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Orangi versus Dharavi – Farzana Versey
He parted the dull grey curtain with a flowery print. Inside, a group of men of all shapes, sizes and ages, shuffled as images of entwined couples moaning flickered on a bulbous old TV screen. The moment some light slithered into the room, it was startled eyes and hands akimbo, [...]
The trumpet summons us again – Roedad Khan
“Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Frederick Von Gentz, Metternich’s adviser, once described the position of the Tsar as follows: “None of the obstacles that restrain and thwart the other sovereigns – divided authority, constitutional forms, public opinion, etc – exists for the Emperor of Russia. What he [...]
Obama’s Israel policy – Tayyab Siddiqui
Outlining his foreign policy agenda, President Obama in his inaugural address promised ‘a new era of American leadership’, and inter alia, pledged to ’seek a lasting peace in the Israeli -Palestinian conflict’ by achieving ‘the goal of two states, a Jewish state in Israel and a Palestinian state living side [...]
A case of suicide – Kamila Hyat
he writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editor
According to news accounts scores of young men and boys – some no older than seven or eight years old – have been taken into custody in Swat from militant training centres. It is understood these children were being trained [...]
What they forgot – Fasi Zaka
Terry O’Reilly’s CBC radio programme ‘The age of persuasion’ is about the effect of advertising on our lives. One nugget from it, which has subsequently become one of my favourite jokes, goes something like this: “A man walks into a small town bar. It is tightly packed and he suddenly [...]