Archive for April, 2012

By I. A. Rrhman - Every new day brings evidence that the members of the religious minorities are getting more and more desperate over their failure to get their grievances redressed. The reason is that, apart from their traditional

By Amar Guriro - In Pakistan, not only the people, but walls too do the talking, especially on stormy issues. We saw that while driving from the small town of Daharki in the northern Ghotki district of Pakistan’s Sindh province. The wall

By Humayun Akhtar Khan - With the present government’s last budget presentation approaching, the finance ministry finds itself in a difficult position having to justify downward revision of practically all important indicators. And even

By Dr Hassan Askari Rizvi - The Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline Project makes economic sense both for Iran and Pakistan. However, economic arrangements among the nations cannot be pursued without taking into account the

By Mahtab Bashir - Violence against women is a universal phenomenon and it needs to be condemned in the strongest possible terms particularly when the crime also tarnishes the sacred teacher-student relationship.

By Saleem Safi - A rustic simpleton came to town for the first time. Here, he saw that a group of youngsters was protesting by staging a sit-in. Nonplussed, he asked what the point of this was. He was told that this was being done to

By Kamran Rehmat - Agent Vinod, the recently released Bollywood flick, has shot itself somewhere in the nether regions before taking off for Pakistan. Predictably, its screening has been summarily banned. Most attempts to get the

By Karen David - Humans are infatuated. Let’s just say that because it sounds good. And then let’s talk for a moment about an infatuation with continuity, not only of the body, but also of items and objects that have historical,

By Irfan Bukhari - Ask Faryal Talpur about the most difficult phase of her life and she doesn’t come out with a reply. She’s never considered anything difficult, she says. Very few people have the ability to make a statement like that in a

By Sana Bucha - They have two tongues in one mouth, and two faces on one head, so that they can speak everybody’s language. They use everybody, deceive everybody.” These are the words of AbdulSalaam Zaeef, former Ambassador to