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Sometimes it takes a tragedy, like the death of Arfa Karim Randhawa to remind us all of the gems we have created as a nation. Pakistan has created many shining stars especially amongst our youth, and it is important they are celebrated and nurtured by the state and its citizens in their lifetime. It is indeed [...]

2012 is a new year for Pakistan, yet it brings with it many of the same challenges that have dogged it for years. January 2012′s B-side looks at some of those challenges beginning with the most important challenge before Pakistan, that of extinguishing the fire that is Balochistan. An article by the great Professor Akbar [...]

GUEST BLOG by Nadeem Arif Najmi The ‘memogate ‘drama that threatened to force out President Zardari just a few days ago, now appears to be a damp squib. All but the most delusional of the Government’s opponents still hold a hope that heads may roll as a result of this controversy. Like all the other [...]

The tragic death of the angelic Arfa Karim Randhawa has saddened the whole nation and left many an eye moist. Personally I feel deeply saddened at her death for Pakistan has lost one of its brightest stars and a ray of hope. May ALLAH grant her paradise and her family the forbearance to bear her [...]

Amidst the rumours of army coups and the much talked about civil-military divide, the Supreme Court’s NRO verdict on 12 January has somewhat been lost in all the chaos, claims and counter-claims.  In my opinion the Supreme Court has issued a brave and balanced judgement against the corrupt (morally and financially) government of Zardari-Gilani. A five member bench [...]

 GUEST BLOG by Muhammed Aqib Asher The following is a poem on the massacre of Pakistani soldiers by NATO. It is written by Muhammad Aqib Asher, a talented young poet and a patriotic Pakistani. Soo-e- Maqtal Nikal Rahey Hain Merey watan ke mohafizo ki Lahoo main doobi Katti Phatti si Vo chand lashey ye poochti [...]

2012 is a new year, it is a time to look forward and a time to pray for a better tomorrow in Pakistan Other Pakistan will begin 2012 with a poll asking for reader views on what will happen in Pakistan in this year. Please express your views by voting below as well as by posting comments [...]

December 2011’s B-side focuses on the rise of a new politics in Pakistan in the form of an article by James Caan on the rise of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). With this in mind, the emergence of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in the PPP is also examined in an article penned by him. The B-side [...]

A public execution and nothing less will be right for the architects of the treasonous memo. The Supreme Court has rightly been moved to investigate the memo as petitioned by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, with Husain Haqqani and his much maligned boss, President Zardari in the dock for allegedly authoring the treasonous memo as [...]

16 December 1971 remains the darkest day in Pakistan’s history as on that day, the Quaid’s Pakistan died. Thus 16 December is a day of shame as the Pakistan of the Quaid was reduced to its present diminished and degraded form, thanks to a combination of West Pakistan’s ill treatment of East Pakistan over decades [...]