Spinning the Public Beating and the Mob Justice

You really need to be a bad administrator or power usurper that people are so full of hatred for you that they can’t help but beat you.

Elections and the Future Leaders of Pakistan

Future Leaders of Pakistan is an organization that is straining against the shackles of convention and tradition and is aiming to do things a little differently.

Fight Against The Emergeny Continues

If we are stressed, if we are constantly worried, then I believe it is a sign of great optimism. The struggle for a better Pakistan has just begun.

I Thought I Heard You Laughing

Unlike most people I know, I don't believe in love at first sight. But the world being as mad as it is, somehow manages to make you.

A Cursed Nation

What a sorrow, we dream of an ideal society a prosperous country but we want someone else to fight for this cause.

The Day Benazir Bhutto Died

Violent mob hones in on banks, petrol stations, cars and unleashes its fury... In their self expression lies the true voice of the people and the tragedy that is Pakistan today.

The Missing Pakistanis

Where are those souls
Into wilderness, they disappeared
Like autumn leaves,
With no traces

Resist, resist, resist: ‘The gift of a crisis’

General Musharraf’s announcement of an ‘emergency’ on Nov 3 stunned many among this otherwise complacent generation -- enough to finally act upon their convictions.

Cholesterol Say Paak

I 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.

Johnny On The Street

Should the lawyers be able to recapture the imagination of the nation and catalyze meaningful national resistance, the calculus shall change.

The Roving Stones

My lords have announced they will cause revolutionary changes, changes that will cause a grass root level change. But how could they?

Old Wine, Still Older Bottles

If the people of Pakistan don’t take to the streets, the politicians are themselves to blame. They have chosen the politics of convenience and non-agitation.

Letter from Pakistan

My American friends, can you imagine your great country without justice for all? Can you live in country where justice is not available? Thanks to your Government who is supporting a military dictator in Pakistan, we cannot experience the same freedoms as

Monar Jomban (part 4 of 4)

They 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

Honored

Humanists honour psychiatrist and writer Dr. Khalid Sohail

Impressions about Iran

The world has gone wrong somewhere in understanding them or stereotyping them with other Islamic fundamentalists like the Talibans.

A Nation Reborn

Just when I thought my people would once again silently ignore this new form of oppression, and resign themselves to a fate written by politicians and generals, they responded! They awoke! They said in one voice, “enough is enough!” I have ne

My People!

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

March for Peace

Indians and Pakistanis are allowed public access for cricket, but not if they are walking for peace

Let the People Meet

In Pakistan, the demand for Indian visas is as much as 1500 – per day – from around the country -

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• Swat Calls For Civil Society to Act
• In Search of Political Will: Fight Against Militants in Swat
• In memory of the Swat valley
• The Nightmare Must End
• In Honor of the Heroes of Swat