by Nadeem Paracha Recently the monthly Herald published the results of an elaborate survey that it undertook to determine the extent of anti-Americanism in Pakistan. The findings suggest nothing that we do not already know. The percentages in this case hold only an academic interest. Though anti-Americanism during the Cold War (1949-89) was mostly the ideological [...]
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Archive for October 2009
Oct 30, 2009
Myth-busters in the Media
Pakistani media is seeing a wave of muckrakers. These are journalists who go beyond baseless paranoia and finger-wagging to the hard truth. It is an exceptionally welcome change for the many who are sick of rumor-based, spiteful writings characterized as “journalism.” Need proof? Recently a veteran journalist. Agha Murtaza Poya, said America, India, and of [...]
Oct 29, 2009
Secretary Clinton meets with Pakistani Students
The US’s shift in its relationship with Pakistan could not have been more evident: Secretary Clinton reached out to students at Government College in Lahore in an hour-long townhall. It demonstrated American commitment to a long-term, mutually respectful partnership. “I am well aware that there is a trust deficit,” Clinton told the students. “My message [...]
Oct 28, 2009
Bringing extremists to the table
Can we bring extremists to a point of public debate and discussion? Believe it or not, we can. A recent study by Ohio State University emphasizes a critical requirement for bringing people with radical leanings to the table: have them believe more people sympathize with their views than is actually true. “When people with extreme [...]
Oct 27, 2009
Pakistan’s Founder and the Ideology of Pakistan
Bakhshish Yousaf Chaudhry authored this article for Dawn, Pakistan’s Founder and the Ideology of Pakistan: IN 1940 came the Muslim League’s Lahore Resolution with all its ambiguities and contradictions demanding that the geographically contiguous areas in which the Muslims were in majority (the northwest and the east) should be grouped together to constitute independent [...]
Oct 26, 2009
Zain Hussain Qureshi: Drowning in the sea of pointless pointlessness pointlessly!
By Saleha Javaid There was a time when I used to shy away from discussing individuals as opposed to events. Only recently I have broken my rules and feel compelled to say things publicly, stamping out gossip when it sparks up, believing it is imperative to dispel baseless allegations, while augmenting the demand for facts. [...]
Oct 26, 2009
Kerry Lugar Bill and Pakistan’s internal power game
Ali Malik blogs over at DemoPak, but has an article up on Ease News about the internal political power-game over KLB: The cat is out of the bag. Pakistan is heading for the most decisive moment of its political history. The issue at stake is not merely the survival of PPP government but also of [...]
Oct 26, 2009
October 26, 2009
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Oct 26, 2009
Toward what aim?
Now that the orchestrated furore over the KLB aid package for Pakistan is diminishing, it is important to analyze how the country was driven into a frenzy and US-Pakistan relations put at risk by Pakistan’s “Ghairat lobby” and those whose hatred for President Zardari and the current government exceeds their love for Pakistan. The [...]