Pakistan’s industry of denial

By Farah Stockman For Pakistanis living on the front lines, there is no denying the horror that extremists create. Last year, I toured the Swat Valley with a barrel-chested police chief  who recounted all the cops he lost when the Taliban overran his city.  Militants bombed his police barracks and beheaded one of his beloved  officers on film. I’ll never forget the stony look on his face as he  described ho ...

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Dicing With Its Own Future Pakistan 2012:

 By Sajjad Ashraf         Synopsis Pakistan is rent by regional resentment, ethnic-linguistic divisions and provincial enmities, while stuck in a quagmire of criminality and terrorism. It faces the prospect of another redrawing of its boundaries unless it can resolve the internal conflicts and restore credible and honest leadership. Commentary MORE THAN 30 years after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Pak ...

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Sikh “Genocide” Petition To Be Presented In Australian Parliament

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_3433" align="alignright" width="355"] Golden Temple[/caption] 28 Years after the organized and systematic killing of Sikhs in India, Honorable Warren Entsch, an Australian Federal Member of Parliament will present a "Genocide Petition" before Australian Parliament. The "Genocide" petition will be tabled before the "House of Representatives" during Adjournmen ...

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“Think-a-little

[caption id="attachment_3400" align="alignright" width="255"] Foriegn Troops in Afghanistan[/caption] A My Fellow Muslims, As-Salaam Alay-Kum First of all, I, Mohammed Rafiq Lodhia and the entire “Lodhia Family” wish you and your beloved family a very happy Eid-ul-Adha. Pardon me for not being able to set aside time to post my traditional Eid greetings with a humane appeal on “MyFellowMuslims.org” blog. The ...

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PTI Chief Imran Khan stopped at Toronto

[caption id="attachment_3395" align="alignright" width="281"] PTI Chief & former Captian of Pak Cricket Team Imran Khan[/caption]  Posted by Zaheerul Hassan Imran Khan, the one-time Pakistani cricket super-star and now politician, ducked each attempt by the reporters who pressed him on controversial comments he made about the Taliban during a visit to Brampton Thursday night. Khan has come under fire fo ...

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Issues of missing persons and death squads in Balochistan

Asif Haroon Raja [caption id="attachment_3363" align="alignright" width="313"] Chief Justice of Pakistan hearing the Case of Missing Persons of Balochistan[/caption] Amidst the murky environment in strife-torn Baluchistan, sudden appearance of Balochistan National Party (BNP) leader Akhtar Mengal from his self-imposed exile since 2009 was a surprise for many. He is relatively moderate and wants to settle gr ...

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Fazlullah group behind attack on Malala

  [caption id="attachment_3360" align="alignright" width="253"] Malala being transfered to UK[/caption] Asif Haroon RajaAttack on 14 years old Malala Yousafzai in Swat was a hideous act which has rightly been condemned by great majority. It generated an extraordinary sympathy blitz both in Pakistan and rest of the world and also evoked vociferous denunciation against the perpetrators. She captured atte ...

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Balochistan’s Dilemma

PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER [caption id="attachment_3344" align="alignright" width="245"] Ziarat - Balochistan[/caption] A sense of insecurity, a feeling of deprivation and a scenario coloured with dejection; what else the people of Balochistan have in their life. Countless targeted killings mingled with a continuous series of missing persons have added more miseries to the lives of the Baloch people. The situa ...

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