Abdul Khalique Junejo

Daily Times of March 3, 2013 carried an article “Bangladesh: past haunts the future” written by Lal Khan. The writer while discussing the current situation of Bangladesh arising out of the court verdicts against Jamaat-e-Islami leaders for war crimes of 1971, brings to the fore the old (though not obsolete) debate over the class question […]

Pakistan, since day one of its life, has been ruled by the mullah-military-feudal alliance with absolute power. Lately, the capitalist has also emerged as a claimant to state power and entered the fray with a love-hate relationship with the former ones. In combination, these are the forces of the status quo since they are the […]

One of the many things that distinguish the modern world from the primitive one is the art of diplomacy. That the modern world looks (comparatively) more peaceful or less dangerous is not because there are less disputes but because man has learned the art of modern diplomacy. In ancient times there were only friends or […]

The most important and decisive moment of Pakistan’s history came during the first, and the only free and fair general elections of 1970. If ever there were any chance for Pakistan to become a democratic, progressive and pluralistic country, it was at this moment. These elections saw the Awami League emerge as the majority party, […]

What you sow, so will you reap. It is that simple. This is a hard fact of history, true for everyone, every time and everywhere, but nowhere more so than Pakistan since it relates to the very foundations of this country. The spectre of religious extremism that is haunting Pakistan today and threatening the basic […]

Though the lands of Palestine and Sindh are far from each other and possess different languages, cultures and histories, they have some similarities too. During the last few weeks both have been in the news: Palestine dominating the world media while Sindh occupying the local pages. One thing remains the same for both: the problem […]

Today, March 23, is the most sacred day of Pakistan’s calendar. It owes this position to the 1940 Lahore Resolution, revered as the Pakistan Resolution, and the day is celebrated as Pakistan Day. It follows that the 1940 Resolution should be the guiding force for our state structure, and all subsequent resolutions, agreements, contracts and […]

Since more than a decade, Pakistan has been in the grip of religious extremism, which has now assumed the proportions of more than just a crisis. Pakistani society as a whole is occupied by chaotic conditions while the Pakistani state is facing the severest challenge to its authority, so much so that for the first […]

Genius is a word with vast meaning and broad scope. Human history has produced some extraordinary men whose name alone is sufficient to portray the picture of a genius. Vo Nguyen Giap, popularly known as General Giap, is one of them. He was one of those legendary heroes who impacted, inspired, motivated and mobilised the […]

The Arab spring was a spontaneous and instantaneous phenomenon given the background of the Middle East region, which has seen very little of democracy and people’s power and has been ruled either by despotic monarchs or the military dictators. It literally grew from the muddy streets and reached the huge and awesome palaces of the […]