Shireen Mazari’s latest column, published in Express Tribune, reads like she’s not even trying anymore. A mix of unintended irony, conspiracy theories, and outdated ideology leftover from the Zia years, it is a perfect example of where we were in the past, and why it’s time to move on. Shireen starts off by pointing out [...]
The following is from an article by Pervez Hoodbhoy that was published in New Politics last summer. It is worth reading again during the present day. The Conspiracy Industry In a country that can boast of few achievements in improving the lot of its own people, legitimate criticisms tend to be conflated with illegitimate ones. [...]
As a boy I was naturally curious about everything around me. I was also fascinated with my parents who both read as if the words were their life’s blood. They seemed to know everything. Growing up in my house, I discovered a love of books at an early age. But I found that with the [...]
Increasing evidence points to spy-vs-spy games The latest conspiracy theory that has been spread thanks to a statement by a Lahore police official published in Express Tribune, is the wildest yet. According to the unnamed official, “The Lahore killings were a blessing in disguise for our security agencies who suspected that Davis was masterminding terrorist [...]
The following post by Feroz Khan was originally published at PakTeaHouse.net and provides an interesting perspective on the issue of diplomatic immunity and intelligence agents. Many people are saying that if Raymond Davis is not wearing a suit, or carries a gun, or has CIA ties then he cannot be a diplomat. But is this [...]
If the Raymond Davis case was not a full blown circus before, the confirmation of his involvement with the CIA has certainly unleashed the craziest conspiracy theories. What I find quite interesting however is the one element that all these conspiracy theories share. They all follow a particular line of assumptions beginning with the premise [...]
I’ve long believed that the jihadis and the anti-democratic right-wing were reading from the same script. They all use the same fear tactics to keep the people distracted and paralyzed. The Western right-wing uses Islam as a bogey just as our own right-wing uses America as a bogey. But they have been reading from the [...]
Shah Mehmood Qureshi is an accomplished, intelligent, respectable man from a respectable family. So why is he now prancing around the stage like an actor in a traveling show? Zafar Hilaly had the same reaction to SMQ’s traveling show. Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s performance at his press conference on February 16 deserved a curtain call. His [...]
Shireen Mazari has released another screeching tirade upon the masses, this time on the pages of The Express Tribune where she requests that we re-evaluate our ties with America. In the first paragraph, Shireen makes a curious comparison of the Raymond Davis case to the killing of Chinese nationals. If the whole ‘strategic’ edifice is [...]