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June 2010′s B-side has two central themes. The first is a focus on Islam and its status in the Islamic State of Pakistan thanks to an excellent article by Ayaz Amir. The second focus on Afghanistan, looks at the prospects of the approaching endgame via an open letter written by David Miliband to General David Petreus. [...]

On 22 June in 2007, Wasim Arif wrote the very first Other Pakistan post. Three years later and 194 posts later, Other Pakistan continues with its singular focus on providing Pakistanis a platform via an ongoing dialogue on how to improve Pakistan and create the Quaid’s Pakistan Other Pakistan’s always and only been to create the Quaid’s Pakistan, indeed Express News has [...]

A drone attack has hit North Wazirstan today and adds to the tally of American drone attacks on Pakistan’s sovereignity and her civilian population. Such attacks are not just a war crime against Pakistan, their legality is at issue too, indeed Philip Alston, the United Nations special representative on extrajudicial executions has said on drones that [...]

Mian Nawaz Sharif, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan has shown spine and sense in declaring Pakistan’s Ahmadi community as his brethren and national assets in recent days. I echo such sentiments and believe his intervention should be lauded and not politicised and moreover feel it was an essential act in service to the nation. More [...]

Hunza may have left the front page news in recent days losing out to Cyclone Phet and the budget. The human cost of Hunza can be felt in the words of Atif, who left a heartrending comment on how the Hunza landslide dam has destroyed his life. This post is dedicated to Atif and the countless [...]

Following on from my recent post, praying for the safe return of Syed Talat Hussain here , I want to thank ALLAH for the safe return of all three Pakistani citizens from the hellhole that is Israel. Talat Hussain and the other two Pakistani citizens have made the nation proud by their service to a great cause [...]