Part-3 4. Hard & Fast Examination of Marriage for Women: The relatives of groom’s family visit to examine the bride as if she is a commodity whose outward beauty and features have to be scrutinized. Besides there are many implied rules of examination towards women to be chosen for marriage in many societies. […]
The Real Impact Of Sanctions Against Iran Differs From The Political Impact
Talks between International Atomic Energy Agency officials and Iranian nuclear negotiators stretched out over several days this past week. At the same time, efforts among European countries and the US to devise their own or new sanctions against Iran also continued. The implications of the European initiative to devise its own sanctions against Iran are difficult to estimate […]
Musharraf still in the line of fire
Saeed Minhas Islamabad– As Red Mosque continues to haunt Musharraf on the floor of the House, claimants of his legacy continued to hatch another plan in the chambers of the prime minister to keep the President in the line of fire. Plans are afoot to ensure that President gets the nod required to keep him […]
Britain behind Gukurahundi massacres
A former Zimbabwean freedom fighter who, himself, was a victim of Gukurahundi says Britain and not South Africa was behind the 1980s massacres that left nearly 30 000 innocent civilians from Matabeleland and the Midlands dead. Douglas Moyo* says South Africa was just a front. Britain was the brains behind the massacres. All it […]
Peace remains elusive in Somalia
By Zachary Ochieng Despite the relocation of the embattled Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG)—formed in exile in Nairobi in December 2004— to the capital, Mogadishu, last month, peace still remains elusive. According to the United Nations, more than 50,000 people have fled Mogadishu in the past two weeks. A renewed fighting in the city has […]
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