Bhaia! Sahnoon kulla chhad day – Khalid Ahmed

Somalia ki barbadi mein NGOs ka kirdaar – Part 1 – Rafiq Dogar

Side-effect – Harris Khalique

Side-effect – Harris Khalique
Food was awesome. The aircraft was clean and well-kept with a comfortable interior. Flight attendants were courteous and efficient. We were travelling from Rawalpindi to Karachi. I was nine. My younger brother sat with my mother and I got a seat separately across the gangway. Sensing that I was nervous, an airhostess [...]

Monitoring prices through force – Shafqat Mahmood

Monitoring prices through force – Shafqat Mahmood
Let us repeat an elementary economics lesson. In a market, the price is determined by variations of supply and demand. If the supply of a particular item goes up and the demand remains constant, the price will come down. If the demand increases relative to supply, the price will [...]

Murder most foul – Dr Muzaffar Iqbal

Murder most foul – Dr Muzaffar Iqbal
Eight years, millions of dollars and two brutal invasions later, 9/11 has not become a footnote in world history — not yet anyway — but it is rushing toward its final resting place as such. The fire is almost out as New York attempts to put on this year’s [...]

Nawaz Sharif ko kya kerna chahyey? – Irshad Mehmood

Jashn kaysa – Asif Mehmood

Zamini haqaiq aur chand – Masoodullah Khan

Pakistan mein Insani tarakki ka bohran – 1 – Wajahat Masood

Learning from eight anniversaries – Mosharraf Zaidi

Learning from eight anniversaries – Mosharraf Zaidi
Today marks the eighth anniversary of the atrocities of Sept 11, 2001. The United States and its allies may have launched a poorly planned war in Afghanistan, and a poorly motivated one in Iraq. However, eight years since almost 3,000 innocent people from 90 different countries were killed in [...]

Making education a priority – Dr Masooda Bano

Making education a priority – Dr Masooda Bano
On International Literacy Day, Prime Minister Gilani made some verbal commitments to ensuring education for all; President Zardari also emphasised the importance of education. There was nothing unusual about such pledges and commitments being made by the Pakistani leadership on such events. However, what is interesting to note [...]

Who’s more powerful, Taliban or the sugar barons? – Ayaz Amir

Who’s more powerful, Taliban or the sugar barons? – Ayaz Amir
The army and air force have taken on the Taliban and loosened the grip of the Taliban on our collective psyche. The threat of terrorism may not have vanished but it has definitely receded. But who will take on the great baronies of industry, commerce [...]

Jinnah not governed by Hindu law —Liaquat Merchant

Jinnah not governed by Hindu law —Liaquat Merchant
The proposition that Jinnah was government by Shia law because he was born a Khoja, who were governed by Shia law in India, or that his property is governed under Hindu law is a fallacy; and there is an abundance of documents and record which establishes otherwise
A news [...]

Re-injecting reason —Farish A Noor

Re-injecting reason —Farish A Noor
Reason and rational debate only work in softer climes where the voices of reason can be heard. Thus far, neither the Malaysian nor Indonesian governments have done anything effective to restore some degree of sanity to the debate
It would appear as if reason and rationality have gone on holiday in [...]

Second-strike challenges —Ahmed Ali Shah

Second-strike challenges —Ahmed Ali Shah
Pakistan needs to acquire a matching capability, not only to restore balance in the region but also to assure second-strike capability. There are several options available to Pakistan, though each presents its own unique challenges
On July 26, 2009, India launched its first nuclear submarine, capable of launching nuclear ballistic missiles. [...]