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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 [...]

 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 [...]

GUEST BLOG by Muhammad Irfan Arshad Affordable and nutritious food, is a basic human right. It is a very reasonable and sagacious goal for any government but is far from being met in developing countries like Pakistan. Soaring food prices and falling purchasing power is mocking our social and political stability resulting in riots and [...]

GUEST BLOG by Syed  Zeshan Abbas August 17 marks the death of Zia-Ul-Haq, who ruled the country for a long period. The Zia regime is deeply etched on the memory of the people of Pakistan that they get fussy about the anniversary of his death every year. What he did in his period is enough to [...]

GUEST BLOG BY Nadeem Arif Najmi Tauheen-e-Risalat When the constitutional head of our largest province is brutally murdered by a man employed to protect him; when the murderer is greeted with flower petals by lawyers and when Islamic scholars of the intellectual and moral calibre of Allama Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (the greatest scholar Islam has [...]

GUEST BLOG by Imaan H. Mazari In Pakistan, critics are extremely popular. The reason being the fact that we all continue to criticize every single initiative taken in the country, regardless of it actually making sense. The ANP, along with several other segments of our society, opposed the construction of the Kalabagh Dam, for a range [...]

GUEST BLOG by Nadeem Arif Najmi Pakistan Zindabaad Baad qurbaniyon ka jo mila saibaan Zindabaad Pakistan Zindabaad   Shaheedon ke lahoo main likhi dastaan Zindaabaad Pakistan Zindabaad   Qadar vaali raat ka tohfa rehmath e ramazaan Zindabaad Pakistan Zindabaad   Islam ka qilaa, shaan e musalman Zindabaad Pakistan Zindabaad   Iqbal ke khwabon ki takmeel [...]

GUEST BLOG by Nadeem Arif Najmi It is all too easy to describe 2009 as an terrible year for Pakistan. A year of horrific suicide bombings on an almost daily basis, drone attacks and violations of our sovereignty, Pakistan being sold at the price of the Kerry-Lugar bill. crippling inflation, power cuts, gas shortages, tremendous deprivation [...]

GUEST BLOG by Imaan H. Mazari The Chief Minister of Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif, has assured the Pakistani nation that the culprits of violence against the Christians (refer to Gojra incident 30th of july) will be brought to justice as soon as possible. This incident brought this scribe to two conclusions; The level of religious [...]

GUEST BLOG by Bradistan Calling Dilnawaz Inqalabi A nation’s power and might is not in its tanks and missiles but is known by its intellectual capability, knowledge, innovation, creativity and through its respect of human rights and freedom of expression. The talk of doom and gloom in Pakistan, after a flurry of bad news on [...]