Articles with tag: human

Hop Aboard the Interfaith Express

Feroz Qutabshahi Nov 19, 2008 interacts: 24

Ironically, the main organizers of Interfaith conference at UN was His Majesty King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, country with the worst record in history on religious tolerance.

New US President Must Review Pakistan Policy

Beena Sarwar Nov 4, 2008 interacts: 26

Tensions between the United States and Pakistan -- on the eve of the keenly-watched U.S. Presidential elections -- accompanying a visit by U.S. commander Gen. David Petraeus

Celebrating 61 Years of Broken Dreams

AliHasan Cemendtaur Aug 24, 2008 interacts: 6

"Missing in Pakistan", a 29-minute documentary capturing Pakistan's gross human rights violations tacitly supported by the US Government, followed by a talk by Safdar Sarki.

Global Warming: Green with Controversy

Mutaal Mooquin Aug 15, 2008 interacts: 8

Its effects will happen 30 years down the road, and then you say, "Okay, do something about it."

Olympic Dreamers

Khalid Sohail Aug 11, 2008 interacts: 26

A famous American novelist Henry Miller once wrote, “Humans work while gods play”. But there are some humans who like to become gods as they love to play all their lives.

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful

Azra Rashid Apr 20, 2008 interacts: 1022

According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, in 2007, 1205 women were reported to have been killed in the name of honor. Each year the number is doubling.

Why Me?

Awais Memon Nov 30, 2007 interacts: 1

He 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.

Six Minutes

kashkin dabruski Nov 27, 2007 interacts: 4

The changing world,
Continuation of destruction
Through volcanoes and winds

The Empire Strikes Again in Pakistan

Karamatullah K Ghori Nov 5, 2007 interacts: 158

Throttling democracy and shackling human rights of 160 million Pakistanis, Musharraf still has the gall to liken his ignoble daylight robbery to Lincoln’s historic nobility.

Opportunity Knocks But Once

sheela jaywant Oct 15, 2007 interacts: 1

The story goes into the mind/psyche of a surgeon. A competitive, aggressive, brilliant, trained professional mind.

No longer Hydera-GOOD, its Hydera-BAD

Deepak Sapra Sep 12, 2007 interacts: 9

The 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.

Life on the Periphery in the Absence of Humanism

Syed Shah Aug 3, 2007 interacts: 5

While the clergy and the liberal intellectuals bicker, the million dollar question remains where all the moderates have gone...

Seven Causes of Human Suffering

Khalid Sohail Jul 24, 2007 interacts: 142

Rather 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.

The Hegemony of the “Cause”

Sangeeta Mahapatra Jul 12, 2007 interacts: 3

There is something inherently flawed about the notion of placing a cause, however just and noble, before human life.

Search for the Missing in Action

B Waraich Jun 3, 2007 interacts: 66

A diary of the 14 day trip to Pakistan to search for MIA in Pakistani jails- an appeal for help.

Talking Tall on Human Rights

Joe Athialy May 15, 2007 interacts: 13

India talks tall on human rights in its attempt to seek re-election to the Human Rights Council.

Guddi

Tahera Sajid May 9, 2007 interacts: 17

'Am I forever destined to wish better luck to others when nothing good ever comes my way?'

A Profile In Courage

Rakesh Mani Apr 22, 2007 interacts: 6

A recipient of the Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award in Pakistan and the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s most prestigious human rights honour, she declined an offered post as the first female judge on the Pakistan Supreme Court, stating she thought she could effe

Honored

Chowk Staff Mar 28, 2007 interacts: 24

Humanists honour psychiatrist and writer Dr. Khalid Sohail

Globalization and Human Relationship

Nasim Hassan Mar 26, 2007 interacts: 32

Globalization has stressed all relationships. It is imperative to understand this phenomenon and to take steps to adjust to the changing environment.

My People!

Ahmer Muzammil Feb 8, 2007 interacts: 94

I am outraged because I care and I care because it’s my country and I care because it’s my people.

Electric Illusion

Fozan Zahoor Jan 11, 2007 interacts: 5

Everyday we are taking another step to form what is so called “emotional attachment” with the machine which humans created. Instead of forming bonds between humans, we are forming this relationship with a machine to create our own perfect worl

From Tribalism to Humanism

Khalid Sohail Jan 9, 2007 interacts: 163

Even in the 21st century many human beings still have a tribal mentality---all that has changed is the definition of the tribe and the nature of tribal war.

A Humanistic Approach Towards Mental Illness

Khalid Sohail Dec 8, 2006 interacts: 51

We need to see a day when people with mental illness can live respectfully and peacefully and do not fear to be persecuted and penalized because of their emotional problems.

Mirza Tahir Hussain – the ongoing tragedy

Musa Sami Oct 31, 2006 interacts: 18

Prince Charles’ visit to Pakistan has brought into sharp focus the case of Mirza Tahir Hussain, a 36 year old dual British and Pakistani national who has been on and off death row for the last 18 years.

Children of a Lesser God

Ishrat Saleem Sep 27, 2006 interacts: 9

Last week, a number of eunuchs holding placards gathered in front of the parliament building to protest against the excesses of their leader, Bobby Guru. They also made it a point to support the debate on the Hudood laws in parliament, thereby maki

A Jinxing Portrayal

Anand Mahajan Jun 4, 2006 interacts: 4

The violence-laden atmosphere of the day in the town had continued into a night with the air almost reeking of the suffering of human souls.

South Asian Socialism

Musa Sami May 12, 2006 interacts: 256

Who in the world is lending Uncle Sam all that money?... When Pakistanis, or Indians for that matter, come and sell their souls to the West, they all too often forget the reality from which they have come

Siachen’s Non-paper and the Non-people

M I Khan Apr 10, 2006 interacts: 31

Calls for restoring road links between Baltistan and Ladakh, two perfectly peaceful places, have so far fallen on deaf ears in Delhi and Islamabad

Protecting your ICT Software Rights

Fouad Bajwa Feb 3, 2006

Are all of us thieves?

33 Years and Counting

B Waraich Aug 26, 2005 interacts: 85

The issue of 54 prisoners from the 1971 war continues to fester- when will the truth come out?

Towards a shackled society, perhaps

Omar R Quraishi Jul 20, 2005 interacts: 121

The vague and ambiguous provision of “ensuring Islamic values at public places” is bound to open a Pandora’s box because it would be safe to assume that the person whom the NWFP government will appoint as ombudsman will share the MMAR

Implications of Iraqi Instability

S F Hasnat May 31, 2005 interacts: 27

In the presence of 138,000 American troops, the first seventeen days of May witnessed 21 car bombings in Baghdad, while there were a total of 25 in all of the year of 2004.

Gimme Eat??

Tehseen Baweja May 6, 2005 interacts: 13

Sometimes I think its just me over-reacting. Maybe I am taking on these things more seriously than they ought to be taken. But I cannot stop myself from thinking that even after thousands of years of eating, we are still damn hungry!

Sui Incident: A PR Disaster

Riffat Jahan Mar 16, 2005 interacts: 37

Officers operating in this institutional milieu can go to any length - sometimes on the orders of their chiefs, sometimes responding to their own lust.

Jirga injustice

Beena Sarwar Nov 15, 2004 interacts: 17

From an informal body meant to settle small claims, the ‘jirga’ in Pakistan has been allowed to emerge as a powerful extra-judicial force protecting the interests of the powerful.

Women, Conflict and Conflict Prevention

Naveen Qayyum Nov 15, 2004 interacts: 5

Women have a much bigger stake in the conflict prevention and peace process along with the other peace partners since they have remained and still are the victims to the most horrendous cruelties of war including rape, sexual slavery, prostitution, displa

Child Camel Jockeys

Reza Malik Oct 25, 2004 interacts: 26

Inhumane practice of using little children as camel jockeys in the UAE and the resulting mental and physical torture they go through.

No Compromise on Murder

Beena Sarwar Oct 17, 2004 interacts: 36

The heirs of the victim can forgive the murderer in the name of God without receiving any compensation or diyat (blood money), or compromise after receiving diyat.

Breaking the Silence

Beena Sarwar May 14, 2004 interacts: 13

Such torture is routine in the prisons and police stations across Pakistan, but our authorities too continue to doggedly ignore reports about such abuse... The question is, will it take graphic photographs to make our authorities address the issue?

Inhuman Right Organizations in Nepal

Rajeeb Satyal Apr 12, 2004 interacts: 17

It is as painful for any Nepali to see a security person die, as it is to see any Maoist die. But unfortunately the Human Right Organizations do not seem to view human right situation from this angle. They choose to take side.

Civilisation That Isn’t

Beena Sarwar Apr 4, 2004 interacts: 23

What leads people to not just kill another human being, but to inflict pain and torture before killing, and then mutilate the bodies afterwards?

Karo Kari

Ayesha H Ahmad Dec 11, 2003 interacts: 154

They dragged her away and what her fate was, Fatima had not the heart to listen to. Miserably, she went and sat down by a tree, near the place. The sounds were very vague over there and she closed her eyes.

Human Rights, Justice and Affluence

Riffat Jahan Dec 8, 2003 interacts: 34

Islam fully compatible with democracy: It doesn’t take much brainpower to realize that a society can never flourish where rules and laws are being implemented selectively.

Of Curiosity, Optimism and Hope

Zarine Habeeb Oct 13, 2003 interacts: 120

Whenever Indo-Pakistani matches would be played, it was incredibly curious that I, the cricket-hater was assumed to support the Pakistani team by several of my friends in Government Law College, Ernakulam, India.

Pervez Hoodbhoy-Paul Kurtz correspondence

Pervez Hoodbhoy Oct 13, 2003 interacts: 62

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, Edward Said was slandered by Ibn Warraq, a man with pretensions to being a secular humanist and the author of several books.

Bus Baby

Bina Shah Aug 12, 2003 interacts: 37

A poem for Noor Fatima

Women and Divine Decrees

Rafay Alam Jul 28, 2003 interacts: 115

No other law in Pakistan, other than the law relating to blasphemy, has led to such heated debate and controversy than the law relating to the evidence of women

The Visitor - Part II

Quinton Zondervan May 24, 2003 interacts: 19

The Visitor returns to reveal more of his purpose

The Visitor

Quinton Zondervan Mar 28, 2003 interacts: 7

If aliens came to Earth, why would they come, and how?

Antarctica

Quinton Zondervan Jan 2, 2003 interacts: 7

Once again the world was engulfed in war. For what reasons no one knew, least of which the soldiers, for the reasons had been so contrived and ill supported that they were also soon forgotten.