Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Tahir Gul Hasan Apr 17, 2008 interacts: 51I am late for the Glasgow-bound flight, and although I do say ‘the usual’ at the check-in counter, my favourite seat near an over-wing emergency
Last But Not Least
Ather Naqvi Apr 17, 2008 interacts: 3Poverty may be more than a silent killer. This sentence cannot be ignored as emotional rhetoric since, sadly, it has become a hair-raising reality.
Akbar and Alexander
Murad A Baig Apr 17, 2008 interacts: 147Jodha Akbar has stirred considerable interest in the historic Akbar but it mostly shows his softer romantic side and rather little of his tougher character.
Gen. Petraeus & Crocker's Washington Show is a Damp Squib
Gajendra Singh Apr 17, 2008 interacts: 7If an act of mercy is twice blessed, then an act of illegal invasion and brutal occupation has since proved to be doubly cursed for
The Psychology of Mothering
Khalid Sohail Apr 13, 2008 interacts: 287It is interesting that as our culture is changing and many women are reluctant to take on motherly duties, more men are becoming motherly and
Benazir’s Legacy
Beena Sarwar Apr 13, 2008 interacts: 120
How could Pakistan’s all-powerful president and chief of the army staff be dislodged -- other than through the political process?
Is It Treason to Question
Amer Nazir Apr 13, 2008 interacts: 15In the General Hospital in Lahore, in the top most brain surgery institute of Pakistan, people lie in verandas in unhygienic conditions.
Europe and the Film Culture
noman siddiqui Apr 13, 2008 interacts: 38Despite the speculated aggressive reactions, the film “Fitna” was released on the Internet on March 27, 2008.
Spinning the Public Beating and the Mob Justice
Sindhyar Talpur Apr 9, 2008 interacts: 1You really need to be a bad administrator or power usurper that people are so full of hatred for you that they can’t help but
The ‘shoey’ Side of Politics
Ather Naqvi Apr 9, 2008 interacts: 517People had not shut their ‘shocked’ mouths at the treatment meted out to Arbab Ghulam Rahim when they saw Sher Afgan being roughed up by
How to End Politics of Hate and Intolerance
Ikramul Haq Apr 9, 2008 interacts: 221The man behind the politics of intolerance and hate, symbol of discord rather than harmony as president of State, is responsible for present state of
Student Movement Revisited
S Haroon Ahmed and Saleem Asmi Apr 6, 2008 interacts: 25Dr Haroon Ahmed and Saleem Asmi, two stalwarts of the first student movement in Pakistan, the Democratic Students Federation (DSF) write to set the record
The Importance of Natural Selection
Zarrar Said Apr 6, 2008 interacts: 604Throughout time we have asked ourselves whether we are fallen angels or risen apes. The answer lies in a simple yet tabooed subject.
Color-Blind Love
Feroz Qutabshahi Apr 3, 2008 interacts: 353Worldwide, interracial marriages are on the rise. However, 20 years ago, because of my religion, a German priest would not officiate our marriage nor would
Bhutto’s Judicial Murder Revisited
Karamatullah K Ghori Apr 3, 2008 interacts: 197For an insecure gatecrasher like Zia, Bhutto’s engineered ‘judicial murder’ was a zero sum game: it was either Bhutto on the gallows or his own
A Walk down Memory Lane
Zeejah Apr 2, 2008 interacts: 26Forgive me if I am not taken in by the high sounding statements issued by the winners (and losers) of Election 2008, I simply see


