Articles with tag: Government
Edward De Bono's Point C: Situtation in Pakistan
Faysal Malik Jul 8, 2008 interacts: 10Capital of a nuclear power now plunges into darkness daily, for 5 to 6 hours. In small cities, this duration is 11 to 16 hours. With hottest months of the year still to come.
Healthcare in Pakistan, Lessons from Cuba
Mahvish Zehra Jun 13, 2008 interacts: 18Cuba has the most impressive doctor to patient ratio of 1 to 175. All this and more while facing more than 40 years of US trade and financial embargoes.
Where Billions Vanish
Pervez Hoodbhoy Apr 21, 2008 interacts: 145The Musharraf years are over. It is now time for parliament to carry out a public inquiry into the irresponsible and crazy policies that have hitherto been the hall-mark of decision-making.
War of Another Kind
Ather Naqvi Mar 26, 2008 interacts: 318One reassuring factor for Gillani is that its a coalition government where all the major political parties have posed their trust in him and have assured their support.
An Agenda for the New Government
Kamal Siddiqi Mar 24, 2008 interacts: 70This time round, the change has come from the people. And it is their expectations and aspirations that have to be addressed.
Religiosity, National Ethos and Governance
Mateen Mahmood Mohajir Nov 6, 2007 interacts: 94Suggestions for modifications in the system of governance in Pakistan.
Law of Necessity… A Logical Recourse
ijaz gul Sep 29, 2007 interacts: 2
All military interventions in Pakistan have a distinction of getting legal/constitutional indemnity in two phases. First, the judiciary legalises the intervention...
Talking Tall on Human Rights
Joe Athialy May 15, 2007 interacts: 13India talks tall on human rights in its attempt to seek re-election to the Human Rights Council.
Betrayal of Great expectations?
Nasruminallah Mian May 6, 2007 interacts: 4The absurdity of the theater that we find ourselves in never ceases to amaze even the most insensitive amongst us
Why is the Government Dithering When it Should Stand Firm?
Kamal Siddiqi May 2, 2007 interacts: 21With religious extremists openly challenging the writ of the state, and despite overwhelming public demands that this be stopped, the government seems to be giving in.
Miracles Can Happen
Rafay Syed May 20, 2006 interacts: 42Pakistan has seen the worst type of bankruptcy and then raised its foreign reserves to 12 billion dollars. What do you call this? Isn’t this less than a miracle?
Poverty creation - Maharashtra ishtyle
Uma K May 9, 2005 interacts: 113This year, Maharashtra is up for grabs as the worst-governed state. Vilasrao and gang seem to be well on the home stretch, without trying too hard. His vice-captain, R.R. Patil, is making sure of that.
Open letter to an Indian Bureaucrat
Uma K Apr 8, 2005 interacts: 3Dear Ms. Basanti Roy, I read about the problem you are facing with the Salaam Balak Trust encroaching on the property of the Bal Bhawan in Mumbai.
Doctors Role in Organizing Health Services
Tallat Abid Mar 25, 2005 interacts: 9Our health system has been designed, developed and maintained by politicians rather than physicians which is one of the most distressing aspects of health care infrastructure.
Neither Enlightened nor Moderate
Nighat Yasmeen Mar 18, 2005 interacts: 68Five and half years, is sufficiently long period of time to make a sound judgement. The results are there for everyone to see...
The Hazardous Mix: A Peculiar Act and the Perilous Energy
Udayakumar Dec 3, 2004 interacts: 2India's Atomic Energy Act 1962 - its intent and the reality
Education and the Nazim
Tauheed Ahmed May 6, 2004 interacts: 75It has been just been a couple of short years that local self-governments were introduced in Pakistan. This initiative is bound to have major long term affects...
Facing the Music
Mohammad Gill May 4, 2004 interacts: 6President of the United States of America is the most powerful person in our planet. However, the American system of governance is even more powerful....
Just Another Day On the Job
Bina Shah Apr 22, 2004 interacts: 11The CEO of Pakistan strode in masterfully to chair the Wednesday weekly cabinet meeting at the CEO’s office in Islamabad. It was a weighty responsibility, but he knew he was man enough for the job. He had achieved a high level of fitness from carryi
Call to Action for Oil Spill
Shandana Minhas Aug 21, 2003 interacts: 29Please cut and paste the following text and email it to the Karachi Nazim, the Prime Minister and the Presidents offices. This is a call to sign a petition
LFO, Security Council and then Bijli Gaee...
Zie Edge Aug 20, 2003 interacts: 7One of the best things about living away from home is living away from home...
The Razor’s Edge
Feroz R Khan Jul 7, 2003 interacts: 111The United States seems to be losing the proverbial battle for the “hearts and minds” of the Afghans. The biggest problem was that the United States was not prepared for the post-war situation and had no plans to tackle the problems
On the Miltary Farms, Okara
Rafay Alam Jul 3, 2003 interacts: 21The Government’s inaction in the face of the reported brutalities carried out by the Military authorities and Pakistan Rangers in forcing the tenants of the Military Farms, Okara to execute the new “cash rent” system is criminal.
The Jihad of a Humanist
Dost Mittar Jun 25, 2003 interacts: 54Eighteen years ago today, the Air India Kanishka plane flew from Toronto enroute to London with its full load of over three hundred passengers. It never made it to its destination. Kanishka was blown to bits in mid-air above the Atlantic Ocean off the coa
The Scandal of Fake and Madrassa Degrees
Q Isa Daudpota Jun 15, 2003 interacts: 24a federal minister whose only real qualification is an O-level certificate
We Cut When Asked -- PTCL’s New Censoring Role
Q Isa Daudpota Jun 12, 2003 interacts: 21Our telephone company, the monopoly holder for conveying Internet traffic, has lately been working overtime as the morality policeman.
The Beginning of the End of the Kashmir Problem
Dost Mittar May 13, 2003 interacts: 206Do not underestimate either the love or the hatred that the peoples of the two countries are capable of having towards each other
On the Assertion of Rights
Rafay Alam May 9, 2003 interacts: 17Why Pakistan’s institutions are ass backwards
Pakistan and India - Lets Compromise
Q Isa Daudpota May 7, 2003 interacts: 198The program began by applauding Indian PM Vajpayee’s concession to meet Jamali, his Pakistani counter-part
When Democracy Failed: The Warnings of History
Thom Hartmann Apr 29, 2003 interacts: 27The 70th anniversary wasn't noticed in the United States
Survival of the Fittest
Urstruly Apr 23, 2003 interacts: 366If Pakistan is next then what are the options?
Doctors or the Disease
Abrar Akbar Apr 22, 2003 interacts: 38Analysis of the khaki-clad messiahs of Pakistan
An Answer to the Pro War Surrealists
Syed Ali Apr 9, 2003 interacts: 111If you feel that your way of life is better than us, than live it, but stop trying to impose it upon us.
A Stable Political Order in Post-War Iraq?
Abul K Islam Apr 8, 2003 interacts: 22A new political order in Iraq is likely to be strife-ridden
The Wages Of Death
Feroz R Khan Apr 8, 2003 interacts: 29Wars are political acts of concentrated violence and yet, there is violence in this war, but there is no rhyme to its logic.
The Great Game for Central Asian Oil
Taimur Rahman Apr 5, 2003 interacts: 41The Imperialist Ring from Yugoslavia to Afghanistan
Loitering with Intent in Ayodhya
Amir Khan Apr 2, 2003 interacts: 18My basic contention is that Indian Muslims never had a claim to the Babri mosque...
Kashmir: Time for a Radical Approach?
Temporal Mar 31, 2003 interacts: 448The Kashmiris are not even a foot note and Ram Babu and Allah Rakha the perennial losers.
They Shoot Kashmiri Pandits, Dont They?
Farzana Versey Mar 29, 2003 interacts: 269They say they will act as a “buffer against the export of jehad into India”. They who ran away?
Pakistan The Land of the pure - A Myth or Reality
aurangzeb mubashar Mar 18, 2003 interacts: 107Land of the Pure
Three Arguments Against a War
Umair Raja Mar 11, 2003 interacts: 32As America prepares for war, I want to present three arguments for peace:
Muslims in India: Communalism vs. Backwardness-Minority Syndrome
Zafar Anjum Feb 27, 2003 interacts: 169Today, it is imperative that the Muslim community fights the ogre of communalism
Dam it?
Shams Rehman Feb 7, 2003 interacts: 17Protest against the extension of Mangla Dam continues despite the mainstream media's ignorance
Rightsizing of the Armed Forces
Riffat Jahan Feb 6, 2003 interacts: 101the huge Pak Army fulfils few strategic functions
The Urdu Press in New York
Rehan Ansari Jan 31, 2003 interacts: 30We never thought we would flee America
Towards Greater Tolerance
Yasser Latif Hamdani Jan 30, 2003 interacts: 281Anti-Pakistanism and neo-Indian Nationalism
USA and Muslims
Sameer Jan 9, 2003 interacts: 213Muslim extremists generally dislike non-Muslims and they hate various people at local level
Standing Up to a Bully
Omar R Quraishi Jan 9, 2003 interacts: 71America has all along, despite Iraq’s acceptance, said it is highly sceptical of Saddam Hussain’s assurances or promises
A Work In Progress
Feroz R Khan Jan 6, 2003 interacts: 95Jinnah put Pakistan in such a location that the future state would always be involved in the geo-politics of world
Creation of Hindu ’madrasas’
Rasheed Talib Dec 26, 2002 interacts: 125Is this the sort of education we Indians want in our school system?
The Kashmir Committee: Ram in U.S
Romeet K Watt Dec 14, 2002 interacts: 17Ram Jethmalani, to further the agenda of KC, recently made a trip to US
Husain Haqqani at UC Berkeley
Ras Siddiqui Dec 3, 2002 interacts: 67Pakistan has to revisit its relationship with India
If Army acts like a Political Party Why not a Forward Bloc in it?
Nighat Yasmeen Nov 27, 2002 interacts: 55what is a bigger and more deplorable sin: to be a prostitute or to be a pimp?
Changing The Thana Culture
Malik S Khar Nov 26, 2002 interacts: 19as time passes land holdings of Feudals continue to decrease through an ongoing evolutionary process
Games Generals Play
Nafees Ghaznavi Nov 24, 2002 interacts: 71the General deserves to be applauded for forcing a semblance of democracy to the working of political parties
Lessons from Constitutional History
Jawaid Siddiqi Oct 30, 2002 interacts: 54But we never seem to learn from history
Analysis of Stunning Gains by Religious Parties in Pakistan’s Elections
Arshad Alam Oct 22, 2002 interacts: 67Pakistan’s Elections: An Unintended Consequence of US War against Terrorism?
Our Landlord System...Good or Bad?
Junaid Ahmed Oct 17, 2002 interacts: 33Government of Pakistan helped Landlords producing more crops.
Sobho: the struggle continues
Beena Sarwar Oct 16, 2002 interacts: 15I still believe in the revolution, in a society that provides justice for all
The Election Burp
Saima Shah Oct 16, 2002 interacts: 40Don’t stand around wondering what to do, trying to please everybody—take a stick and throw it.
Myopic, Malevolent, Megalomaniac
Sameer Oct 11, 2002 interacts: 145Musharraf knows that PPP (P) and PML (N) would not like to join hands with MMA because it displeases USA
Unraveling Pakistan: Taming The Shrew-Mare
Temporal Oct 9, 2002 interacts: 46Pakistan’s Army has become a wild mare. It has to be broken into. It has to be re-taught to walk, run, trot
Who is Responsible for Nepal’s Corruption, Poverty and Failed Development?
Rajeeb Satyal Sep 16, 2002 interacts: 18Story of a middle class family of Nepal
What I Saw In Okara
Pervez Hoodbhoy Sep 15, 2002 interacts: 68An investigation into the Okara land dispute
The Day Of All Days
Feroz R Khan Sep 9, 2002 interacts: 49Pakistan will re-take its first fledging steps towards democracy
The April Fool Referendum
Asma Jahangir Aug 21, 2002 interacts: 380a critique of the April 30 referendum and what it may mean for the coming elections
Piece of What?
Shandana Minhas Aug 21, 2002 interacts: 149I left home for a gathering of peaceniks and ended up at the social event of the year. The card in my hand said ‘Arundhati Roy: keynote speaker: seminar on peace and freedom in south Asia’
Peace in South Asia
Yasser Latif Hamdani Aug 18, 2002 interacts: 366Arundhati Roy gave the Pakistanis a glimpse of what free-thinking is
India’s Potential Lose-Lose-Lose Scenario
Umair Raja Aug 11, 2002 interacts: 281India may actually be helping Pakistan in the long run, not harming it, with its current war hysteria
The Hindu Right
Ra Ravishankar Aug 6, 2002 interacts: 184Advani’s yathra in an air-conditioned Toyota left a trail of blood in its wake
The Right To Bigotry
Aakar Patel Jul 31, 2002 interacts: 190as long as government and courts and police and diplomats and moralists approve of it
Does a Bachelor’s degree mean education in politics
Hasan Davar Jul 19, 2002 interacts: 144Can an election that disqualifies 98% of the country’s citizens be legitimate?
Of Evil Zionists and the Great Satan
Asad Zaidi Jul 3, 2002 interacts: 271The impotent fury of the Muslim world
Of Errant Politicians And The Kashmir Cause
Malik S Khar Jun 17, 2002 interacts: 57In politics being good is not necessarily good enough
On the Nature of the Principal Civic Contracts
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur May 18, 2002 interacts: 11Is anyone amongst the current world leadership dreaming with us
Removed From Reality
Shakir Husain May 15, 2002 interacts: 142The reality is that no Caucasian in his/her right (and white) mind is going to be coming to Pakistan anytime soon.
The Last Crusade
Feroz R Khan May 13, 2002 interacts: 474Sharon’s visit finally removed the façade from the Israeli diplomacy
The Pattern of Violence
Beena Sarwar May 12, 2002 interacts: 21if the man at the helm sees the larger picture
The April Fool Referendum
Asma Jahangir May 12, 2002 interacts: 29The military may win this battle but it will destroy the very nation it is so proud to rule
The Panel of Vendettas at UC Berkley
Aisha Sarwari Mar 4, 2002 interacts: 194A true hero would make a radical notion and never back track
The Wages of Obedience
Pervez Hoodbhoy Feb 12, 2002 interacts: 138The systemic failure of a whole class of people to think honestly and seriously, in short a failure to do their job as political analysts
An Insight Into the Way Shiv Sena Functions
Harish Nambiar Feb 6, 2002 interacts: 90This political sex appeal of Thackerey is the reason that Shiv Sena shakhaas have sprung up in Haryana and Punjab
The Place of Debate
Chowk Staff Feb 4, 2002 interacts: 455He said there was also a need for debating on the concept of secularism, whether it is contrary to Islamic teachings and concept?
Empty Vessels And All That Jazz
Zeemax Feb 2, 2002 interacts: 204do you think he is up to task to rid us of feudals next?
Pakistanis in Afghanistan, Nothing New
Malik S Khar Feb 1, 2002 interacts: 46The more the government cuts back on the opportunities available to the Mullah to interact with the citizen, the more the government is cutting back on the Mullahs sources of revenue
The Future Is Another Country: 2050 And Beyond
Revathy Gopal Jan 26, 2002 interacts: 555Osama bin Laden has his own vision of a perfect world and millions will die
1971: A Forgotten Story
Farzana Versey Jan 5, 2002 interacts: 218We ‘forgot’ to ask for our men to be returned
Indian Diplomacy : Time To Recheck
Amit Mathur Jan 4, 2002 interacts: 25The year saw a marked upswing in new Delhi’s relations with the US, Russia, Japan, Germany and France
A Reason For Change
Feroz R Khan Jan 1, 2002 interacts: 21What is really interesting about Marianne Pearl’s interview with CNN is not what she said
Borders are Made of These
Farzana Versey Dec 31, 2001 interacts: 223if I join this ideological war, the blood will only congeal in my heart
An International Failure
Feroz R Khan Dec 5, 2001 interacts: 295do the Pakistanis know who they are themselves
The Clash Of Un-Civilizations And Osama-ism
Urstruly Nov 30, 2001 interacts: 481It is misleading to think and give an impression that these issues will just disappear if Osama is captured or killed today.
Here Are the Muslim Feminist Voices, Mr. Rushdie!
Fawzia Afzal Khan Nov 23, 2001 interacts: 496Muslim women HAVE been speaking out against the obscurantist Islam he decries
A Journey Into Afghanistan
Aakar Patel Nov 1, 2001 interacts: 175Aside to President Bush: Afghans have been conquered and made to submit by only two men
In Search of the Moderate Muslim
Farzana Versey Oct 28, 2001 interacts: 563Indian society’s latest fad
A Decision to Regret
Feroz R Khan Oct 21, 2001 interacts: 554the Afghans have always resisted a government imposed from abroad
Jihad: Paradoxes and Defining Moments
Urstruly Sep 30, 2001 interacts: 731There will always be a lunatic fringe in the Muslim society
Explaining it to an American Friend
Patrick Masih Sep 19, 2001 interacts: 383godspeed and prudence in this time of grieving
Black Tuesday: The View From Islamabad
Pervez Hoodbhoy Sep 15, 2001 interacts: 570CNN and the US media have so far made little attempt to understand this affliction
Crisis and Opportunity
Ali A Minai Sep 13, 2001 interacts: 97This crisis is ultimately a consequence of myopic policies in the US and in the Muslim world
The Real Jehad
Temporal Aug 14, 2001 interacts: 393Birth control and Education together should be the focus of our Jehad.
Why I am leaving
Zahid Afridi Aug 2, 2001 interacts: 379There is just so much wrong with Pakistan today that we, the educated youth, find life here unacceptably difficult
A Medley of Internal Contradictions
Sameer Jul 20, 2001 interacts: 349Shedding tears for the plight of Indian Muslims is also a case of internal contradictions
Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry, SJ
AH Amin Jul 8, 2001 interacts: 323An interview with a war hero ...
An Eulogy For The Hawks
Keerthik Sasidharan Jun 29, 2001 interacts: 203Your administrations’ talks with President Musharraf
The Quest for Power
Mushahid Hussain Jun 26, 2001 interacts: 143It took General Zia 14 months after the July 1977 coup to assume the Presidency, while General Musharraf waited 20 months to do the same
Talking to Vajpayee
Mushahid Hussain Jun 18, 2001 interacts: 371Vajpayee has demonstrated that he can be different
Reforming the Armed Forces
Mushahid Hussain Jun 10, 2001 interacts: 353Like any institution in a status quo society, the Armed Forces badly need reforms as well.
Welcome to the Dark Side
Irfan Husain May 24, 2001 interacts: 57Uncensored .... But until we openly debate and denounce the corruption in journalism, we cannot really condemn it in other institutions.
The Chicken Hawks Of Pakistan
Feroz R Khan May 7, 2001 interacts: 422The military should accept the fact that it is a dictatorship
Refusing the Sitara-I-Imtiaz
Pervez Hoodbhoy Apr 25, 2001 interacts: 132...look at our generals – they get a shovel-full of impressive medals each year that they proudly wear on their chests. But tell me how many wars have they won?
Hands Across The Border
Sharmila Bakshi Feb 17, 2001 interacts: 336we all must plant our saplings of peace today
What Constitutes Blasphemy?
Chowk P Room Jan 31, 2001 interacts: 765Frontier Post offices attacked and destroyed by angry mobs ...
The Killing Fields of Karachi
Mueen Batlay Jan 1, 2001 interacts: 233What was Shakir’s crime? Was it that he came back to Pakistan to work...
Democracy in Pakistan: The Missing Link?
Bilal Ahmad Dec 14, 2000 interacts: 626Democracy has long been a buzzword in Pakistan
The Mandir Mirage
Farzana Versey Dec 11, 2000 interacts: 679The Babri Masjid may itself not be important to the Muslims in India, but where will this end? A Holocaust?
The Soft Option
Farzana Versey Dec 3, 2000 interacts: 592How can we say that Pakistan is misrepresenting the term ’jehad’ with regard to Kashmir when we Indians are doing the same?
Yet Another South Asian Story
Harish Nambiar Nov 20, 2000 interacts: 41The rapist was convicted for seven years... the victim to solitary confinement for life
Education Reforms: Yet Another Sham
Pervez Hoodbhoy Nov 10, 2000 interacts: 228In the hands of a semi-literate bureaucracy, which couldn’t care less about education
Elections, Pakistani Style
Zeejah Nov 7, 2000 interacts: 48One moment we were leading, the next we fell behind
A Different Story
Feroz R Khan Oct 27, 2000 interacts: 291The winds of change are slowly whispering their way across the South Asian sub-continent
Should Pakistan Honor the Lahore Resolution?
Bilal Ahmad Oct 18, 2000 interacts: 514why Pakistan failed to become a confederation in accordance with the spirit and content of the Lahore resolution?.
The Autonomy is for India
Anil Kapuria Oct 12, 2000 interacts: 48greater autonomy for states is the only way
Defend the Country, not its Government
Subcontinental Oct 10, 2000 interacts: 199What are the responsibilities of citizens when governments lie to them?
Negotiating Human Rights
Chowk Contributor Sep 11, 2000 interacts: 73arrested in Pakistan for saving the life of a battered woman
Would Devolution Empower “We the People”?
Bilal Ahmad Sep 3, 2000 interacts: 325Musharraf’s devolution plan is likely to empower the people of Pakistan. But, how?
1971 in 2000
Salman Akhtar Aug 20, 2000 interacts: 248... this singular event is consigned to the dustbin of history.
Faith, Religion and National Direction
Mateen Mahmood Mohajir Aug 16, 2000 interacts: 208A winner makes commitments, a loser makes promises
No More Hiroshimas Anywhere, Ever
Beena Sarwar Aug 5, 2000 interacts: 74Fat Boy and Thin Man, created atomic hell on August 6 and August 9, 1945
Protest against Kalabagh Dam
MirAtta Muhammad Talpur Jul 18, 2000 interacts: 28Please urge Pakistani Government
The Flip Side of Democracy
Osman Niazi Jul 11, 2000 interacts: 47The US public allows its government to make decisions that can alienate a billion people
Khuda Hafiz, Kashmir?
Farzana Versey Jun 29, 2000 interacts: 207I am a militant. According to a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member ...
The People’s Initiative
Beena Sarwar Jun 27, 2000 interacts: 19Exposure to ordinary people serves as a powerful perception changer ...
Looking for Razia
Uma Krishnaswami Jun 2, 2000 interacts: 27Razia (Zafar) Chaudhury, are you out there?
Just another cry in the dark
Mian Mohyuddeen Jun 2, 2000 interacts: 114In our 53 years of turbulent history the country has seen nothing but thieves and self righteous leaders
A Rumor Of Lies
Feroz R Khan May 29, 2000 interacts: 38Pakistan, as a nation, seems to have entered a political terra incognita from which it is unlikely to return
Where did Pakistan go wrong?
Lalit Mohan May 27, 2000 interacts: 95...you will find that in the course of time Hindus will cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease to be Muslims...
A Nation of Beggars
Murad A Baig May 23, 2000 interacts: 44The irony is that the poverty myth has itself become a barrier to reducing poverty
Eqbal Ahmad: Post - Pokhran Days
Pervez Hoodbhoy May 12, 2000 interacts: 81The mountain had turned white. I wondered how much pain had been felt by nature ...
Why Clinton should visit Pakistan
Muhammad N Ahmed Mar 16, 2000 interacts: 291The Americans simply cannot sideline Pakistan...
Boundaries or Bridges?
Beena Sarwar Feb 20, 2000 interacts: 162We didn’t find the Pakistan we were looking for
Let us Not be Foolish
Ras Siddiqui Feb 19, 2000 interacts: 188Mistakes, misunderstandings and downright hate have led us too long in India-Pakistan relations...
In the Supreme National Interest
Iftikhar Rahman Feb 11, 2000 interacts: 245the days of loot and plunder are over
International Monetary Fund (IMF) __ Friend or Foe?
Zeemax Jan 24, 2000 interacts: 129The friendship of IMF is like that of a bear. Its embrace will kill you.
The Millenium Manifesto or ’Ikeesween Sadi Dastoor’
Zeemax Jan 8, 2000 interacts: 332Kashmir does not belong to Pakistan regardless of historical events during partition...
Who will Bell the Bad, Fat Cats?
Shaheen Sehbai Jan 5, 2000 interacts: 27A scathing look at journalism in Pakistan
Resolving the Hijack Crisis
Udayakumar Dec 26, 1999 interacts: 155The timing of the IC-814 hijack crisis portends several things
An Effort to get the Cutting Edge to Deliver: Shivpuri Vikas Express
Free Dec 23, 1999 interacts: 5It doesn’t take much to get government moving in a way that makes a real difference to the average citizen
Hegemony of the Ruling Elite in Pakistan
Abdus S Ghazali Dec 12, 1999 interacts: 193We have a chequered past in our experiments with democracy
The Case for De jure Legalization
Omar Mirza Dec 1, 1999 interacts: 154A Rs.1000 excise tax on an imported bottle of Scotch could easily net additional daily revenues
In Defence of Benevolent Dictators
Noor Ahmed Nov 22, 1999 interacts: 217More democracy ? More of the same ? No thanks
Scandalising the Pakistani Courts
Rohan Oberoi Oct 28, 1999 interacts: 43Ardeshir Cowasjee has been hauled into court again on contempt charges ...
Pakistan: Rapprochement with India ‘unstoppable’
Beena Sarwar Oct 19, 1999 interacts: 212One thing is clear: people want peace with India
Compilation of Opinions on the Military Takeover in Pakistan
Chowk Staff Oct 18, 1999 interacts: 94Peoples opinions and reactions
Text of Speech by Gen. Pervez Musharraf
Press Room Oct 17, 1999 interacts: 129The choice before us on Oct 12th was between saving the body - that is the nation, at the cost of a limb - which is the Constitution, or saving the limb and losing the whole body
Pakistan Alert: Revolution in the Making?
Saqlain Imam Oct 16, 1999 interacts: 23Perhaps, this will be the beginning of the World War III
Compilation of Articles on the Military Takeover in Pakistan
Chowk Staff Oct 16, 1999 interacts: 14Views and reviews on the recent events in Pakistan
An Open Letter to Gen. Pervaiz Musharaff
Mueen Batlay and Rahal Saeed Oct 14, 1999 interacts: 113In your one action, you have violated and trashed the Constitution of Pakistan
Why An Interim Civilian Government will Fail
Pervez Hoodbhoy Oct 14, 1999 interacts: 38Putting up a front government will achieve simply nothing
Diary of a Coup
Bina Shah Oct 14, 1999 interacts: 37A coup d’etat had taken place and everything was going on as if nothing had happened?
Fears of a Military Coup in Pakistan
Chowk P Room Oct 12, 1999 interacts: 104Army moves in Pakistan
A Recipe For Unbridled Pak-India Competition
Pervez Hoodbhoy Oct 11, 1999 interacts: 6Independent thinking on foreign and defence policies has virtually ceased to exist
Pak-Millennium Conference 1999
Chowk Staff Oct 5, 1999 interacts: 34Setting the stage for the new millenium.
Thwarting Big Tobacco
Q Isa Daudpota Sep 29, 1999 interacts: 14Can a third world country defeat tobacco Goliaths? Lessons we can learn from Thai activists.
ADB Cancels Sewerage Loan
Aly Ercelawn and Perveen Rehman Sep 22, 1999 interacts: 4An article welcoming the cancellation of a $70 million Asian Development Bank loan for the Korangi-Landhi area.
A State of Confusion
Feroz R Khan Sep 17, 1999 interacts: 224Will Pakistan benefit from a change of government?
Connected to: Harsh Kapoor
Nausheen Saleem Sep 2, 1999 interacts: 4SPIDER talks to Cyber Warrior Harsh Kapoor about his stance on the recent blocking of the Dawn Internet Edition in India
Kargil and the Myth of Losing the Media War
Adil Najam Aug 2, 1999 interacts: 106Consider for a moment that you are NOT a Pakistani
Save India
Veer Kumar Jul 27, 1999 interacts: 52A martial law administration has to take over the country
After the defeat
Ibne Sina Jul 19, 1999 interacts: 103An analysis of the Kargil conflict and the ensuing defeat for Pakistan.
Straight From the Heart: Dushman Kaun?
Temporal Jul 9, 1999 interacts: 24Moderates of our world unite. Silent majority speak up
Falsehoods Galore
Fauziya Khan Jul 4, 1999 interacts: 108Pakistan has thus turned into an oligarchy well versed in the art of making things disappear
India’s Failure of Imagination
Rohan Oberoi Jul 2, 1999 interacts: 62No one in India, it seems, has a clue what people across the border in Pakistan are thinking
Loyal to Pakistan? Why?
Ahsan Ahmed Jul 2, 1999 interacts: 154But what does Pakistan really stand for?
A Visit to Pakistan
Vinod Vyasulu Jun 24, 1999 interacts: 22Could it be that there is a feeling that India does not accept the existence of Pakistan?
Water of Life
Veeresh Malik Jun 12, 1999 interacts: 6What has happened to all the drinking water in India?
Pokhran-Chaghi audit: Winners and losers
Pervez Hoodbhoy Jun 4, 1999 interacts: 15India and Pakistan conducted their nuclear tests one year ago.
Nuclear powers can count too!
Mohammad A Syed May 13, 1999 interacts: 9Can we implement a new census at the dawn of the new millenium?
The Man who would be King
Ibne Sina May 13, 1999 interacts: 25A look inside the mind of Nawaz Sharif.
The Dark Tower
Shandana Minhas May 10, 1999 interacts: 35The editor of Pakistani most outspoken English weekly was arrested in a most undemocratic manner for going abroad and saying what we all say in our living rooms
The Decline and Fall of Pakistan
Feroz R Khan May 10, 1999 interacts: 28Pakistan on the crossroads of a dilemma
Face to face with the Indian Muslims
Feroz M Kamal May 3, 1999 interacts: 120How are the Muslims faring in India?
Make ’Nobody’ Indian Prime Minister
Udayakumar Apr 23, 1999 interacts: 6Keep away from politics and electricity, cautions an Ethiopian proverb
Nawaz Sharif Plays Lady Macbeth
AA Apr 20, 1999 interacts: 16Pakistan government is an accomplice in domestic violence and the death of Samia Sarwar.
WW III? An Analysis of Yugoslavia
Taimur Rahman Apr 7, 1999 interacts: 42The media has been lying to the world about the crisis in Kosova
Balkan Tragedy: A Re-enactment of the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh
Jamal Hasan Apr 7, 1999 interacts: 346The escalating human tragedy in Kosovo gives me a sense of deja vu
Don’t Worry Mr. Milosevic, America is With You
Rohan Oberoi Apr 5, 1999 interacts: 8the killers of Guclukonak will...punish the killers of Racak
Why The War On Ghosts Was Lost
Pervez Hoodbhoy Mar 8, 1999 interacts: 20The scourge will be eradicated from its roots, thundered Mr. Shahbaz Sharif
Rise and Fall of a Silver Screen Hero
Abdul Nadir Feb 24, 1999 interacts: 12Of the late, great Waheed Murad
Why Vajpayee’s Trip to Lahore Was a Failure
Rohan Oberoi Feb 22, 1999 interacts: 31Vajpayee’s bus trip can be described in one word: nothing
Getting Ready for ‘Bus Diplomacy’
Beena Sarwar Feb 19, 1999 interacts: 35Vajpayee and Sharif get creative. First bombs then bus rides.
A Matter of Principle
Beena Sarwar Feb 5, 1999 interacts: 33Anatomy of the governments vendetta against a leading newspaper in Pakistan
An Interview with Deepa Mehta
Rehan Ansari Jan 26, 1999 interacts: 8Of partition, hybrid filmmaking and the lack of inhibitions
Pakistan: Pressure on the Press
Beena Sarwar Dec 18, 1998 interacts: 12Executing orders from the top
Killing Iraqis Before Ramadan Starts
Umair A Khan Dec 16, 1998 interacts: 73US bombs Iraq following Clinton’s go-ahead wednesday morning
India is South Asia’s Natural Hegemon
Sadanand Dhume Dec 7, 1998 interacts: 47Pakistan is more an army with a state than a state with an army.
The Weakest Link
Amar D Dhindsa Dec 2, 1998 interacts: 8An individual in a crowd is a grain of sand...
A Ray of Hope
Abdul Nadir Nov 18, 1998 interacts: 10An eye-witness account of a fund-raising dinner by Imran Khan.
The Gentleman Must Go
Feroz R Khan Nov 3, 1998 interacts: 36Crisis in the shadows of power: Is Pakistan entering an institutional crisis acknowledging Nawaz Sharif’s imperial designs?
Talking of Talks
Udayakumar Oct 22, 1998 interacts: 9...the Prime Ministers have had a telephone talk
What Price Sharif Propaganda?
Beena Sarwar Oct 13, 1998 interacts: 13The marriage of Bollywood and Pakistani politics. What will the kids look like?
From Zharkent to Laguna Pueblo
Beena Sarwar Sep 18, 1998 interacts: 2We are still suffering from the radiation effects of tests done by China and Russia
Giving Way to Intolerance
Mehdi Hasan Sep 14, 1998 interacts: 12During the last many years, religious intolerance and sectarian fanaticism have created a war-like situation in Pakistan
Afghanistan: The Next War
Adil Najam Sep 14, 1998 interacts: 12asking Afghanistan’s neighbors to desist from an attack within two-weeks of having done exactly that
Human Rights Groups Slam Sharif
Beena Sarwar Sep 14, 1998 interacts: 6Women are often the first victims of such moves
Communists and Congress Should Give Birth to ’Red Indians’
Udayakumar Sep 9, 1998 interacts: 4The Communist parties and the Congress (I) are toying with the idea of coming closer to form an alternative political dispensation
Repercussions of Nuclearization
Saba Khattak Sep 6, 1998 interacts: 4The question of women and public space in the nuclear debate hardly exists in the popular imagination
Modern Armies and Their Invincible Plans
Shandana Minhas Sep 6, 1998 interacts: 24The minister was apparently on lunch break and had been for some years
Reconfiguration of the South Asian Polities
Udayakumar Aug 31, 1998 interacts: 35Mr. Sharif wants to transform himself into Amir-ul-Momineen....a title used by the Taliban chief.
Cry my Beloved Country
Feroz R Khan Aug 29, 1998 interacts: 7Thoughts on the nature of democracy in Pakistan.
International War Crimes Court
Chowk P Room Jul 17, 1998 interacts: 1The US finds itself allied with Cuba, Libya, Iran and the Sudan!
Sanctions - the carrot follows the stick.
Chowk P Room Jul 16, 1998A crack in the door - sanctions may be lifted soon.
Japanese Premier Resigns
Chowk P Room Jul 13, 1998Following the humiliation of a crushing defeat, the Japanese PM steps down
Nuclear Strike Warning or Green Card Application?
Chowk Staff Jul 2, 1998 interacts: 2A Pakistani Nuclear Scientist defects to the US with dire warnings
Extra-judicial Executions
Mujtaba Hamid Jun 29, 1998 interacts: 2Romilia Hernandez was an innocent 21 year old woman...
Damming Kalabagh
Aly Ercelawn and Muhammad Nauman Jun 23, 1998 interacts: 8Is the state acting wisely in its insistence upon building Kalabagh Dam?
Onwards to the Nuclear Abyss
Feroz R Khan Jun 18, 1998 interacts: 6India, Pakistan and the March of Folly
Letter from Nagasaki
Marino Kitano Jun 18, 1998 interacts: 5I am the grand daughter of a survivor of Nagasaki, and I bear the scars of that living hell
Pakistan in State of Emergency
Chowk Staff May 28, 1998President Tarar promulgates state of emergency in the country
Statesmanship Needed
Dilawar Syed May 21, 1998 interacts: 6Mr. Bhutto’’s decision to go nuclear would prove pivotal quarter of a century later
Say No to Indian and Pakistani Bombs
Pervez Hoodbhoy May 18, 1998 interacts: 10...against the ideologies of hate created and promoted by our governments
To Quota or Not to Quota
Mian A Waheed and Naseem Majeed May 15, 1998 interacts: 2A look at the divisive quota issue.
The Intellectual Imperative
Saad Shafqat Apr 24, 1998 interacts: 26As a people and a nation, Pakistan’s need for intellectual direction has never been greater. So where are the intellectuals?
The Plight of Rural Women in Pakistan
Asim Hayat Apr 17, 1998 interacts: 21Years of submission and sacrifice by the poorer women of the communities has conditioned them to accept their fate, to not raise their voice lest they be abused more...
Raj and I
Nisar S Khara Apr 12, 1998 interacts: 1A complete sense of certainty prevails in our country. There is nothing to panic about.
Dodging the Law of Extradition
Zahid F Ebrahim Mar 13, 1998 interacts: 13A look at extradition treaties in the context of the Aimal Kansi case.
Imperatives For Economic Development Of Pakistan
Shaheryar Azhar Mar 7, 1998 interacts: 2So how can we hammer out a consensus around the proposition that we have to rapidly raise the standard of living of the people in Pakistan?
Economic Development Conference at MIT
Chowk Staff Mar 4, 1998 interacts: 3Integrating Pakistan Into the New Global Economy conference to be held at MIT Sloan on March 07: the event to be covered live at the Chowk Chatroom.
Dreams and Promises
Nisar S Khara Mar 3, 1998 interacts: 6Young Riaz had come to Karachi with the hope of a better life and a brighter future for his family.
The Ehtesaab Gold Medal
Nisar S Khara Feb 19, 1998 interacts: 3He got the offender out of the lock up, collected all seized evidence of the offence, and walked out of the police station triumphantly, but not before finishing his cup of tea...
Funding Lower Education
Adil Najam Feb 18, 1998 interacts: 16On the eve of the announcement of a new Education Policy by the Nawaz Sharif Govt. comes a sequel to Educational Apartheid.
UN Sanctions Against Iraq: 10 Myths
Elias Davidson and Nadeem Khan Feb 12, 1998 interacts: 4Economic sanctions against industrialized countries, which include a ban on foreign trade, can be more lethal than limited military attacks.
Excuse Me but Can ANP Spell Pakhtoonkhwa?
Waheed Malik Feb 11, 1998 interacts: 19What difference would a name change make any way?
The Exploding Cities of the Developing World
Ayesha Tahir Feb 11, 1998 interacts: 6With ever-increasing global integration, problems that arise in one city can quickly spread throughout its region and even worldwide.
Madeleine’s ’Deadly Delusions’
Nadeem Akram Feb 7, 1998 interacts: 6Well over 6 million Indian and Pakistani citizens live in the Middle East and Washington’s apparent indifference towards their safety has roundly ticked off nations who generally need little reason to feel offended.
ATA: A Terrifying Act
Beatnik Feb 6, 1998 interacts: 3There are numerous silly, but harmless laws, as well as a few really dangerous ones. One such well-intentioned but seriously flawed law, is the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Calling a Spade a Spade
Sohail Rabbani Jan 30, 1998 interacts: 18Thus a new historical precedent was established where 53% of the population were denounced as traitors
Entry Tests for Medical Colleges
Chowk P Room Jan 29, 1998 interacts: 7...the emphasis being not on the marks obtained in intermediate exams, but on the entry tests
Women and Police
Chowk P Room Jan 21, 1998 interacts: 26No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you... - Jinnah
The Overlooked Problem of Pakistani Racism.
Saad Shafqat Jan 19, 1998 interacts: 14Discrimination based on ethnic and provincial loyalties is eating away at our country. Why has it not become the issue that it should be?
Bihari Refugees
Chowk P Room Jan 17, 1998 interacts: 9Is there a light at the end of the tunnel for Bihari refugees?
Poet Sheikh Ayaz
Maqbool A Jan 16, 1998 interacts: 3He was incarcerated many times for his seditious writings and was also sentenced to death, but escaped gallows due to the sudden change of government.
Massacre in Lahore
Chowk P Room Jan 16, 1998 interacts: 10Besides the mostly shia victims (present for prayer, fateha, and qurankhwani), also killed were a flower vendor and a beggar.
Gender and Literacy in Pakistan
S Y Hussain Jan 3, 1998 interacts: 2By looking at agendas and practices of some organizations involved with women’s literacy in Pakistan this paper attempts to clarify ideas related to gender, assumed or consciously advocated in their various approaches.
Copyright: A Source of Revenue Generation
Nisar S Khara Jan 3, 1998 interacts: 3A discussion on the advantages of protecting intellectual property rights in Pakistan.
Chowkwalas Interview Pak. Law Minister
Chowk Staff Jan 1, 1998 interacts: 23Chowk readers conduct a cyber interview with Law Minister Khalid Anwer
President Leghari Resigns, SC in conflict
Chowk Press Dec 2, 1997 interacts: 6When right is wrong and wrong is right then who can tell right from wrong?
Time For Contempt
Jamal A Rasheed Dec 1, 1997 interacts: 3In today’s Pakistan, the word Contempt is what the Government of Pakistan thinks of the people of Pakistan.
SC to PM: Do You Plead Guilty?
Chowk Press Nov 19, 1997 interacts: 2Is the fall of the nine-month old government of Nawaz Sharif eminent ?
As the Rupee Plunges
Chowk Press Nov 5, 1997 interacts: 1Is it too late to link the Pakistani Rupee to the U.S. dollar as it used to be?
Constitutional Chess Game Nearing Climax
Chowk Press Oct 29, 1997 interacts: 2If Supreme Court invokes Article 63(g) of constitution, it is empowered to disqualify the prime minister from being a member of the parliament.