Things added in September, 2009
September 28th by Rubina Saigol.
In a highly centralised and authoritarian state, the rights of the federating units tend to be undermined. The issue of provincial autonomy has acquired added urgency in the face of ...
September 28th by Talat Masood.
The country faces an extraordinary situation. No one trusts its top political leadership. The print and electronic media is in overdrive to give it a bad name and some commentators ...
September 26th by Irfan Husain.
Just when we thought the United States had moved into a post-racism phase with the election of Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter reminded us that this odious colour prejudice still lingers ...
September 26th by Babar Sattar.
Transparency International has issued its annual report listing Pakistan amongst the most corrupt nations in the world and has highlighted General Musharraf's National Reconciliation Ordinance as the point when we ...
September 26th by Tasneem Noorani.
Ever since one can remember, there was a comfortable master-servant relationship in the urban areas and a chaudhry-tenant relationship in the rural areaS. It was a relationship of give and ...
September 26th by Dr. Masooda Bano.
The death of twenty women in a stampede in Karachi last week when a trader started to distribute 10kg sacks of flour and other food items free of charge is ...
September 26th by Asif Ezdi.
As a presidential candidate, Obama publicly acknowledged the importance of resolving Kashmir. His interest of course was not in getting the Kashmiris their rights, but in winning Pakistan's full cooperation ...
September 25th by Shafqat Mahmood.
Is this another sign of our disarray that we cannot even celebrate one Eid throughout the country? Some would argue that this is not a new problem; that the NWFP ...
September 25th by Ahmad Rafay Alam.
Earlier this week, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened a one-day summit on climate change and invited nearly 100 world leaders to participate in the run-up to the anticipated new 'climate ...
September 25th by Ayaz Amir.
All the great Muslim rulers of our past whom we look upon as our heroes were either Turks or Afghans, from Mahmud Ghaznavi to the last of the Mughals -- ...
September 18th by Ahmad Rafay Alam.
A jurisdiction war is playing out in the unlikeliest of places. It's been reported that the governor of State Bank of Pakistan has written to the planning commission, "raising objections" ...
September 18th by Shafqat Mahmood.
Some myths are necessary to build confidence. Prize fighters do it all the time. Remember Mohammad Ali claiming to be the greatest? He may well have been the best but ...
September 18th by Dr. Masooda Bano.
Now that the government has had some success in capturing alive some senior leaders of the Taliban resistance in Swat, the question is, what will the government do with them? ...
September 18th by Ayaz Amir.
How many doom-and-gloom stories can any reasonable person endure? More than a nation at war we are a nation in perpetual crisis, vaguely discontented if there is no real crisis ...
September 18th by Hassan Nisaar.
Please read today's Column of Hassan Nisaar.
September 18th by Nazir Naji.
Please read today's Column of Nazir Naji.
September 18th by Kishwar Naheed.
Please read today's Column of Kishwar Naheed.
September 18th by Hamid Mir.
Please read today's Column of Hamid Mir.
September 18th by Munu Bahi.
Please read today's Column of Munu Bahi.
September 18th by Haroon ur Rashed.
Please read today's Column Haroon ur Rashed.
September 17th by Kamila Hyat.
So far in 2009, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, 50 million acres of farmland has been sold or negotiated for sale or lease. More deals are due ...
September 17th by Ikram Sehgal.
There is nothing complicated about being a soldier. You serve your country with a simple-minded purpose, to die for your country if so required. No other profession in the world ...
September 17th by Nasim Zehra.
There are revelations galore, mainly by former spooks and former army chiefs, which may have generated grist for the propaganda mill and produced endless media stories and programmes. Yet, beyond ...
September 17th by Kamila Hyat.
So far in 2009, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, 50 million acres of farmland has been sold or negotiated for sale or lease. More deals are due ...
September 17th by Nasim Zehra.
There are revelations galore, mainly by former spooks and former army chiefs, which may have generated grist for the propaganda mill and produced endless media stories and programmes. Yet, beyond ...
