pakteahouse.wordpress.com — By Yasser Latif Hamdani (Courtesy Daily Times) The mosque in Manhattan has stirred a hornet's nest. The issue now threatens to test the very ideals of western secular democracy that we admire and cherish and seek to emulate in the rest of the world. It is important, therefore,...
pakteahouse.wordpress.com — Usama Khilji, a young activist from Islamabad addresses his contemporaries in Pakistan Dear Young Pakistani! I understand how these times are testing of your patriotism, but let me tell you how these times are actually a golden opportunity for you to prove your worth, your love...
pakteahouse.wordpress.com — Adnan Shamsi has sent this post for PTH. This is an excellent summary of the grave crisis facing Pakistan. Shamsi has also listed the organisations that can be supported by donations. At this time, millions of displaced Pakistanis need help and goodwill from across the world....
pakteahouse.wordpress.com — Raza Rumi The match-fixing allegations are not new for Pakistani cricketers. In the past, such allegations have been proved within the country. The recent scandal with circumstantial evidence broke out by a British tabloid is simply mind-boggling and shameful. We hope that a...
pakteahouse.wordpress.com — This a piece authored by Mr Omar Ali. We are grateful to Mr Ali Arqam editor LUBP for sending it to us. by Omar Ali Pakistan is in the grip of one of its periodic eruptions of speculation about impending martial law, or at least, it looks like that on TV. For weeks, the largest...
pakteahouse.wordpress.com — Zubair Torwali, stranded in Swat reports on how misleading stories of relief operations are being filed by powerful quarters Since the floods hit Swat and Kohistan, the residents are complaining that the situation has become grim. The media is apathetic and state institutions...
pakteahouse.wordpress.com — Part 3 By Adnan Syed This series revisits one of the pivotal events of the early Pakistani history; the riots by the religious right wing parties to get Ahmadis declared as non-Muslims, and the subsequent Munir-Kiyani inquiry commission report into the causes behind the riots....
pakteahouse.wordpress.com — M Jan's exclusive contribution for PTH. The author makes a good case for institutional overhaul before it is too late. RR The sadistic ritual of beating two youth to death, played out in Sialkot, is a cruel and brutal indictment of our society as a whole, as well as our governance...
pakteahouse.wordpress.com — by Raza Habib Raja Right now the brutality shown by the mob in Sialkot has taken the country by storm. Everyone is condemning it and various commentators are busy interpreting the causes of the incidence. The causes of the incidence, as touted by the various quarters range from...
pakteahouse.wordpress.com — For Pakistani philanthropists and the international community, the only structures that can deliver aid and undertake reconstruction are the state and its various agencies. Undermining them at this stage is akin to proposing recipes to destroy Pakistan. There is no alternative...
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