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The Politics of Rape

Beena Sarwar   Sep 28, 2002   interacts: 36

Why the Meerwala Jatoi panchayat thought they would get away with it

The Passion of The Pacifist

Farzana Versey   Dec 20, 2001   interacts: 56

An interview with Asgharali Engineer

Is Islam Anti-Semitic?

Gibran Bham   Oct 13, 2004   interacts: 85

To work towards peace requires an acceptance of criticism from both sides. Unfortunately, the scars on the psyche of the Jews have not healed, and

Games Generals Play

Nafees Ghaznavi   Nov 24, 2002   interacts: 71

the General deserves to be applauded for forcing a semblance of democracy to the working of political parties

The Diary of a Pretty Young Thing

Bina Shah   Dec 2, 2002   interacts: 34

I smiled charmingly at the visa officer

The Price of Love

Beena Sarwar   Sep 15, 2004   interacts: 17

Hameed may not find it so easy to dispose of his daughter, who has refused to accept her fate lying down; before being locked up,

Days of Rage

William Dalrymple   Aug 31, 2007   interacts: 67

“However flawed democracy here is, it is still the only answer,” she (Asma Jahangir) continued.

Negotiating Human Rights

Chowk Contributor   Sep 11, 2000   interacts: 73

arrested in Pakistan for saving the life of a battered woman

Where's the news?

Nadeem F Paracha   Oct 16, 2007   interacts: 83

The so-called "movement against Musharraf" and the unfolding "democratic revolution" seems like a shrinking reality no bigger than a 26-inch TV screen.

Standing Up to a Bully

Omar R Quraishi   Jan 9, 2003   interacts: 71

America has all along, despite Iraq’s acceptance, said it is highly sceptical of Saddam Hussain’s assurances or promises

Haseena and Jannat (on earth)

Shandana Minhas   Jun 15, 2003   interacts: 45

even her grim demeanor cannot hide the fact that she is very attractive

The Urdu Press in New York

Rehan Ansari   Jan 31, 2003   interacts: 30

We never thought we would flee America

India’s Failure of Imagination

Rohan Oberoi   Jul 2, 1999   interacts: 62

No one in India, it seems, has a clue what people across the border in Pakistan are thinking

Small Spies Must be Hanged , While Bigger Ones Prosper

Agha Amin   Mar 27, 2008   interacts: 157

The law is basically for the poor man. In cases of espionage official secrets act of 1923 , no politician bothered to revise this arbitrary

Honour Killing: Understanding The Legal Background

Nasir Ali   Mar 9, 2004   interacts: 17

Hadood Ordinance has provided this ill-practice, a legal cover. Now, the male members sit together, chalk out the plan and kill the women without the

And now, the army!

Zeejah    Oct 11, 1998   interacts: 52

A scathing commentary with strong opinions

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