By Shaheen Buneri PESHAWAR: In wake of the MMA government’s ban on music in public places, most of the Pakhto folk singers have decided to migrate to the capitals of the Punjab and Sindh provinces. "We are the representatives of the rich and glorious cultural history of the Pakhtuns. There is no vulgarity and obscenity […]
Agriculture, food security and poverty alleviation
Agriculture, food security and poverty alleviation By Yuba Nath Lamsal The global food production is sufficient to feed the world population. But hunger exists and tens of thousands of people die of hunger and malnutrition annually in the world. A part of the world dumps the surplus food into the ocean while other parts […]
Bhutan’s Refugee mess in changed context
For the last sixteen years of horrific lives in Bhutanese refugee camps, several attempts to draw the attention at regional, national and international level were made one after the other but to no avail. As a result, now the Bhutanese refugee problem is gradually getting complicated. With the long term stay inside the unimproved plastic […]
Indian Supreme Court Stays Reservations, Killing Millions of Hopes
The Indian Supreme Court has put on hold reservations which were proposed in unison by the Indian parliament, thus challenging the writ of the government once again in the country. The Reservations were meant to provide 27 percent to students from socially and educationally backward classes in all centraly funded institutions in the country. However, […]
General Parvez Musharaf is more effective in his uniform
President General Parvez Musharaf without uniform will become an easy pray to the forces of extremism and ignorance currently struggling to gain power through bullet, ballot and Islam, in Pakistan. General Parvez Musharaf as chief of Pakistan armed forces and as President of Pakistan is an effective weapon against forces of extremism and ignorance, the […]
2007 Oscars Fever Fades, Normal Life Resumes
Did anybody watch the awards this year? I didn’t. I had Oscar fever so bad that it sent me to bed and I passed out before Ellen hit the stage. I thought I might have something to say about the awards show this year, but I wasn’t really looking forward to watching them. I didn’t […]