The PPP: Betraying Bhutto and Kashmir

July 17th, 2010

The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi  yesterday betrayed the Kashmir cause and in turn the state of Pakistan by legitimising the Indian occupation of Kashmir. Moreover, as an important leader of the PPP, Qureshi also betrayed his party and its founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was the most vocal voice since the Quaid in his support [...]

India’s Killings in Kashmir

July 9th, 2010

Source: Shaheed Tufail Ahmed Matoo Facebook Page/AP ‘The Killers’ are a popular American rock band to some, but for Kashmiris the term is reserved only for the occupying state of India. In the past month alone, India has unleashed a wave of terror against the people of Kashmir with Kashmiri civilians being targeted at will with heavy-handed [...]

OP Supports Aman Ki Asha

January 6th, 2010

Aman ki Asha is a worthwhile peace initiative by The Jang Group and the Times of India, the leading media houses of both nations. Destination peace is its singular aim and it is an initiative that Other Pakistan is happy to support for we too support peace between Pakistan and India.  The use of doves to [...]

Goodbye Khalid Hasan Sunday

February 14th, 2009

More than a week has passed since the tragic death of the brilliant journalist and commentator Khalid Hasan. I feel the loss personally as reading Khalid Hasan’s Postcard USA column in the Daily Times was a regular Sunday treat of mine. Every Sunday I would religiously follow a rigid routine that involved reading numerous blogs [...]

January’s B-side

January 31st, 2009

The Gaza genocide is made the key focus of January’s B-side. Imran Khan’s letter to President Obama is the second key focus with Kashmir becoming the third key focus for this month’s B-side. January’s B-side contents are: The Gaza Genocide by WASIM ARIF Imran Khan’s Open Letter to President Obama by IMRAN KHAN David Miliband’s [...]

Indian Home Truths

December 20th, 2008

My post titled Mumbai the movie was a useful starting point in highlighting the Indian disease of lies. Yet a far more qualified and authorative commentary has come my way. It is written by the brilliant Indian writer Arundhati Roy and it is a story of Indian home-truths and well worth a read: The Monster [...]

India’s Evil in Occupied Kashmir

August 30th, 2008

India has occupied Kashmir for over sixty years. During that time the land referred to as simply paradise has become a hot hell of tyranny and oppression. For Pakistanis the history and oppression of Kashmir remains an open wound and saps at our very existence given the Quaid said that Kashmir is the jugular vein [...]