A few months ago I had written an article in Pashto about media progress in Afghanistan. A survey report of Reporters Without Borders was quoted in the article but unfortunately the name of the organisation was misprinted when the article published in a local newspaper. In Pashto the organisation is called ‘Da Besarhada Zhornalistano Tolana.’ […]
Tap dancing and Pakistani politics
Saeed Minhas Islamabad– The magnanimity of thought and action expressed by the acting president of Nawaz League, Makhdoom Javed Hashmi in the National Assembly was something which President Gen. Musharraf, Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif and other political leaders might need to take this country out of present political, social and constitutional quagmire. But as Jim […]
Musharraf to doff uniform for re-election
Saeed Minhas writes from Islamabad: President Gen. Pervaiz Musharraf is heading for his home town Karachi to informally launch his formal re-election campaign in the coming week, learned The Frontier Post on good authority. Following a hectic schedule of meetings with the political and top commanders of the country in the capital, President Gen. […]
Resignations
<p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">“In Bannu district of NWFP Pakistan Taliban extremists have circulated a pamphlet in which all government servants are directed to resign from their services immediately, many of them have resigned due to fear of persecution from Taliban extremists,” Kamal Khatak has said.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">He has further added that in Dara Adam Khel tribal […]
Pakistani youths embrace secular lifestyle
Abhishek Behl, www.merinews.com What happened at Lal Masjid in Pakistan haunts the world, but all Pakistani youngsters do not subscribe to this fundamentalist approach. They love to live life kingsize – movies, songs and cricket gives them a high. THE YOUTH in Pakistan is much like that of India; they work hard and party […]
Roots of Lal mosque confrontation
Pakistan’s leadership during 1980’s were convinced that Islamization means imposition of harsh punishments, welfare aspect of Islam was ignored, though system of Zakat was introduced to help needy and the poor section of society, but due to moral degradation of society in general and ruling elite of that time in particular was resulted in […]