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Who Was the Afghan Elections For?

Chad Haines   Sep 7, 2009   interacts: 6

It was not to elect a president of Afghanistan, but to put in a place a ruler for the United States to rule through.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement: The Lost Promise

Raza Habib   Sep 7, 2009   interacts: 20

There is a tendency in the media to brand MQM as a liberal party, frankly it is not. Yes it has secular credentials but it’s

Student Politics

Salman Latif   Sep 7, 2009   interacts: 3

While government does away with the ban on student unions, can that alone suffice to address the campus realities?

India’s Nuclear Fizzle

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Sep 4, 2009   interacts: 350

Suspicion has now turned into confirmed fact: India’s hydrogen bomb test of May 1998 was not the fantastic success it was claimed to be.

It is Time: The Women’s Right Movement in Pakistan

Taji M   Sep 4, 2009   interacts: 74

It should not take a gang rape or burning alive of a woman to make our media take notice and our bigwigs to make pronouncements

I Listen to Chori ka Music

Aqsa Hussain   Sep 1, 2009   interacts: 3

The showbiz industry in Pakistan, especially the music industry is plagued with many challenging issues ranging from piracy, to royalties and the artistes’ mass entrance

The Innocent Image in a Mirror

MirAlam Said   Sep 1, 2009   interacts: 1

Where the looks turned to,
The happiness hid its face from;
And the blood and the soul,
With each tear came out;

The Winter Goodbyes

Salman Latif   Sep 1, 2009   interacts: 5

The night's blanket prevailed pregnant with unsaid things and ripe of the unspeakable syllables of his gloom.

History On Hold

Irfan Waheed   Sep 1, 2009   interacts: 9

The region of the world recently christened as 'Afpak' is in a shell much like a driver who finds a sheriff on his tail. A

Did Pakistan Modify Harpoon Missile?

Ibrahim Malick   Aug 30, 2009   interacts: 243

The timing of this article is rather curious; the story was leaked by anonymous sources on the same day that Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza

An Open Letter to Mian Nawaz Sharif

Ali Chishti   Aug 30, 2009   interacts: 53

Khawaja revealed that Osama gave Nawaz just a minuscule of the Rs 500 million cash that he wanted, but more importantly, for the Pakistani, what

Of Mausoleums, Tombs and Gardens

Nadeem Akram   Aug 30, 2009   interacts: 1

These man-made wonders, passed on to us by luck of draw, are at the verge of extinction, thanks to our deliberate neglect and lack of

If Youth is the Future of Our Nation, Should We Be Worried?

Aqsa Hussain   Aug 28, 2009   interacts: 3

Youngsters of the 21st century seem to be in a hurry; they want success but they don't have much time. Persistence and steadfastness are two

Bubble of a Believer

Tahir Qazi   Aug 28, 2009   interacts: 323

Spirituality is mystification of feeling, a subtle peg of believers’ subjectivism and just another name for unknown. There is nothing wrong about it as long

Rolling Back By 42 Years

Anand Mahajan   Aug 28, 2009   interacts: 0

He was standing near the policed barrier that is zero point for reaching Ram Janam Bhoomi Garbh Sthal- the idyllic piece of land where Lord

Bala’s Hair

Ayesha Umar   Aug 28, 2009   interacts: 6

Bala was forty and still single. He had never seen a woman with eyes that were bound to make him fall in love. Love seemed

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