Pakistan’s ‘gone girls’
Nearly every woman in Pakistan has been witness or victim to it. A woman, an aunt, a sister, becomes pregnant. If she has daughters or even if she does not,…
Policing challenge
Concern has always been expressed at the state of law enforcement in Balochistan, and last month’s targeted killing of 20 labourers in Turbat once again generated debate on the topic.…
Nigeria oil rebels warn of unrest unless Jonathan re-elected
Kennedy Tonjo-West is unhappy at the way Nigeria's main opposition party and northern politicians have been criticising President Goodluck Jonathan's record in the run-up to next month's election. "We are…
Fighting terrorism
A revolutionary believes in overthrowing of a system that denies economic equality and freedom to all, especially to the oppressed and have-nots. His struggle aims at eliminating economic powerlessness and…
Peshawar tragedy and Benazir’s assassination: Wages of appeasement – II
It was 'Washington's renewed interest' in Asif Ali Zardari and Rehman Malik and not Benazir that forced Musharraf-once a close ally of Bush-to offer firm opposition to US Late Neo-colonialism…
High price of keeping Colombians alive
Wilson Borja has 13 bodyguards to protect him from people like the paramilitaries who once tried to kill him, an intimidating security detail funded at great expense by violence-wracked Colombia's…
Umerkot marchers’ tale of woe
The story of the Umerkot Hindu community’s long march to Karachi some days ago merits retelling before a wider audience. A large number of Hindu citizens from Umerkot district, as…
How dare she?
Malala Yousafzai is a clever little girl. Too clever by half. Back in 2012, at the ripe old age of 11 (when her parents should have actually been thinking about…
Turning a wrong into a right
An alarming number of people in the country hold views that can only be described as reprehensible. Many hold the view that the execution of Aasia Bibi, the Christian woman…
Our ‘go-go’ politics
Go-go dancers are dancers employed to entertain crowds at discotheques and clubs where loud and lilting music is played. This form of dancing had its origin in 1960 when women…
