In the morning of 27th April, Pakistani public was bombarded with the front page stories in leading English and Urdu papers of a media group closely aligned with the government, stories that claimed that International Consortium of Investigative Journalists...
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Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has been sacked from his position after a preliminary investigative report indicating his role in the ‘Dawn Planted Story’ of October 6th. It has been reported that an investigation jointly conducted by IB,...
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Hi! thanks to all Hindu members of this Forum who have taken time and effort to write detailed paras to let us understand how they see their faith and its evolution in modern times. I cannot thank...
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“When it was published, I think, during my period, someone came and said, look what’s written, what should we do? Should we get hold of the man, court martial him, issue a rebuttal? I said, there must...
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Multiple Dimensions of PTI & PAT Political Movement:- There are several aspects – some good some bad – of what’s happening in Pakistan at the moment in the form of protest marches, dharnas and rallies etc and...
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First we see the images of blood pools, scattered limbs and charred torsos on our TV screens, then we watch the histrionic cries of the survivors and then we hear that ludicrously reassuring news-item that the...
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Why is Modi Govt retching up tensions at LOC? – Apparently for two reasons: One, it wants to use Pakistan card in the state elections in Maharashtra and Haryana and Second, it is signaling that it wants...
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Musharraf must be persuaded to let Sarabjeet Singh walk freely to embrace his daughter Swapandeep. But for that to happen, the Indian media and leadership must do some soul-searching Sarabjeet Singh, accused of working for the...
What are India and Pakistan upto? What is going on behind the scenes? Who is sending desperate messages to whom? How come Pakistan suddenly makes an offer to India for talks on Kashmir? And how come India which has...
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Multiple Dimensions of PTI & PAT Political Movement:- There are several aspects - some good some bad - of what's happening in Pakistan at the moment in the form of protest marches, dharnas and rallies etc...
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Lies, denials and propaganda don’t change realities. Truth has a nasty habit of sneaking out. And sometimes it even bombards. In the last two weeks it blasted like a hailstorm on Bush administration’s Afghanistan policy.
First it...
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What is Polarization? I suspect most of you or perhaps most in Pakistan don't fully understand what it means. Polarization is when a society or polity splits in extreme ends, without a connecting middle ground. Pakistan...
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Shafqat Hussain Death Penalty Case – I am shocked how so many educated people are commenting on this without first understanding the facts. Human Right NGO’s have planted this lie in public mind that somehow Shafqat Hussain...
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Grappling with the puzzle
What will happen in Afghanistan once the US and allies withdraw the bulk of their forces? Will Afghan Security Forces hold and for how long? Will Taliban overrun the periphery? Will Kabul be...
Sunday 24th April probably deserves a small footnote in Pakistan’s political history.
With Imran Khan of PTI announcing a ‘Campaign against Corruption’ from Fatima Jinnah Park in Islamabad; Jammat-e-Islami organizing a ‘Dharna’ (Sit Down Protest) against Corruption in Lahore, with...