Archive for 'Af / Pak'
The Brigadier, Hizb ut-Tahrir Pakistan & the regime’s incapacity to engage
The latest leaflet released by Hizb ut-Tahrir Pakistan (HTP), dated June 5th, 2011, is entitled “Pakistan’s budget is always prepared on IMF’s direction” which criticizes the government’s tax policy for being mainly based upon indirect taxes. [...]
Taseer’s Killing, Blasphemy laws and Vigilantism
The reaction to the assassination of Salmaan Taseer by one of his bodyguards highlights once again the rift between western and Muslim attitudes over religion and politics. In the west, amongst liberals, his death has been [...]
The Pakistani Crisis
The recent explosion at the Marriot Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, has further highlighted to the West, the importance of Pakistan in the War on Terror. There has been extensive talk among Western policy makers and think-tanks [...]
Pakistan- Time for New Political Vision
The Pakistani government post 9/11 has faced mounting pressure as a result of its compliance in the War on Terror and its close alliance with the US. The launching of raids in the North West and [...]
Reflections on Bush Visit highlights Pakistan’s Inferiority Complex
The US President’s recent visit to Pakistan has attracted considerable; attention, criticism and debate, generating significant column inches in newspapers and passionate views on both sides. Most critics have cited the significant difference in his visits [...]
Earthquakeproof
The most unsettling thing about the earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8th 2005, was the fact that the Government of Pakistan was caught totally unprepared,having neither an earthquake preparedness nor earthquake response programme in [...]
The Rochdale Grooming Case Confronted
A well articulated and thought provoking piece of writing. I agree, th
An open letter to Rashid al Ghannouchi
Yazaak Allahu khayran.
The Politics of Tribulation
the problem with the ikhwan movement is lack of ideological premises,
An open letter to Rashid al Ghannouchi
I think the ending would have been much better if the writer avoided t
Atheism in the dock
Mr Badar, I agree with you entirely that atheism has many problems;