Two states in a nation MEENA MENON As I was leaving Pakistan, my thoughts were on the warmth I had received, the many friendly people I had met but equally so on the intimidation I had faced from some quarters,… Continue Reading →
By Q. Isa Daudpota 25 May, 2013 Countercurrents.org Trickle-down economics invariably fails in poor countries. For long-lasting progress, development policies that are bottom-up, those that ‘put the last first’, often succeed. Ideas supportive of this… Continue Reading →
Reuters | May 11, 2013, A woman voter holds her ballot paper and stamp while moving to a polling booth inside a polling station in Karachi on May 11, 2013. ISLAMABAD: A string of militant attacks cast a long shadow over Pakistan‘s… Continue Reading →
PM Raja Pervez Ashraf is facing corruption allegations BBC Pakistan‘s PM has hailed as “a victory” for democracy the completion of a full term by an elected government for the first time in the country’s history. “No-one will be able… Continue Reading →
Thursday, 14 February 2013 22:15by Hashim bin Rashid, http://www.viewpointonline.net/ Hope for them lies in the constitutional change and culturally located critiques such as Bol. Only through these, and not US cultural imperialism, shall they be able to be reintegrated into a social… Continue Reading →
Press Trust of India | Updated: November 02, 2012 22:42 IST Islamabad: Unidentified gunmen today attacked prominent rights activist Marvi Sirmed in the Pakistani capital. She escaped unharmed. The gunmen, who were in a black car, fired at Sirmed’s vehicle at Murree… Continue Reading →
KARACHI: The Press Club, Mumbai and Karachi Press Club have welcomed the scheduled meeting between Indian External Affairs Minister, S M Krishna, and Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, to be held in Islamabadon September 7-9, 2012.In a joint statement… Continue Reading →
PTI | Sep 3, 2012, 06.18AM IST ISLAMABAD: An editor of one of Pakistan‘s leading English dailies was beaten up by four men outside his home in the port city of Karachi for watching TV and listening to music. Though the… Continue Reading →
Islamabad, Sep 2, 2012, (PTI) : In a new twist to the blasphemy case involving a minor Christian girl, an imam in the Pakistani capital was arrested and remanded to 14-day judicial custody today for allegedly planting pages of… Continue Reading →
Residents of a remote tribal village sentence two men, four women to death for allegedly violating segregation at wedding. By Nazar Ul Islam / AFP Four women and two men have been sentenced to death in northern Pakistan for allegedly… Continue Reading →
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