English Columnists
Handcuffed to history by Aijaz Zaka Syed
23 July, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010 Aijaz Zaka Syed I sometimes wonder if Shakespeare had Indian and Pakistani leaders in mind when he wrote those immortal lines in As You Like It: “All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his [...]
New approach to the Indus Treaty by Ahmad Rafay Alam
23 July, 2010Urban/urbane Friday, July 23, 2010 Ahmad Rafay Alam Indo-Pakistani water relations are bound, limited and defined by the Indus Water Treaty of 1960. The treaty divides the resources of the Indus Basin, one of the largest and oldest basins on the planet, and states that India will have control over the waters of the three [...]
The day of degree-fakers by Iftekhar A Khan
23 July, 2010Friday, July 23, 2010 Iftekhar A Khan When a degree-faker passes Matric to MA in reverse order and leaves his peers way behind, it’s time to announce that the art of forgery has reached its summit. People have witnessed commotion inside and outside the houses of parliament against the public reps with faked degrees. Recently, [...]
The Afghan conundrum by Shafqat Mahmood
23 July, 2010Reality check Friday, July 23, 2010 Shafqat Mahmood They came to Kabul from seventy countries last week. Some of them are doing the fighting and the dying in the dusty valleys of Afghanistan. Others are playing their part by throwing money on the problem. And then there were those, like Pakistan, who cannot wish their [...]
One people by Harris Khalique
23 July, 2010Side-effect Friday, July 23, 2010 Harris Khalique Memon Goth was once a village on the outskirts of Karachi which has now become a semi-urban neighbourhood of sorts. Traditionally, it has been a PPP enclave and people I know from there have always boasted their pro-poor and secular credentials. Most residents belong to Sindhi- or Jadgali-speaking [...]
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