With the current debates about democracy, religion and politics happening all over Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets, I couldn’t help but think about the amalgamation of these factors that has lead to the current status of Pakistan. I’ll start from the regular demonizing of democracy that has become a norm by the right [...]
The incident at Salala in which NATO forces killed 24 Pakistani soldiers was termed as proof of American deviousness and a turning point in relations with the difficult ally. Whether the attack was deliberate, accidental, or the result of a plan by militants to draw American fire on the base as a means to ‘divide [...]
Before I saw the headlines, someone had emailed me the poster. I wish I could honestly say that I was shocked, but it’s hard to shock me these days. Certainly ‘Shariah4Pakistan’ is not a shocking conference name. We hear this regularly implied if not expressed openly on talk shows. Terming Qaid-e-Azam as a ‘Traitor of [...]
The American elections having successfully concluded with the re-election of President Obama to a second term in office, discussion will soon return to our own looming elections and what is at stake. As we prepare to immerse ourselves in the full depths of political rallies and electioneering, we should take a moment to reflect on [...]
I love the music of Junoon, but Salman Ahmad’s politics are completely baffling to me. He’s a creation of Zia ul Haq. @cofficket_2012 y r u against NS?generally asking — salman ahmad (@sufisal) November 2, 2012 Here’s what makes absolutely no sense about this Tweet – Salman Ahmad supports Imran Khan…who is a creation of [...]
When Sheikh Rashid was detained by authorities at a US airport earlier this year, I predicted that Imran Khan would be next. Looks like I was right. But is this incident everything that it’s being made out to be? Or is there more to the story… In case you haven’t heard already, Imran Khan was [...]
This is the last in the series of 3 articles on Talibans/Clergy by the author. Barring the Buddhism and the early Christianity where Christ can be cited as preaching nonviolence, we see the human mind generally inclined to find solution to a given problem only through the force of arms because the gravity of the [...]