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Articles with tag: bombing

A Weak Pakistan is a Threat to Neighbours

Beena Sarwar   Oct 1, 2008   interacts: 36

Thanks to past policies, Pakistanis are caught between a rock and a hard place - American military attacks on the border and suicide bombings and sectarian violence around the country...

The Marriott Bombing: ‘Pakistan’s 9/11’?

Beena Sarwar   Sep 21, 2008   interacts: 116

The message was clear: they can strike Pakistan’s capital, and they care nothing for democracy or for religion.

Pakistan: The War of Drones

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Mar 10, 2008   interacts: 857

Why 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?

The Naval War College Bomb Blasts

Feroz R Khan   Mar 4, 2008   interacts: 357

I was about 800 meters away from the bomb blast. The force of the explosion was powerful enough to rattle the windows nearly a mile away.

Benazir Bhutto Killed in an Attack

Chowk    Dec 27, 2007   interacts: 520

Reports say a suicide bomber fired shots at Bhutto as she was leaving the rally at Liaqut Bagh, Rawalpindi before blowing himself up.

Welcome Home Ms Bhutto

Ayesha Umar   Oct 20, 2007   interacts: 385

There 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.

When Locals in Locals lost their Lives - July 11, 2006

Sudeep Pagedar   Jul 15, 2006   interacts: 20

When you share a compartment in a Mumbai local train, you bond with the others in there.

Finding Kashmir's Pain in London

Murtaza Shibli   Apr 7, 2006   interacts: 235

If I had brought my unhappiness to London, this is scarcely surprising: my life had been punctuated by bomb blasts, cries of loss by mothers who had lost their sons, of children whose fathers had been tortured to death. Everything was unpredictable and un

A Devastated Metropolis

Ozer Khalid   Oct 31, 2005   interacts: 105

Plots and skirmishes have footnoted the sub-continent’s history, warmongering coupled with bomb blasts sometimes provide the punctuation. The question is can we as a South Asian people stem the tide and end this feudal-frenzied animosity through cro

Muslims and the Road to Perdition

Zafar Anjum   Aug 23, 2005   interacts: 324

In today’s globalized flat world, Muslims must harmonize themselves with other communities and reap the benefits of a changed world. Like the true deputies of God on earth, let’s make it a better place.

Cause and Detect

Bhaskar Dasgupta   Aug 5, 2005   interacts: 27

Please 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

The Dragon’s Teeth

Beena Sarwar   Oct 3, 2004   interacts: 43

There 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.

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