Archive for July, 2012

By Ramaswamy Mohan - There is no new narrative, no core principles or ideology to attend to but only a shambolic replay of naked politics over and over again, much like a stuck vinyl record or CD. This is the story of the new India, an

By Amar Guriro - The birth of a baby boy always brings happiness in Thatta, a traditional fishermen hamlet of Sindh province’s most backward and last district on River Indus. But when Salma gave birth to her first son, it was a

By Shahid Malik - The contrasting perceptions harboured by the U.S. and Pakistan governments over the arrest of Dr Shakeel Afridi has much to offer in making sense of the conflict of interests driving the pursuit of the war-on-terror by

By Baqir Sajjad - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s three-day visit to Pakistan in the midst of a brewing domestic political crisis over former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s eligibility to remain in office after his

By Zaair Hussain - A while back, an article entitled — entirely without irony — 10 Reasons Why Pakistan Should Apologize to U.S. (http://tinyurl.com/ceq4xh5) by Malik Siraj Akbar prompted a fair few Pakistanis to cry foul.

By Clarence Rufin - She reminds you of Raquel Welch as seen on the poster of the 1966 movie One Million Years BC in which she wore two pieces made from animal hide. To some extent, Veena has a Mexican feel in the league of the hot

By Anum Yousaf - I am a bit late to the party, I know it. It was nobody’s loss but mine. If there are any cricket lovers out there, who haven’t read this book, please rectify this mistake. If there are any South Asian lit-lovers who haven’t read

By Rasul Bakhsh Rais - The superior judiciary of the country disqualifying a prime minister who enjoys the confidence of the majority in the House is as depressing as it is unprecedented in parliamentary history.There is no shortage of

By Agha Akbar - Pakistan, like all other countries possesses challenges. It is also widely suggested (correctly) by many international judges that the Pakistani squad of players is very talented. My express focus is to have the team win

By Fahd Husain - With the election of a new prime minister, a grave political crisis may have been averted for the time being, but Pakistan’s woes are far from over. If anything, the worst may still lie in the weeks and months ahead.