By Zara Shahab,on May 17th,2013 Altaf Hussein remains the most controversial figure in the Pakistani political saga. Recent events have re-enforced the absurdity with which Altaf Bhai orchestrates Karachi’s realpolitik. Hussein is convicted for numerous murder extortions,organized crime and terrorist offences. He is also the key suspect in over a hundred murder cases including one of his own comrades . . . →Read More:Spearhead Analysis –MQM:Between perils and promises By Omar Farooque,on January 21st,2013 Tahirul Qadri’s Long March has ended and it is not immediately clear whether it was with a fizzle or a bang. Last week saw days of high drama as Qadri and his supporters camped outside parliament and the Supreme Court ordered the prime minister’s arrest. . . . →Read More:Waiting to be rescued? By Inaam.Chandio,on October 24th,2012 KARACHI: Target killing and enmity claimed four lives in Karachi on Wednesday,Express News reported. Unknown men opened fire in Machar Colony and killed 17-year-old Yousuf,while a body,bearing torture marks,was recovered from Lea Market area. The body has not been identified yet,but the deceased is said to have been abducted before he was murdered. . . . →Read More:Target killings and murders must be differentiated By Amelie Durand,on October 4th,2012 By Jamaluddin JK Rowling has done it again. Her new novel The Casual Vacancy is a magnificently written piece of literature and one,which will be hotly debated in the coming months. Its language is salacious,its prose is incisive and its delivery is forceful. By writing The Casual Vacancy,JK Rowling has made it clear that her range is . . . →Read More:Rowling proves her talent with the Casual Vacancy By Maryam Rahman,on September 7th,2012 For the same crime – that of causing a loss of Rs1.84 billion to the exchequer – two different laws will be applied to the accused,depending on whether they are civilians or retired military personnel. . . . →Read More:Different laws applied to civilians,ex-military personnel in NLC scam By Inaam.Chandio,on August 27th,2012 Pakistani police blocked a bail request for the minor who reportedly suffers from Down’s syndrome,claiming her release would endanger her life and that of her family. The girl is accused of blasphemy for allegedly burning a Koran. . . . →Read More:Rimsha Masih in prison for her own safety By admin,on June 4th,2012 Four women of the Azad Khel tribe allegedly paid the ultimate price after being ‘condemned’ to death by a jirga for defying strict tribal customs. Their crime:singing and dancing with men at a wedding ceremony. . . . →Read More:4 women killed in Kohistan for violating tribal customs By Nathoo Ram,on May 9th,2012 ISLAMABAD - In a separate note with the detailed judgment on the contempt of court case against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani,Justice Asif Seed Khan Khosa wrote that the respondent’s (PM) conduct in the contempt case regrettably appears to be symptomatic of a bigger malady which,if allowed to remain unchecked or uncured,may overwhelm or . . . →Read More:You cannot separate the just from the unjust By Deepika Jaitley,on April 23rd,2012 Contrary to false news reports about a “rising India”,its “booming economy”and it being among the “next engines of economic growth”,India is going nowhere. It’s a Third World festering pustule,bursting at the seams with 1.2 billion uncultured barbarians,ruled by an “elite”bunch of savages that is perhaps the world’s most corrupt, . . . →Read More:The Reality of india By Mir Jamshed Baloch,on March 6th,2012 It has been a year since Shahbaz Bhatti passed away. No,strike that,he did not pass away;his life was brutally cut short when he was murdered. Everyone from Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan to Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan has been suspected with his murder either by the police officials or by home ministry yet no decent progress has . . . →Read More:Against the Minorities | |
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