A statement of Mehmood Khan Achakzai has tremored both Pakistani social and electronic media and the aftershocks of this statement continue and will remain for sometime in media. Mehmood Khan, a veteran Pashtun nationalist politician, cited Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a ...
Read More »My Experiment with Communists and Islamists
“In the context of Pakistan; socialists were offering me that Lahore will be Moscow, Islamabad will be Leningrad and I have to live in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The Muslim brothers were offering me to accept Lahore as Makka, Islamabad as Madina and I should accept ...
Read More »The question of Afghan refugees
What options does Pakistan have in dealing with Afghan refugees after the Torkham clash? The government of Pakistan has extended the stay of Afghan refugees by another six months. There are criticisms of the decision from two opposite sides. One ...
Read More »Misinformation and Segregation of the Sexes Leads to Frustration
If there’s one thing well known (even if it’s not mentioned) about young men, it’s that their libidos run riot most of the time. Biologically, their ‘sex drive’ peaks around 18 to 22 years of age – http://www.menshealth.com/events-and-promotions/sex-myths. This relates ...
Read More »Isolation and isolationism
There is no denying the fact that international isolation of Pakistan has significantly intensified in the last year and a half. The falling apart of the previous deal on the purchase of F-16s with US, the political and military setback ...
Read More »Duality and Deceit
No tragedy happens as such; it is always preceded by events, if ignored, tragedy bound to happen. Pakistan international isolation has deep roots; the present military dominant civil set up, accelerated the process. Country is internally fragmented and externally stands ...
Read More »Eye of the storm
Chitral might be the next front for sectarianism The scenic valleys of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s northern district of Chitral have been in the news for some time now — for the wrong reasons. Recently, there was news of a controversy surrounding ...
Read More »The Shame of Media Scandalmongers in the Aftermath of British-EU Referendum
Far-right protesters rally in the town of Dover in southeast England on May 28. (Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images), THE WASHINGTON POST A massive division in the British people has been aired in public view this past week. A split ...
Read More »Mind the Gap: Why Right-Wing Populism is a Threat to Europe
Hate-speech and war-mongering are instruments of the populists, they are fiercely anti-European and therefore it is time to stop their ascent. Right wing demonstrators protest in Brussels. Credit: Reuters A new spectre is haunting Europe – that of right-wing populism. ...
Read More »Haqqania Budget: An investment in rupees, profit in dollars
A lot of sane minds are furious and raising questions over the Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa government’s decision of allocating Rs. 300 million in their annual budget, for a notorious religious Madrassa, Darululoom Haqqaania, located in the Nowshehra district of Pukhtoonkhwa. Haqqania ...
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