Articles with tag: civil
Restoring the Civil Rights of Ahmadis
Chowk Jun 16, 2008 interacts: 200The persecution of Ahmadis even under the present mangled constitution is patently unconstitutional.
The Cruel Expulsions
Mutaal Mooquin Jun 16, 2008 interacts: 19Reaction to “Twenty Three Students Expelled From Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad”
Mehrgarh...The Lost Civilization
mahmood Mahmood Jan 27, 2008 interacts: 148A chopping tool found in Pakistan dates to 2 million years ago, earlier than the earliest hominid remains, the Homo species "Narmada Man," (250,000 years ago).
Mass Difference: The Bhuttos and Civil Society
Nadeem F Paracha Jan 6, 2008 interacts: 22Populist, mass-oriented politics can effectively cancel out the two most prominent anti-populist strains in Pakistan i.e. the politico-religious and the elite-bourgeois.
Al-Andalusia … Decline of a Plural Culture
mahmood Mahmood Jan 1, 2008 interacts: 1731st January 2008 is the 516th Anniversary of fall of Al-Andalusia’s last plural place Granada. A sociological analysis of this decline and its implication for World.
Search for Origins of Mahayana Buddhism
mahmood Mahmood Nov 17, 2007 interacts: 297The land of Pakistan is blessed with one of the most important treasures of the world, the glorious civilization of Buddhism flourishing in the North Western areas of Pakistan.
Why Me?
Awais Memon Nov 30, 2007 interacts: 1He created the Arthur Ashe Foundation for the Defeat of AIDS, received the first Annual AIDS Leadership Award, and addressed the United Nations on World AIDS Day.
Resist, resist, resist: ‘The gift of a crisis’
Beena Sarwar Nov 24, 2007 interacts: 197General Musharraf’s announcement of an ‘emergency’ on Nov 3 stunned many among this otherwise complacent generation -- enough to finally act upon their convictions.
Pressures Mount on Pervez Musharraf
Beena Sarwar Nov 15, 2007 interacts: 11"The judges by not taking oath, the lawyers and civil society by resisting have shown the way. The media is standing by them. This is one battle the General is sure to lose"
Sumera Jawad: The Excavated Linearity
Nadeem Alam Nov 10, 2007 interacts: 1Sumera, through her brush, tries to explore the true image of contemporary woman by exhuming the historical representation of the South Asian woman.
Cholesterol Say Paak
Nadeem F Paracha Nov 8, 2007 interacts: 129I usually get my news by driving around the city. I see a look of uncertainty on the faces of the people, but no great movement.
No longer Hydera-GOOD, its Hydera-BAD
Deepak Sapra Sep 12, 2007 interacts: 9The fly-over under construction at Panjagutta, supposed to relieve the city of its traffic woes in the most crowded stretch of the city, gave way.
An Unconditional Commitment to Pluralism
Rohit Chopra Sep 7, 2007 interacts: 22It means accepting a Hindu as a Hindu, a Muslim as a Muslim, a Jew as a Jew, an atheist as an atheist, an unbeliever as an unbeliever and it means respecting that choice.
Wars of Errors
Iram Khan Aug 9, 2007 interacts: 8Evil is self-destructive, you will find if you read Shakespeare; and patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, said an Englishmen more than two centuries before.
Monar Jomban (part 4 of 4)
Manali Chakrabarti Mar 28, 2007 interacts: 2They used to say ‘Allah will save us’ and a quarter of a century later I agree ‘only Allah can save us’ - the mess has gone beyond human intervention. I am old and my laughter is my tears too. (He suddenly looked around and said in
Get over the Victim Syndrome
Ahmer Muzammil Jan 26, 2007 interacts: 236The real issues that affect our daily lives are never addressed by opposition or the government, instead we are enamored with non-issues like huddod ordinance, attire of mushy, Kashmir, women’s face on hoardings, music in public buses and other crap
Last Gasp of the Imperial Misadventure
Mohammad Gill Jan 23, 2007 interacts: 162The American public is rightly concerned about the chaos in Iraq and they believe that it is not for American army to fight a civil war; let Iraqis sort out their problems themselves.
Fruits of Western Civilisation
Afaq Ali Dec 11, 2006 interacts: 13The first psychiatrist he saw, at age 7, decided after a 20-minute visit that the boy was suffering from depression.
The Calculus of Miscalculated Human Misery
Muhammad A Khan Nov 11, 2006 interacts: 88The clash of civilizations has well unfolded but the Western world constantly repudiates the claim.
Tough to be Disabled in India
Shantanu Dutta Oct 16, 2006 interacts: 12In a country like India the numbers of the disabled are so large, their problems so complex, available resources so scarce and social attitudes so damaging, it is only legislation which can eventually bring about a substantial change in a uniform manner.
The Death of a Nawab
Zalan Alam Aug 27, 2006 interacts: 409Akbar Bugti is dead, what next for the Baloch rebellion?
A Whiter Shade of Green
Nadeem F Paracha Aug 8, 2005 interacts: 72If I have never written a single word against Musharaf then I have neither written a single word for Musharaf either. Until now. Right now.
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.
Planting Democracy in the World – A Mantra for Freedom
Mohammad Gill Mar 6, 2005 interacts: 83I realized for the first time in my life in the U.S. that I had some basic rights; such a thought had never crossed my mind when I was in Pakistan where a police constable could, at will, rob you of your rights, if you thought you had any, and dignity.
Cairo: A Foreigner’s View
Aisha Farooqui Feb 7, 2005 interacts: 7history in Egypt is traced back 5000 years ago and Islamic history and the reign of Salahudin Ayubi is called recent history.
The Rise of Illiberal Democracy
Sher Khan Jan 31, 2005 interacts: 18An essay by Fareed Zakaria on the rise of democratically elected governments which deprive citizens of their natural rights.
Damascus Diary, Mehraba!
Deepak Sapra Jan 18, 2005 interacts: 5I had romantic impressions of Damascus, of it being a place having archaeological artifacts by the thousands, of an overwhelming feeling of timelessness, history strewn all over. Now, after a few days in the city, I get the impression that ancient histo
Pakistan and Civil Society
ijaz gul Jun 25, 2004 interacts: 42Pakistani civil society is distinct in its evolution. It took birth much before the geography of Pakistan was drawn.
South and Central Asia are creators of Major Civilizations
K G Singh Sep 18, 2003 interacts: 19Since 5 millennia civilisations evolved and flourished in desert oasis and river valleys south of the Eurasian steppes, which were dominated first by charioteers and then horse riders from the steppes who shaped the history of Asia, Middle East and Europe
Why I Am Not A Muslim?
Ameer Afraid Dec 23, 2002 interacts: 61Life is spent in the fastidious guarding of a few empty possessions that sit around like a congregation of useless whores
Mecca or Mohenjodaro?
RMS Azam May 6, 2000 interacts: 162A living religion is more eloquent than a dead civilization
Eqbal Ahmed Lecture by Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan Sep 18, 1998 interacts: 11It is not everyday that a Pakistani is honoured by the UN Sec. Gen
