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Hindus are not our enemies

July 25, 2010 by

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Our foreign policy is India-centric and any policy regarding India is vetted and approved by the Army. Pakistan Army is the real force behind our policy towards India by Mazhar Jadoon Source : Viewpoint Eminent historian and scholar Dr Mubarak Ali traces back the history of sub-continent and tries to find out what ails the […]

Resistance personified

July 24, 2010 by

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by Farooq Sulehria The News, Saturday, July 24, 2010 Afghan leader Malalai Joya is resistance personified. She is the most vocal critic of both US occupation of Afghanistan and the ruling warlords. At the same time, she speaks dismissively of the Taliban: “Their violence is no resistance”. However, Malalai Joya hardly grabs headlines in the […]

Why Pakistan is not a nation and how it could be one

July 20, 2010 by

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By: Pervez Hoodbhoy First published for Himal Southasian, June 2010 Pakistan has been a state since 1947, but is still not a nation. More precisely, Pakistan is the name of a land and a people inside a certain geographical boundary that is still lacking the crucial components needed for nationhood: a strong common identity, mental […]

Doctor rapes Christian student nurse, sexual assault and violence adds greatly to minorities vulnerability

July 17, 2010 by

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by Junaid Qaiser Source:  LUBP A third-year Christian nursing student in the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Karachi  was found unconscious with a head injury near Doctors’ Backyard Mess after a Medico-Legal Officer (MLO), Dr Jabbar Memon allegedly raped her,  the media reported  on Wednesday. Dr Jabbar was also found  with a fractured femur (hip […]