Articles with tag: liberal

Pakistan People’s Party and Urban Pakistan: Reasons for Erosion of Support

Raza Habib Nov 7, 2009 interacts: 56

With the media explosion, the middle class sentiment has been given a collective “voice” which has the potential to change the political landscape for better or worse.

Irrational Patriotism, Liberalism and Nuclear Arsenal

Raza Habib Oct 28, 2009 interacts: 155

Right now as the army is waging a war in Waziristan, instead of univocal and unconditional support, it is being criticized for being hard on so called “good” Taliban.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement: The Lost Promise

Raza Habib Aug 28, 2009 interacts: 20

There is a tendency in the media to brand MQM as a liberal party, frankly it is not. Yes it has secular credentials but it’s also a party with very firm roots in ethnicity.

Oh My God

Shoaib Daniyal Feb 18, 2009 interacts: 107

Every few days Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs or barbers pop up out of nowhere claiming that their sensibilities have been hurt.

The Other Side

Omer Aijazi Dec 20, 2008 interacts: 15

There is not much value in trying to judge the world and maybe slightly more in trying to change it. But real power lies in understanding people around us and their motivations.

Sonal Shah to Help Divide Obama's Victory Spoils

Riaz Haq Nov 10, 2008 interacts: 139

It is ironic that both Emanuel and Shah, with close ties to far-right politics in Israel and India, have become part of the supposedly liberal elite assembled by the Obama campaign

The Only Good Muslim is the Anti-Muslim

Junaid LevesqueAlam Sep 23, 2008 interacts: 12

For some, Barack Obama's stature as a man of the left has fallen precipitously, like late autumn leaves shed by branches bowing to the will of winter.

Free to Breed

Nadeem F Paracha Aug 31, 2008 interacts: 43

How come there is no "talk" on TV when a group of fanatics attack a concert, a painting exhibition, a "mixed function" at a college, or force the way the fanatics deem "correct?"

Men's Liberation...Better Late Than Never

Khalid Sohail Feb 1, 2008 interacts: 47

It is ironic that those men who become caring towards their wives are sometimes called sissy, wimp and 'zan mureed'

Who Celebrates the Resident Indian?

Rohit Chopra Sep 1, 2007 interacts: 26

Indian (especially, the American NRI) is now held up as an ideal model of Indian identity for the era of globalization.

The YouTube Baby

Nadeem F Paracha Feb 19, 2007 interacts: 32

Even though it may have seemed an exciting prospect for many watching a young (bearded) man standing up to the most powerful person in the country, yes, but about what was he standing up for?

Demolishing the Circles of Dominance

Q Isa Daudpota Jun 26, 2006 interacts: 9

Information glut is sinking us. Can the pundits by telling us the deeper reasons for out problems inspire us to become problem solvers rather than merely frustrated spectators?

‘Our Liberals’ and Minority Psyche

farrukh kamrani Jun 22, 2006 interacts: 760

Although they enjoy all the benefits of the society, they are the people who do not identify themselves with the majority of the people dwelling the country.

The Holy Mind Blow

Nadeem F Paracha Feb 16, 2005 interacts: 27

This new “liberal” lot. They have done more to give the mullahs the space to continue playing havoc with the country’s sociology and politics than the mullahs themselves!

Know Your Enemy

Shandana Minhas Feb 11, 2004 interacts: 124

Interestingly, what I am beginning to feel more and more bothered by are the very English speaking Pakistanis I feel most similar to. Like the mullahs, they had little to do with the creation of Pakistan but now keep suggesting they are the best in

Bravo!

Nadeem F Paracha Jan 25, 2004 interacts: 83

The nazim barging into Ali Haider's flat... is this a trailer for a Ziaist future? We've had enough of trailers highlighting assorted Ziaist tendencies and Taliban whip-lash in the MMA ruled NWFP. So why should we in Karachi feel so 'liberal' and safe?

Many Questions, No Answers

Shahid Mahmood Jun 25, 2003 interacts: 37

Solutions do not rest in either Democracy or in the Shariah. The answers are in Education and Social Equality. Only this will invalidate the Bush Doctrine and Extremist Fatwas.

Three Arguments Against a War

Umair Raja Mar 11, 2003 interacts: 32

As America prepares for war, I want to present three arguments for peace:

Preventing Military Take Overs

Nazar Khan Feb 10, 2003 interacts: 56

Military Reforms

Ghada Karmi: The Strength of Palestinian Narrative in the Face of Violence

Bina Shah Feb 1, 2003 interacts: 46

She continues to hold the belief that Palestinian statehood is a goal that can be achieved with the use of all options

Oh America!

Farzana Versey Jan 12, 2003 interacts: 80

For a society that watched the Gulf war as though it were a TV serial, why was I often told not to take pictures of people in the street?

Hypocrisy Big

Haroon Moghul Nov 17, 2002 interacts: 171

Is America an Empire? Is the Pope Catholic?

Islamic Utopia?

Yasser Latif Hamdani Oct 30, 2002 interacts: 174

Reconciling Islam and Modernity

Were We Too Hijacked by 9/11?

Pervez Hoodbhoy Sep 9, 2002 interacts: 127

Al-Qaida had to be bombed, to let the Taliban be was not an option.

Piece of What?

Shandana Minhas Aug 21, 2002 interacts: 149

I 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’