Articles with tag: Suicide
Pakistan: The War of Drones
Pervez Hoodbhoy Mar 10, 2008 interacts: 857Why do so many Pakistanis suddenly lose their voice when it comes to condemning suicide bombings? Is it because the bomber kills in the name of Islam?
Welcome Home Ms Bhutto
Ayesha Umar Oct 20, 2007 interacts: 385There is no doubt that Benazir was the prime target of the attack. A lot has been changed in those 8 years. Pakistan is paying a heavy price for being the key US ally in the war on terror.
The Greatest Sin
Faris Kasim Sep 28, 2007 interacts: 5There is a premonition as Ahmed suddenly stands up and shouts, ‘I shall commit a sin, a sin like no other, a grave sin!’ Repeatedly.
Suicide attacks: Is there an end in sight?
Manzoor Ali Jul 26, 2007 interacts: 23During the first seven months of 2007, nearly 22 suicide attacks were carried out in the country.
Seven Causes of Human Suffering
Khalid Sohail Jul 24, 2007 interacts: 142Rather than committing collective suicide and perishing as a species, I hope we grow to the next stage of human evolution and create a secular, humanistic and peaceful world.
Dead End
Xari Jalil Apr 13, 2007 interacts: 12When Faraz Ehmad, a student of Karachi University, killed himself by jumping off one of the highest buildings in the city, his friends, though deeply saddened, were not surprised. They all knew, in fact had known for a long time, that Faraz was suicidal a
Psychology of Suicide ’Bombers’
Khalid Sohail Aug 22, 2006 interacts: 437A ’suicide bomber’ symbolizes a contradiction, vulnerable yet strong. He wants to die and yet also live forever. He is the most rational being in planning his attack and yet acts in the most irrational way by being destructive to himself and o
Cause and Detect
Bhaskar Dasgupta Aug 5, 2005 interacts: 27Please do remember that I am ignoring the conspiracy theorists, who are a real funny bunch, blaming it on the intelligence services, the police, the Zionists, the military industrial complex, capitalism, little green men from Uranus
Compounded Waste
Temporal May 9, 2005 interacts: 71As a Muslim I cannot decide what is worse the US intransigence or Osama’s arrogance. Or the reverse. And what makes a person part with their life.
The Dragon’s Teeth
Beena Sarwar Oct 3, 2004 interacts: 43There are many more like the man with the briefcase who walked into the Sialkot Imambargah. They did not develop their warped mindsets overnight -- nor will they be wiped out overnight by military means.
Mercy Killing
K Anish Pokharel Jun 22, 2004 interacts: 6When the pain becomes intractable and death becomes inevitable, the urge to overcome the agony by an abrupt end of life, surfaces.
Suicide: My Salvation
Fakhra Hassan Apr 24, 2004 interacts: 13Life: how we give up everything for it
How unfair it is to death
Silence, peace, freedom, yes death
Is what I want with every breath.
The Issue of Euthanasia
omayer hashmi Jul 26, 2003 interacts: 5There are many topics in the world that are talked about regularly and bring very much public controversy with them. One of these topics is the issue of euthanasia.
The New Jews
Bina Shah Mar 8, 2003 interacts: 173In this world, where Muslims are the new Jews, where Pakistanis are terrorists, visa cheaters and total bastards, What am I?
Almost Dead
arunima sengupta Feb 7, 2003 interacts: 8maybe 'art of living' classes are good things afterall
The Case For and Against The Satanic Verses
Subroto Roy Dec 28, 2002 interacts: 33Evaluating Diatribe and Dialectic as Art
Shammo’s Curse
Aamir Ibrahim Dec 9, 2002 interacts: 15falling out of love is easy if the foundations are weak
The Gray Cotton Shawl
Hamidah Hemani Nov 21, 2002 interacts: 22Kashmira is the bastard child of Pakeezah and Indir.
Closet
N J Nov 18, 2002 interacts: 122obviously there are thousands of Khurram out there with their conflicting mind sitting in the darkness of the closet looking for the light
Bitter, Not Sweet
Bina Shah Sep 11, 2002 interacts: 95We were treated to a shootout between seven Al-Qaeda suspects hiding in a residential apartment about three minutes away from my house.
Kashmir Fatigue
Ajay Raina Jun 17, 2002 interacts: 705I still have a home there and I am looking forward to my permanent return
Open Letter to O. B. Laden
Shahgul Sep 14, 2001 interacts: 106Bin Laden! Yes, I am talking to you. Person to person.
Heart of Silence in the Place of Chaos
Jawahara Saidullah Aug 2, 2001 interacts: 12Two months later she found out he got married to a suitable girl
Roshanara Begum in Lahore Karachi ISLAAMABAD
Rehan Ansari Jun 21, 2001 interacts: 18So you think I can tempt a nun
Women in India: Are We Better Off?
Radhika Chandar Sep 8, 2000 interacts: 156What should the wife do if her husband beats her and troubles her?
The day I got circumcised
A Shiraz Jun 12, 2000 interacts: 102a purple bank note (50 rupees!!) if I go through the operation like a man. . .
The Bride Burning
Begum F Shahnaz Nov 23, 1998 interacts: 5Mankind will not stand by and witness our burning: Mankind will not immolate truth.
On The Other Hand
Tahnoon Pasha Feb 4, 1998 interacts: 27I have spent five of my twenty-nine years in Pakistan ... They were the best years of my life.
Selective Islam in Pakistan
Imran Khan Jan 21, 1998 interacts: 50I feel there are certain western countries with far more Islamic traits than us, especially in the way they protect the rights of their citizens.
Fifty Years of Pakistan Cricket: A Look Back
Abdul Hussain Aug 14, 1997 interacts: 2Take a long, relishing look back at Pakistan Cricket.
The Present Age
Kierkegaard Aug 12, 1997 interacts: 1A Revolutionary Age is an age of action; the present age is an age of advertisement, or an age of publicity: nothing happens, but there is instant publicity about it.
The Stop Sign
Kenyan Aug 12, 1997 interacts: 2If you have never seen this road sign, are you sure you are awake?
