Things added in March, 2009
March 29th by Javed Chaudhry.
In today's column, Javed Ch is writing about Aadtain of poor and rich people and their analysis which lead to thought provoking results.
March 29th by Dr. Hasan Askari.
Political leaders need to recognise that their primacy in the political domain depends on their ability to deal with their differences in the democratic framework of dialogue and accommodation. If ...
March 29th by Ghazi Salahuddin.
Unlikely though it may seem, an American president has sought to weave the interests and aspirations of Pakistan's people into his country's grim encounter with the terrorist elements that operate ...
March 29th by Dr Farrukh Saleem.
Bush's 'war on terror' is now Obama's 'overseas contingency operation', or OCO. Bush's 'war on terror' wasn't going well neither is Obama's OCO. Bush had asked Lieutenant-General Douglas Lute, his ...
March 29th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
Two years ago Pakistan threw up a unique movement, it was liberal, secular, democratic and plural, it engaged the nation and unlike other battles being fought in Pakistan this one's ...
March 28th by Nazir Naji.
This is a second part of Nazir Naji's Column, Hadaf kia hain.
March 28th by Talat Hussain.
Talat Hussain in his today's column writing about expectations from President Zardari's address in a Joint Session. A very good column.
March 28th by Rahimullah Yusufzai.
Baitullah Mehsud, a larger-than-life figure from the tribal region of South Waziristan, continues to draw attention on the world stage. Recently, Time magazine named him in its annual list of ...
March 28th by Javed Chaudhry.
Javed Ch. in today's column talking about Pakistani Politics and possible intereference from our friends and he is using word "tunnel" for those friends. If we had'nt this tunnel, we ...
March 27th by Najam Sethi.
Najam Sethi in his today's column sharing his political views regarding Gillani's meeting in Raiwind with Sharif with his son only. A very good column in deed.
March 27th by Kishwar Naheed.
Kishwar Naheed in her today's column talking about the fate of Balochistan Province. She all the way coming from the history of 1970s and then begging for better Balochistan in ...
March 27th by Zaheerul Hassan.
Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan just 100 kms from the Afghan frontier, has been a magnet for the Afghans fleeing fighting and drought for over two decades. After 9/11, ...
March 27th by Ayesha Siddiqa.
Why couldn’t we see our president, like Nicolas Sarkozy, as someone who was well-meaning, despite his scandalous behaviour, he asked. More recently, a Russian friend asked me why Mr Zardari ...
March 27th by Shafqat Mahmood.
Nawaz Sharif has traversed a long journey in Pakistani politics. His beginnings are well known. Nurtured and promoted by Ziaul haq, he was a favourite child of the then establishment. ...
March 27th by Ayaz Amir.
This battle -- now a simmering war of attrition -- has been on for some time and we are losing it. The Pakistan army was always meant for wars against ...
March 23rd by Ardeshir Cowasjee.
WERE the celebrations premature? We will soon know. Celebrations on the ‘restoration’ were valid enough, but in view of the varied situations that otherwise prevail it could be said that ...
March 23rd by Talat Masood.
The Swat peace agreement, signed between the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM) and the ANP-led government of the NWFP, seems to be running in serious difficulties. Broadly, the agreement aims at imposing ...
March 23rd by Roedad Khan.
Here in Islamabad, we all tend to be afflicted by a low-grade dysphoria, a sort of constant melancholy that causes feelings of unease, isolation and dissatisfaction with life Ð an ...
March 23rd by Hamid Mir.
March 23 is just a public holiday for most of the Pakistanis. Their knowledge about the genesis and significance of this day is very limited. They simply think that March ...
March 23rd by Kamal Siddiqi.
It is more than three weeks since the dastardly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, but we are no closer to discovering who the assailants were and ...
March 23rd by I A Rehman.
The media, specially its electronic component, has received enthusiastic applause for its contribution to the success of the campaign for the restoration of judges. In particular, the media coverage of ...
March 23rd by Adnan Rehmat.
The Pakistan People's Party has many strengths: it is a survivor having surmounted some vicious witch-hunts by brutish dictators as well as machinations of more publicly acceptable meanies; it has ...
March 23rd by Irfan Siddiqui.
Irfan Siddiqui in today's column suggesting Ch. Shujaat to show some Political maturity and forget bitter past with Nawaz Sharif . A very good column.
March 22nd by Haroon ur Rashed.
Haroon Rasheed in his today's column is writing about politics of PML Q and PPP and he is further forseeing political stability if all parties including PML Q shows some ...
March 22nd by Dr Farrukh Saleem.
Dateline: Karbala, Muharram 10, 61 AH -- Hussain ibne Ali ibne Abi Talib (RA) refused to pledge allegiance to Dictator Yazid ibne Mu'awiyah ibne Abi Sufyan. Sayyid al-Shuhada (RA) "gave ...
