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Pakistan’s Nuclear Program and Environmental Safety
By Behzad Taimur There is no other way to begin an article on Pakistan’s nuclear program and environmental safety than to begin directly, with no tamheed, as it is called in Urdu: whereas public discourse about Pakistan’s nuclear program has focused on its growing capabilities and the possibility of some of its elements falling into terrorists’ hands, discourse on the nuclear program and its possible negative impact on Pakistan’s environment has remained largely absent from public … Read entire article »
Filed under: Army, Environment, Regulatory Affairs
Disaster Porn and Pakistani media
by Ali Ahsan First of all, my apologies for using an ‘objectionable word’ in the title of my piece given how some 15 year old is already on a self-crusade to note down every single ‘vulgar’ website there is, and try to get the PTA to ban them all for ‘protecting our youth’. Never mind the mental masturbation, but an adult website is the last worry we should have in Pakistan when there are more vulgar and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Citizens, drama, Fiction, human rights, Identity, Islamabad, journalism, Media, Pakistan, Regulatory Affairs, Society
Pakistani sovereignty and the Saudi Arabian Interests
The following article is written by Feroz Khan who is an academic residing in Canada. PTH does not neccessarily agree with all the points made in the article. By Feroz Khan The reason why Pakistani sovereignty is being violated is that Saudi Arabia is the biggest sponsor of militancy inside Pakistan. Saudi Arabia not only funds the militant groups in Pakistan, it also funds and financially supports the religious parties in Pakistan. The reason that these religious parties never condemn suicide bombings and terrorism related violence inside Pakistan is because they are recipients of Saudi monetary support and political patronage and are being used by the Saudis as a proxy army against the state of Pakistan. The “hidden hand” responsible for creating, supporting and sustaining terror related activities inside Pakistan is … Read entire article »
Filed under: Regulatory Affairs
Tahrir square eastward?
February 2011 saw the iron fist of Hosni Mubarak being wrenched open after three decades of repressive rule. During this period, the Egyptian secret service – the Mukhabarat – and the country’s powerful military appeared to have imposed an unbreakable hold on Egyptian society and the polity. However, the revolution at Tahrir Square, in central Cairo, took not only the indigenous power elite by … Read entire article »
Filed under: Regulatory Affairs
Eid: the annual circus of the Royyat
Usman Ahmad As another Eid draws near so too does the annual circus of the Royyat-e-Halal Committee roll into town. Tonight, all over the country eager eyes will turn towards their television sets awaiting the verdict of whether the moon has been sighted or not. Every year it seems this bit of plain observation requires more erudition and scholarly discussion than the finer aspects of particle physics. Debate will rage, storms in teacups will brew, fatwas and counter fatwas will be made and eventually some genius will seek to quell the firestorm by blaming it all on the Ahmadis. As always FATA will declare Eid a day early, the afore-mentioned committee will ooh and ahh late into the night before eventually deciding either that the moon has been sighted after all … Read entire article »
Filed under: Pakistan, Regulatory Affairs, Religion
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