Articles Archive for May 2009
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Following the intervention of Maulana Sufi Mohammad, the Taliban publicly announced their decision to pull out of Buner and even stage-managed the withdrawal of some of their fighters as they drove through the mountain passes on the way to Swat. But most Taliban fighters didn’t leave. The government later produced a record of a telephonic conversation between Maulana Fazlullah and his commanders in Buner in which he advised them to stay put after staging a pullout drama for the benefit of the media.
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Is the National Assembly already beginning to regret its near unanimous approval of the Nizam-e-Adl as the Taliban extend their writ in parts of Malakand?
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Hakimullah Mehsud, a deputy of Baitullah Mehsud, has declared Orakzai Agency as his own ‘Islamic Emirate’ and is demanding that the 63 Sikh families residing there pay jazia to him. The imposition of jazia by the militants in FATA is driving the Sikh community out of their homeland, where they have been residing and engaged in business much before the partition took place.
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Q: Karachi was rocked by severe violence during the last week of April. Being a part of the provincial government, what role did the ANP play for the restoration of law and order?
A: It is not correct to say that we are not playing our role in maintaining peace. We are sitting in the government [...]
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This area has a history of land-grabbing scandals, and unfortunately, the City District Government (CDGK) only has 33% control over Karachi’s administration. The rest is not under the control of the CDGK.
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Tensions between the Pashtuns and Mohajirs rise as the MQM alleges that the Taliban are making inroads into Karachi. Talk among certain circles is that if the situation at hand is not controlled soon, it is bound to explode, in larger proportions than had been witnessed two years ago. There is no shortage of weapons on all sides. Can the elected decision-makers establish peace?
Arts & Culture »
The Dictator’s Wife takes us inside a general’s bedroom where his wife vents, spills personal secrets and questions her husband’s worth.
News & Politics, Q & A »
“You are talking of the Taliban reaching Islamabad, but the US has already reached Kahuta. You will not be informed about their arrival. One day you will just get to know that they are there and that the Americans reaching Kahuta is better than the Taliban getting to it. And that Israel is also there because, according to them, Pakistan’s nukes are in the wrong hands.”
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In Karachi recently for Cardamom’s ambitious undertaking, on the theme of Partition and identity, ‘Lines of Control’ – a three-exhibition series held in London, Dubai and Karachi – Nasar spoke to Newsline about art from South Asia making waves in the global market and Green Cardamom’s role in promoting and selling it.
Opinion, Speaker's Corner »
Why have we Pakhtuns internalised the colonial stereotypes of our race as volatile, irrational, unthinking hordes? asks the author. “In doing so, we have turned ourselves exactly into the pawns they need to perpetuate their endless war on terror.”
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