Archive for June, 2012

By Khalid Aziz - Media outlets have commented at length about the Afghan war and some have optimistically concluded that it might be drawing to a close. That is wishful thinking. On the contrary, there are reasons to fear that

By Rahimullah Yusufzai - As common Indians and Pakistanis increasingly show goodwill to each other and oppose yet another war between the two neighbouring countries, their governments continue to endlessly discuss old and new

By Amar Guriro - Elderly Asha Ram, from the sand dunes district of Umerkot in the Thar Desert might possibly have wished for several things when he was younger, but now he has only one yearning: to somehow arrange an Indian visa

By Rasul Bakhsh Rais - In mature democracies that have a well-developed political culture, most of the politics takes place in political institutions, deliberative forums, and think tanks, policy development centres and through civic action

By Dr Hassan Askari Rizvi - The diplomatic interaction between Pakistan and India in 2011-12 provides ample evidence of the desire of the two governments to expand bilateral trade. The prospects of achieving this goal are bright

By Sheikh Waqqas Akram - The last minute invitation for President Zardari, for participation in the Chicago Conference on Afghanistan, held on 20th, 21st of May, and the smug US State Department announcement that Pakistan had

By Syed Hussain Shaheed Soharwardi - US policy towards Pakistan twists and turns like a roller coaster, given the peculiar love-hate relationship it has with the country. The relations between the two were very cooperative for a while

By Kamran Rehmat - Four days before those attacks rocked Mumbai — the city that weaves dreams and whose magic makes its way across Pakistan like nobody’s business — President Asif Zardari delivered his impromptu best. “There’s a

Pique Report - Incest is such a taboo in Pakistan that victims of sexual abuse at the hands of family members find it much more difficult to reveal their ordeal due to social and religious constraints or lack of courage, thus, creating

By Harris Bin Munawar - The Dancing Girl of the Indus Valley Civilization was slender, subtle, sensual and naked. Lahore’s popular dancer Nargis is voluptuous, bold, crude, and dressed loud.