Retired Israeli official Avner Cohen told the Wall Street Journal, “Hamas, to my great regret, is Israel’s creation.”
In an amazing story, the Wall Street Journal draws a direct line between Hamas and the State of Israel with complete his…
The Saudi-isation of Pakistan
A stern, unyielding version of Islam is replacing the kinder, gentler Islam of the Sufis in Pakistan.
By Pervez Hoodbhoy
The common belief in Pakistan is that Islamic radicalism is a problem only in FATA, and that mad…
Pak Taliban commander summons dignitaries in its ‘court’
25 Jan 2009, PTI
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Taliban commander Maulana Fazullah has directed over 50 dignitaries, including provincial and federal lawmakers,(most of them belonging to PPP, PPP-She…
What’s the endgame to confrontation?
President Asif Ali Zardari and Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif met in Islamabad on Friday but could not reach any agreement to end the growing confrontation between the PMLN and the PPP. This was on the car…
Curbs on women in militancy (or Talibani Shariat) hit areas spreading to Quetta
By Malik Siraj Akbar
QUETTA: An increasing number of restaurants in Quetta have stopped serving women apparently after being pressured by religious elements, and the p…
I have yet to read a statement by Qazi Hussain Ahmed and Imran Khan on the following news item/editorial:
Acts of anarchy
Sunday, January 25, 2009
A student, linked to the Islami Jamiat-e-Tulaba (IJT), who had been expelled from the Punjab University…
Just as was expected, and just like former President of the USA Bill Clinton did with Iraq, Barrack Hussain Obama has endorsed deadly drone attacks inside Pakistani territory. This follows the killing of 22 people in a drone attack yesterday on which …
Watching this video of the launch of the first Macintosh certainly brought back some amazing memories and a warm affectionate smile to my lips. On January 24, 1984 the world changed for many of us. It is no doubt difficult for some of you to understan…
Adil Najam
Yesterday, the headlines screamed of yet more US drone attacks within Pakistan leaving 18 dead. Today, they bemoan 11 killed in Swat in contining fighting between military and militants. Meanwhile, following on earlier reports o…
I have been reading this masterpiece, and so I thought I would share it with you guys in a review. The 7 of you that read my blog anyway. Its a book by Gregory David Roberts and its called “Shantaram”. Its not one of those itty bitty thin novelett…
Winner of four golden globes, based in the sub continent, music by A.R Rehman, acting by Irfan Khan. Just one of the above four should be reason enough to watch this flick and so I did. The direction, production and music were great, the story? not so…
Heartwarming couple of paragraphs from the NYT’s piece on Swat today:
Few officials would dispute that one of the Pakistani military’s biggest mistakes in Swat was its failure to protect Pir Samiullah, a local leader whose 500 followers foug…
Chief Minister Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif has met with President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday at Aiwan-e-Sadr. Although the spokesmen of both the parties have denied any political agenda for the meeting, sources within the parties say that Shahbaz Sharif ur…
Two US drone strikes killed at least 20 people in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday. The first air strikes under the new Obama administration, it seem obvious that despite protests from Pakistan and despite the US assurances that no further attacks wi…
A team of 22 archaeologists has discovered an Ancient archaeological site in Lakhian Jo Daro near Goth Nihal Khoso in the district of Sukkur which might be older even than Moenjodaro. The team working under the supervision of the chairman of Shah Abdu…
