This side is a linkage to some articles written by external authors. Enjoy the reading!
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Tsunami, jiyalaism or long march will not bring revolution, but middle class will, graciously
The debate about “why do they hate us”, a good response by Sara Mourad
Politics at the tip of the clitoris
Mullah’s and Heretic’s by Tariq Ali
Ulemas role against terrorism
About the population of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh, their contesting of elections compared to Hindus in Pakistan and their position in elections
North India and South Pakistan
Dani Rodrik om frihandel
“This is my country. I am a Pakistani. I don’t see that anyone who destroys our schools, our masjids (mosques), kills people, is good for my country,” he said. “… If they were working for a better Pakistan, we wouldn’t be sitting in this post. The people would be supporting them against us.”
Braving hell to keep militants away
International women’s day and the situation in Pakistan
Foreign Policy about the predatore drones
The tragic state of affairs in Balochistan, where people dissapear and end up dead and dumped
Pakistan 2011 in review: Great anylsis by Sana Saleem, Murtaza Haider, Raheel Raza, Aqil Shah and Shamila Chaudhary. Worth watching
About Imran Khan, PTI and their mingling with extremists
Are liberals to be blamed for extremism in Pakistan?
A long but good article about reform of islam and one of its thinkers, Mahmoud Muhammad Taha
Maulana Edhi, a living saint and a living example of what Pakistan should have been
US Senate and Islam
The relationship between panjabis before partition, despite religious differences
Tolerance does not come in the form av degrees or doctorates, it can come from a simple shoe-man. Read this article and get enlightened
Malala Yousufzai fights militants who burn schools with building schools and encouraging education. Possibly even launching a political party
Israels covert operations under false flags
About the fragile US-Pak relations
Today, 4th january is one year of the day Salman Taseer got gunned down. Read Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoys thoughts on this matter and how to cope with violent sermons / khutbas.
Ardeshir Cowasjee, the grand old man of Karachi is winding down. Read his last piece for Dawn
On this last Sunday of this year, this is my final column in this space. Now, old at 85, tired, and disillusioned with a country that just cannot pull itself together in any way and get on with life in this day and age, I have decided to call it a day.
Satire from Ali Aftab Saeed, the lead singer of the band Beghairat Brigade
Much rage over the death of Pakistani soldiers in a Nato attack, but where is the grief and mourning when Hazaras and other minorities are slain? Article by Murtaza Haider
Not all deaths are mourned the same
About the recent “memogate” talkie
Good article about the militarys role in pakistans security- and foreign policy.
At the militarys beck and call
About so-called Honour killing, well written by Murtaza Rizvi
What makes parents kill their children
Pakistani doctors reputation in USA, pre and post 9/11
Some good news at the science and technology front for Pakistan
The pakistani innovator, Dr Umar Saif
Dr Athar Osama receives WTN award
Good study and review on the situation of those under the poverty line
About the Jewish exodus and national identity
The historic Mecca is dissappearing due to the Saudi sponsored destruction
Was Jinnahs vision for Pakistan a secular or a islamist one? Read this article for one good answer:
Asghar Ali Engineer with good reflections again:
Cafe pyala on how propaganda is used on fake news websites
Eid moon madness by Paracha
Is Iqbal still relevant today? Nice piece on Iqbal and the followeing Iqbalian school.
Muslimsk flertall i Norge i 2060?
This hideous practise is performed in Pakistan unnoticed!
Manzur Ejaz writes one of the few optimistic articles about Pakistans future based on data from the past. Well reflected article:
Murtaza Razvi spot on about the pakistani born again muslims obsession with arab terms.
Good and thoughtful article on pakistans failure to accepts its war against terror:
Sana Saleem on JI chief Munawar Hassans apologising rape:
Your rape culture is not my religion
Another gruesome incident similar to that of Mukhtar Mai, the thackeydaars of ghairat and mazhar are creepy silent this time:
About the recent election in Turkey and the path the Turks have chosen:
Kamran Shafi in a emotional message about the extra judicial killing of citizen Shahzad Shah by Rangers / MP:
Exploded muths tattered narratives
Cowasjee on the myths and propaganda by rulers, but specially, the will of Darius to his son Xerxes:
The future generations of Israelis and their attachment to Zionism and the current conflict “Zionism that emphasises Jewish victimhood and allows no empathy for the Palestinians is losing its resonance with younger Jews.”:
In depth about the Bhakti movement and its impact on the communal life in Sub-continent.
“However, emergence of Bhakti and various other movements initiated by the common people of the subcontinent are testaments to the fact that the communal antagonism was in the interest of the ruling elite and the religious forces, and not the common people. The charged atmosphere was a result of exploitation of masses for vested interests, often political.”
Jawed Naqvi on nationalism and its curse:
Sana Saleem delivers again, this time about the Mehran Navy base attack. Pak Navy and its failures:
Darkness called light, Zulmat ko Zia
Stephen Cohen, respected security expect on Pakistan. Read his analysis of pak army post-bin Laden:
Pak army more anti-american than radical
Asghar Ali Engineer, with another good piece on fatwas:
Pakistan business communitys plans to revive the fragile economy:
The result of Pakistans wrong cyllabus and indoctrination in the education sector. Pakistanis are teached not to ask questions or be critical of the information which is served to digest.
Satire King Paracha on drones and related populist rhetoric:
Drone attacks: the truth is out
The definition of a Progressive Muslim, by Asghar Ali Engineer.
Hall of Shame, about a pakistani senator who defended the burial of women and who now is a federal minister for food and agriculture. Remember that pricks name, Israrullah Zehri.
About the manipulation of basic consuming products during the recent years food inflation:
Cyril Almeida, describing what Pakistan can expect in the future:
About the Green movement of Iran and how it earns support from the Jasmin revolution, by Hamid Dabashi:
A good piece written by Asghar Ali Engineer, the leader of the progressive Bohra community in India.
Another good piece by the grand old man of Karachi:
Bangladesh Genocide:
Arundhati Roy:
