Home » Archive

Opinion

News & Politics, Opinion, Viewpoint »

[17 Nov 2010 | 2 Comments | Zafar Hilaly]
Masters, Not Friends?

Contrary to claims, the latest US-Pak dialogue was yet another case of Pakistan being talked at, rather than talked to.

Editorial, Opinion »

[12 Nov 2010 | Comments Off | Rehana Hakim]
Editor’s Note: November 2010

Where does Prime Minister Gilani find the gall to totally deny any corruption in the ranks of the government of Pakistan?

News & Politics, Opinion, Viewpoint »

[31 Oct 2010 | 2 Comments | Mahir Ali]
Revolutionary Road

The likelihood or otherwise of a revolution in Pakistan cannot be contextualised by the whys and wherefores of revolutions past.

News & Politics, Opinion, Speaker's Corner »

[31 Oct 2010 | 4 Comments | Abbas Zaidi]
Waiting for Ayatollah Godot

Pakistanis are yearning for a messiah who will magically transform the country without them lifting a finger themselves, says Abbas Zaidi.

News & Politics, Opinion, Viewpoint »

[24 Oct 2010 | 2 Comments | Zeynab Ali]
The Burqa Ban: Enforced ‘Emancipation’

Will the West judge a Muslim woman’s liberation by how closely her clothes measure up to the western notions of dress? The burqa, as a sartorial choice, is no more or less relevant than bikinis and mini-skirts.

Editorial, Opinion »

[12 Oct 2010 | Comments Off | Rehana Hakim]
Editor’s Note: October 2010

Is the PPP on a suicide mission?

Editorial, Opinion, Pakistan Floods 2010 »

[8 Sep 2010 | Comments Off | Rehana Hakim]
Editor’s Note: September 2010

One expatriate Pakistani e-mailed a television channel to ask why anyone should contribute to flood relief to save Pakistanis when they were, in any case, killing each other.

Opinion, Speaker's Corner »

[3 Sep 2010 | 2 Comments | Azam Mahmood]
Is Pakistan Obsessed with Pornography, or Fox News with Hate?

The last thing this country needs is biased reporting by Pakistan-bashers in the western media, says Azam Mahmood, as he picks holes in the Fox News story, “Pakistan or Pornistan?”

Blog Row, Opinion, The Water Cooler, Viewpoint »

[29 Aug 2010 | 4 Comments | Sabahat Ashraf]
“Are your people cockroaches?”

They ask me, are your people human cockroaches; or terrorists; or dead. This is my answer.

Editorial, Opinion, Pakistan Floods 2010 »

[10 Aug 2010 | Comments Off | Rehana Hakim]
Editor’s Note: August 2010

There is a way of addressing tragedy, disaster and violence. And it is unfortunate that those who need to be the most sensitive at such times end up being the most insensitive.