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Ali Hasan Cemendtaur

Aafia Siddiqui to Appear in Court Dec 31, 1969

Disappeared in Pakistan, hysterical screams heard in Afghanistan, and now appearing in a New York court

Islam vs. Islam Dec 31, 1969

Junoon concert at the Stanford University, held on May 1... If there is such a thing as a clash of civilization, it is all happening within the Islamic sphere.

Basking in Controversy Dec 31, 1969

'Suppressed Voices', a cultural program hosted by Friends of South Asia (FOSA) in December

The Dream of a Crime-Free Society Dec 31, 1969

He seemed agonized. I asked him what was wrong. He had called his folks in Karachi and learnt about a robbery next door to where they live.

Affright Dec 31, 1969

'What did you call me?' he asked, with some fury.
What did I call him? I didn’t call him anything. I just said hello.

The War on Terrorism Stalled? Dec 31, 1969

This was the first, albeit the most important, of many legal fights to come.

Adrift Dec 31, 1969

The path of violence seems to be the easiest path to follow ... Only if countries could grow stronger and prosperous on murder and mayhem!

Our Loved Ones Left Behind Dec 31, 1969

Don’t ask us to come back. We are too weak to go and live in that country.

My Nephew’s Martian Retreat Dec 31, 1969

I won’t get married till there is a sustainable human colony on Mars. I want my future wife to give birth to the first child born outside Earth.

The Spring Initiative Dec 31, 1969

A clandestine military operation to raid various areas of Pakistan’s lawless Waziristan Agency, bordering Afghanistan. It is an attempt to snare Osama Bin Laden who is said to be now communicating via hand-written notes from his hideout.

Haiti Hurts Dec 31, 1969

This transpiring violent change of government is horrifying because I have witnessed this phenomenon in Pakistan, in the late Seventies.

Separate Destinies? Dec 31, 1969

Monday, February 16’s Daily Dawn reported the Pakistan Election Commission’s reversion of its decision on joint electorates for Muslim and Non-Muslim citizens. With that fatuous announcement the clock was turned back two years--the courageous

The Quarterbreds of Californet Dec 31, 1969

What choice is left in the face of such enmity?

Of Violent Birth and Peaceful Death Dec 31, 1969

I have a dream for South Asia

On the Nature of the Principal Civic Contracts Dec 31, 1969

Is anyone amongst the current world leadership dreaming with us

Just the End of the Beginning Dec 31, 1969

... will the arraignment of Osama BL be the end of the story?

ChhooManter (as in Anter Manter ChhooManter) Dec 31, 1969

Never take candy from strangers, never trust their promises either

Interest Free Pakistan Dec 31, 1969

their only strength is in destruction ...

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