Lately, we have been too depressed to notice a piece of real good news. Our very own ISI has been ranked the world’s top intelligence agency. And just in case one had never heard of the “smashing lists website”, a look at it would be worth its while. The ratings are done professionally. That the ISI [continue....]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—There is a reason why our President Asif Ali Zardari is in England without an invitation from the British government and despite the insults. The latest one came just yesterday, when Mr. Cameron gave BBC another sugar-coated spin on Pakistan’s alleged double game, timed to preempt his informal dinner meeting with [continue....]
Something really sad happened last week: Akbar Ali poisoned himself, his wife and three of his six children because of poverty. The man and his daughters are dead, while the wife is still alive. Only God knows what he must be thinking before he decided to take the toxic pills and leave his younger children [continue....]
By PERVEZ MUSHARRAF My recent trip to the United States has been an enriching experience, during which I had a very healthy discourse with the American public and an opportunity to understand their concerns about the war in Afghanistan. One question I was asked almost everywhere I went was, “How can we stop losing?” The answer is a [continue....]
Dictators Are Bad By: Ammar Rashid General Musharraf’s announcement that he plans to return to Pakistan has prompted a spate of debate among the chattering classes about the comparative merits and demerits of dictatorship and democracy. Revelations of his efforts at forming his own party appear to have set off waves of nostalgia among the [continue....]
ISLAMABAD: Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, renowned nuclear scientist and national hero has said “damn on democracy” in a country where people are starving to death and democracy is being celebrated. Taking to a private TV channel he sarcastically enumerated that the people have become indifferent and dishonored, “lash them with shoes or snatch [continue....]
Freedom of Expression By: Khalid Baig With the latest in-your-face act of the Facebook, the issue is once again attracting headlines. Should Muslims react? How should they react? Where do they stand on the philosophical issue underlying all this? In the media the issue has been framed as a clash between two camps. One camp stands for freedom [continue....]
By: Nida Saeed The topic is an idea to be known even for a child. The grass roots are fully aware of the topic that it is the basis of our country establishment. A particular set of beliefs is termed as an ideology. With the modern trend of nation states that ideological states are there or [continue....]
Media of any country is reflection of that country. It shows that how person behave and live in their country. The way of expressing news, way of talking of politicians in political debates and discussion programs shows the behavior of people of that country. Although media’s responsibility is to spread true [continue....]
Pakistani people put their fate over various leaders in the past six decades but unfortunately none of them succeeded to overcome myriad problems of poor Pakistanis, notwithstanding of this they increase their problems and put them more on margins. Neighbors of Pakistan improved a lot although only one neighbor country is [continue....]
