Afghan’s President Ashraf Ghani address to his nation after he fled to United Arab Emirates: “Dear countrymen I am hopeful that the days of hopelessness will be faded away soon and Afghanistan will be on the path of freedom, development ...
Read More »Censorship footprints in Pakistan and ‘The Lives of Others’ movie
In today’s Pakistan, essential freedoms are being curbed, both openly and covertly on different pretexts. Media and internet censorship is gaining foothold in Pakistan. The current state of freedom of expression reminds us of the 2006 movie ‘The Lives of ...
Read More »‘Manzoor Pashteen is the voice of millions of Pashtuns’
Speech at UN Office in Geneva by Aurang Zeb Khan Zalmay: ”PTM, Pashtun Tahfuz Movement or Pashtun Protection Movement, I would like to attract the public opinion at large and specifically the Human Rights Commission, to whom I have ...
Read More »Afraid of Revolution?
Sometimes an incident can spur a revolution. If delve into the history, we can find ample examples in which an event has brought down cruel kings or the statuesque has been dashed into pieces at the very least. The aftermath ...
Read More »The birth of Pashtun Che
The birth of Pashtun Che Constitutional demands are not discussed in Jirga but sorted out in parliament or ...
Read More »Pashtun Tahafuz Movement and mainstream dogma
Two implications can be constructed from the military chief’s depiction of PTM in his speech. Firstly, mainstream media and the political leadership, who remained silent for days, were permitted to speak about PTM but in line with his portrayal. Secondly, ...
Read More »Transformation of social, political leadership in Pashtun society
The world has been changing fast, so does the Pashtun society. The transition from mundane orthodox tribal society to vibrant urbanised progressive one dismantling old tribal social norms and relationship has changed leadership role in Pashtun land. Young people are ...
Read More »Dead end of the Afghan policy
In recent times Pakistani political and military leadership has come around to the position where it is publicly accepting the fact that General Zia’s policy of supporting private Jihadist networks in 1980s was actually a fassad (turmoil) as according to ...
Read More »Naqeebullah Mehsud’s first victory
Dear Naqeeb your soul that whispered in my ears and asked will there be any justice? And I said I have no answer to your question because I had seen how Pashtuns were victimized, how a whole lot of an ...
Read More »For Ahamdi community in Pakistan, persecution never ends
How religious hatred against Ahmadis in Mardan spurred lynching of Mashaal Khan? MARDAN: On April 13, 2017, Mashaal Khan, a student of journalism department of Abdul Wali Khan University was murdered publicly by angry students allegedly for making blasphemous remarks ...
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