WHILE THERE IS LIGHT by Tariq Mehmood
While There is Light Tariq Mehmood’s novel , While There is Light, impresses Mike Phillips Courtesy: The Guardian-UK While There is Light by Tariq Mehmood 220pp, Comma, £7.95 The novel opens with a sentence from a letter written by Saleem, a young Muslim on remand in Leeds. “Mother, I am now in jail, in this bitch of a country called England. I may never see you again.” … Read entire article »
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Remembering Ojhri Camp 1988
Mass murder in Rawalpind and Islamabad By Tariq Mehmood First Published in Bradistan Calling 21 years ago, on the 10th April 1988 Ojhrii dump in Rawalpindi was blown up. This was a deliberate act of destruction. Hundreds upon hundreds of missiles rained down on Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Over 5000 people were killed. Many, many thousands more were injured. I was working as a journalist for the Frontier Post and along with a colleague, Imran Munir, went into the camp, early the day after the explosion. Every now and again, a rocket or missile would take off, and land somewhere, causing yet more deaths and destruction. … Read entire article »
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Interview:British-Pakistani Novelist Tariq Mehmood
UK Political Debate: Q & A with Tariq Mehmood Tariq Mehmood is a broadcaster, writer and filmmaker. His first two novels are both set in Bradford UK. He has published two illustrated books for children. Tariq co-directed the award winning documentary Injustice. He is the editor of Sangi, the only magazine in his mother tongue, Pothowari in UK. Tariq and Rock musician Aki Nawaz host the Political Show “The Point” in UK on sky satellite 836. Tariq is visiting Pakistan to cover current political situation. … Read entire article »
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PAF in Kargil : A PAF warrior speaks out
Unlike the 1965 war and 1971 war, where impartial observers like John Fricker and Chuck Yeager lauded the role played by PAF, PAF’s role in the Kargil war is denigrated, especially by the Pro-Army sections of the military, for being “non-cooperative”. Here an Airman speaks out about PAF’s role in the Kargil affair. It is telling not just for failure of Pakistan’s war planners but also the precarious relationship between democratic institutions and military ones. War, as Clausevitz said, is diplomacy by another means. There is definitely a need for an Kargil Commission in Pakistan to sort out those responsible for what turned out to be a travesty for all concerned especially as to how Pakistani military runs its affair and where the war policy is made. We welcome comment by all concerned but … Read entire article »
Book Review: Curfewed Night by Basharat Peer
By Yasser Latif Hamdani Picture right below Bashart Peer American author and academic Alastair Lamb wrote of the Kashmir dispute as “incomplete partition”. He wrote that had it not been for the Kashmir dispute, Pakistan and India might have worked out their differences and existed as two prosperous nations “evolving towards each other” –which was the stated objective of partition in the first place- instead of away from each other. The cleavage instead has widened and Kashmir … Read entire article »
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Land and freedom
Arundhati Roy writing for The Guardian (Friday August 22 2008-) For the past 60 days or so, since about the end of June, the people of Kashmir have been free. Free in the most profound sense. They have shrugged off the terror of living their lives in the gun-sights of half a million heavily armed soldiers, in the most densely militarised zone in the world. After 18 years of administering a military occupation, the Indian government’s worst nightmare has … Read entire article »
Breaking the taboo, Indian op-eds suggest Kashmir plebiscite
The captioned post on Reuters’ blog examines at how decades-old taboos are being broken by the mainstream Indian media: “If the experience of the last two decades has taught us anything, it is that the situation never really returns to normal. Even when we see the outward symptoms of peace, we miss the alienation and resentment within. No matter what we do, things never get better, for very long,” writes Vir Sanghvi in the Hindustan Times. “I reckon … Read entire article »
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