protection of life is secondary mean, and any other requirement to decorate the life has third mean. The main reason or cause of many revolutions from time to time, from cave to this modern era, was the protection of life and protect of any thing which is obsessed with making the life perfect. Migration of people from place to another place is reason for getting peace and safety. The Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) migrated from Makkah to Medina, even … Read entire article »
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Where Imran Khan Stands
From the Blitz By Imran Khan, Chairman, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf It was Goebbels who came up with the brilliant theory that if the government wanted people to follow its policy, it must first instill fear in them and then slap all dissenters with the unpatriotic card. … Read entire article »
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Pakistan is here to stay
By Yasser Latif Hamdani It is not uncommon for those afflicted with the “India shining” ailment to speculate from time to time on the demise of Pakistan. Sadly this has been going on for more than 60 years and we in Pakistan are now used to it. Kapil Komireddi’s article “Pakistan’s Demise is Inevitable” therefore is at best an amusing read and more seriously an insight into an Indian mind obsessed with Pakistan to the point of wishful thinking. … Read entire article »
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An extremist amongst American Muslims
By Wajid Ali Sheikh Gilani has roots in the US? In the 1980s, when Pakistan was acting as a conduit between the United States and the mujahideen in Afghanistan, small towns in the FATA were turning into recruiting centers. Much has been written about the ensuing blowback following the Soviet withdrawal and the vacuum left behind in Afghanistan. But the seeds of jihad have taken hold and bloomed in some unexpected places. In two small towns in the United States, radical fundamentalism is alive and well – and flourishing out in the open. … Read entire article »
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Cantonment in Swat ?
by Ibrahim Khalil At the risk of sounding unpatriotic, let me quote a joke that was making the round couple of years ago. After a meeting between Manmohan Singh and Pervez Musharraf, an announcement is made that Kashmir issue has been resolved. At the press conference, Manmohan Singh says that “Pakistan has agreed to give up its claim of holding a plebiscite in Kashmir. General Musharraf will inform you of the rest of the details”. General Musharraf comes on the microphone and says, “We have fought three wars with India over Kashmir. … Read entire article »
Filed under: North-West Frontier Province, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Into the Swat Refugee Camp
source: counterpunch.org Down and Out in Shah Mansoor By KATHY KELLY and DAN PEARSON In Pakistan’s Swabi district, a bumpy road leads to Shah Mansoor, a small village surrounded by farmland. Just outside the village, uniform size tents are set up in hundreds of rows. The sun bores down on the Shah Mansoor camp which has become a temporary home to thousands of displaced Pakistanis from the Swat area. … Read entire article »
Filed under: North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan, war
The Idiot's Guide to Pakistan
From www.Foreignpolicy.com CHEAT SHEET: After eight years of a White House that often seemed blinkered by the threats posed by Pakistan, the Obama administration seems to grasp the severity of the myriad crises affecting the South Asian state. The media has followed suit and increased its presence and reporting, a trend confirmed by CNN’s decision to set up a bureau in Islamabad last year. And yet, the uptick in coverage hasn’t necessarily clarified the who’s-doing-what-to-whom confusion in Pakistan. Some commentators continue to confuse the tribal areas with the North-West Frontier Province. And the word lashkars is used to describe all kinds of otherwise cross-purposed groups, some fighting the Taliban, some fighting India, and some fighting Shiites. I admit, it’s not easy. I lived in Pakistan throughout all of 2006 and 2007 … Read entire article »
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Huge Blast at Jamia Naeemia Lahore and in Nowshera
By Yasser Latif Hamdani There are confirmed reports of a huge blast in Jamia Naeemia, a leading seminary in Lahore. It is feared that a renowned Sunni Islamic scholar, Dr. Sarfraz Naeemi, has passed away in this blast. Dr. Sarfraz Naeemi was one of those Islamic scholars who came out in the support of the Swat Operation against the Taliban only a day ago. … Read entire article »
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Pakistan: A society of endless contradictions
By Jemima Khan Courtesy Sunday Times The day I’m leaving for Pakistan a round-robin e-mail pings into my inbox from an address I don’t recognise, Wise Pakistan. The message reads: “It is important you watch this to see what’s coming.” … Read entire article »
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Five Year Forecast: Whither Pakistan
From The Bulletin By Pervez Hoodbhoy First, the bottom line: Pakistan will not break up; there will not be another military coup; the Taliban will not seize the presidency; Pakistan’s nuclear weapons will not go astray; and the Islamic sharia will not become the law of the land. … Read entire article »
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Pakistan 60s and now
Masood Sharif Khan Khattak Way back in the 1960s Pakistan was truly on the move. The early Ayub years gave us the “Green Revolution” because of the construction and commissioning of dams such as Mangla and Tarbela. Barrages were erected all the way down to the Guddu near Hyderabad. These dams and barrages gave birth to an efficient network of canals and small distributaries which in the sixties not only made Pakistan self-sufficient but surplus in agricultural products. … Read entire article »
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Pakistan: Chaos Unto Order?
Haris Gazdar (Economic and Political Weekly) The Pakistani military finally appears to have embraced the war against jihadi militancy as its own. If so, an important shift in perception and policy has taken place. Past experience, however, demands caution before coming to any hasty conclusions. Things are chaotic enough in any case, for there to be sufficient material evidence to support optimists and sceptics alike. It is possible, nevertheless, to post milestones that will need to be crossed if we are to decisively move in the right direction. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Army, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan, Taliban, war
Peshawar blast
Raza Rumi Pak Tea House mourns the death of a dedicated aid workers in the Pearl Continental. As I am a part of the development ‘set’, such incidents are deeply disturbing. After all development workers work in difficult circumstances for a commitment to their professions which in theory at least is based on idealism. We are saddened to see that UN staff have offered their lives along with scores of innocent Pakistani civilians. Why are the extremists killing inoccent civilians – in a war surely you choose your targets or is it just a reflection of the mayhem they want to create and make it into another terror-zone. … Read entire article »
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Sunrise at the Arabian Sea, Charna Island
24 Dec 2011
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