Archive for May, 2013

Rahimullah Yusufzai :  Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have seen more than a few ups and downs. No-one seems to have a clue how long this will continue When a military delegation from Afghanistan flew to Islamabad on a two-day visit on April 15, it was an indication that the strained ties between the two […]

Shahid Malik :  The U.S. feels it is time to hand over security to the ANF, declare victory and go home, completely ignoring the multitude of problems it would leave the country mired in The clock appears to be ticking faster for the U.S. armed forces’ and other troops’ scheduled withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. […]

By Amar Guriro –  When minorities are not allowed to elect their own representatives, who are their leaders in the assemblies representing? The coming general elections are going to be another instance in which the Muslim majority leadership of the mainstream political parties will decide the fate of non-Muslim minority, instead of the 2.78 million […]

By Aamir Saeed –  Persons with disability lament the disregard political parties have for their like — against rights accorded elsewhere on the globe There is no dearth of profiles in courage when it comes to the physically challenged. But if they lack one thing it’s political representation in the parliament. Next week’s general elections […]

By Lt.-Gen (R) Talat Masood – The argument that Musharraf’s prosecution would destabilize our fragile democracy and the state is both flawed and untenable It was a sad spectacle to watch the former army chief, who was virtually all-powerful for over eight years, to have fallen in disgrace and dragged in courts and confined to […]

By Shahzada Irfan Ahmed – Unease about the scrutiny process is not without justification Who else former interior minister Rehman Malik is indebted to than the Returning Officers (ROs) who interviewed aspiring candidates for the upcoming elections? As part of the scrutiny required to approve their nomination papers, they asked questions which the candidates would have least […]

By Moeed Pirzada – Investigate a bit and there’s a strong sense that some forces just did not want the overseas Pakistanis to vote Though the honourable Supreme Court, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), NADRA and Attorney General of Pakistan are still battling at the tail end of a debate about the right of overseas […]

By Noorilhuda – Sustaining a monthly or weekly in the mad, mad world of 24-hour television, newspapers and online media is not for the faint hearted The world’s first magazine originated in early eighteenth century in England with the title The Gentleman’s Magazine: Or, Monthly Intelligencer. This was the first time that the Arabic word machsan (meaning ‘storehouse […]

By Adnan Rehmat –  While all eyes are focused on the PM’s office, equally interesting it is to figure out who could fill the top diplomat’s slot Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Has the ring of déjà vu about it. If the PML-N wins enough seats to work out a coalition to rule Pakistan effective May 2013, then […]