Archive for June, 2010
Concentration camp Gaza by Dr Muzaffar Iqbal
4 June, 2010
Quantum note Friday, June 04, 2010 Dr Muzaffar Iqbal Having demonstrated to the world yet one more time its utter disregard for any international law and the superiority of its high-tech armed forces, Israel is enjoying the latest round of naked display of Muslim helplessness: mass demonstrations in major cities, where raging but impotent crowds [...]
Trapped in conflicts and state failure by Shafqat Mahmood
4 June, 2010Reality check Friday, June 04, 2010 Shafqat Mahmood Our collective prejudices and hypocrisies were on display after the Lahore attack on Ahmedi places of worship. Those multitudes protesting internet blasphemies earlier were silent. Those railing from the pulpit against international conspiracies had no voice. The cherished tolerant image of Islam had been tarnished but it [...]
Side-effect by Harris Khalique
4 June, 2010Flotilla Friday, June 04, 2010 Harris Khalique Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the act of the deadly attack by his marines on the aid flotilla of six ships heading towards the 1.5 million Palestinians crowded into the Gaza strip. He shamelessly said, “Once again Israel faces hypocrisy and a biased rush to judgment.” Unmoved [...]
Attacks in Lahore by M. A. Niazi
4 June, 2010At Penpoint While it seems that the focus of the terrorists has shifted to Lahore, the latest attacks reflect not just a change in strategy, but also in methodology, as if the terrorist recruiters were running out of volunteers intent upon giving up their lives, and their replacement by those who wanted some chance of [...]
No shortages, just too many people by Dr Ijaz Ahsan
4 June, 2010Dear reader, have you ever wondered how a country can be short of everything, from water, to electricity, to gas, to wheat, to sugar, you just name it. The reason is simple: our motherland has too many people. When this country came into being, the population of Pakistan was just two and a half to [...]
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