Countering insurgency by Arif Nizami
10 July, 2010Saturday, July 10, 2010 Arif Nizami The nation seems badly divided in the wake of the dastardly terrorist attack on one of the holiest and most revered shrine of the subcontinent, the shrine of Hazrat Ali Hajveri, popularly known as Data Ganj Bakhsh. Instead of their putting up a unified front, the Centre and Punjab [...]
India-Pakistan trade by Muhammad Yasir Khan
10 July, 2010Saturday, July 10, 2010 Muhammad Yasir Khan Dialogue has commenced once again between India and Pakistan, let us all hope and pray that these talks do not fall victim to any mischief. International trade is a crucial activity for both countries, which some people think can be a good starting point in bringing lasting peace [...]
The last frontier by Muzaffar Iqbal
9 July, 2010Quantum note Friday, July 09, 2010 Muzaffar Iqbal One cannot ignore Afghanistan. Not only because it is next to Pakistan, but also because it is the last frontier of resistance against a near-complete re-colonization of the Muslim world. Near complete, because, in the final analysis, it is Iran, which remains to be subdued and made [...]
Side-effect by Harris Khalique
9 July, 2010Rising hunger Friday, July 09, 2010 Harris Khalique “Promise, Policy, Performance – Two Years of People’s Government 2008-2010″ is a compendium spread over 333 pages delineating achievements of the incumbents in all possible areas of governance, economic and social development, and supporting the country’s institutions for nurturing and sustaining the fragile democracy. Undoubtedly, the 7th [...]
Thank you, Raisani
8 July, 2010Thursday, July 08, 2010 Adiah Afraz It happened one bright sunny morning in the Land of the Pure that one fine gentleman, Mr Raisani of Balochistan, announced to the whole world that cared enough to listen: a degree is a degree, genuine or fake, it doesn’t matter. Armed with this information, my gardener, who is [...]






