Anything is possible in Pakistan, the land of infinite possibilities. The Pakistanis have gotten so used to the setbacks and betrayals over the past six decades or so that nothing seems to shock or surprise them anymore. The...
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You may fool some people some of the time, counseled Abraham Lincoln, but not all the people all...
Read MoreTextbooks in Pakistan foster prejudice and intolerance of Hindus and Christians, claims a study by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. “Religious minorities are often portrayed as inferior or second-class...
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An unjust law is no law, warned Martin Luther King. The Kashmiris have been living with such laws...
Read MoreA great deal of time in my adolescent years was spent with my father’s books. I was introduced to some of the finest names in Urdu and Western literature in my dad’s library. Many of them have stayed with me, enlivening many a...
Read MoreSamir Khan was the age of my young brother. Born to reasonably well-to-do parents, he grew up in the United States and went to the best of schools in a privileged neighborhood. How did he then end up in distant Yemen, offering...
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President Barack Obama’s shameful turnaround over Palestine has exposed the ‘audacity of hope’ for...
Read MoreThe Palestinians have set the cat among the pigeons with their freedom song. And it’s good to see Uncle Sam and his fiendish brat break out in a cold sweat for a change. So what are Israelis and their patrons afraid of? All...
Read MoreHere we go again. It’s the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks and the whole world is going bananas. There has already been a deluge of special reports and commentary in anticipation of the anniversary. Newspapers...
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We are living in truly interesting times, as the Chinese would put it. What a remarkable year it...
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