The army narrative: fiction on May 31, 2011Once again it has been proved that no one can beat Pakistan’s army in turning a military defeat into a propaganda conquest for the people of Pakistan. After the 1965 debacle and 1971 surrender in East Bengal, the Pakistan Army has concentrated less on defending Pakistan and more on refining and perfecting the Machiavellian politics […]
The self-centred beggar on May 24, 2011Probably it is a matter of taste that Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani wanted to hear the same translated lecture from Chinese leaders that Senator John Kerry had given in Islamabad. Maybe it was easier in Beijing because Chinese lectures were (hopefully) directly translated into Urdu or Seraiki. President Asif Ali Zardari may have been […]
Were we really tolerant before the jihadis? on May 12, 2011Pakistanis must ask a central question: were we really tolerant people before Zia’s Islamisation or we were only naively indolent, prone to be violent at any moment? It is a common belief in Pakistan that when Zia, alongside the US, created violent jihadi organisations, they created hysteria in the public with narrow-mindedness ruling and people […]
The government, jihadis and public did it! on May 5, 2011A fortune teller on television, who has been 100 percent accurate previously, had forecast that if Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani went to Mohali, the Pakistani cricket team would lose the match. He was proved correct again because, along with his acclaimed knowledge of the stars, his logic that the Pakistani team would come […]
China: a better imperial force? on May 3, 2011It has been reported that Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has proposed to Hamid Karzai to substitute China with the US as the nation’s top patron. The Pakistani political elite is consolidating its primitive base while the army is also enhancing its mercenary role in the Arab kingdoms. In such circumstances, the Pakistani elite feels […]
Uprisings and impacts on March 29, 2011Knowing fully well that neither Obama nor any state agency in the US can punish or prosecute the buffoon Pastor Terry Jones, under the leadership of Munawar Hasan every political animal is jumping onto the anti-Tauheen-e-Quran (desecration of Quran) bandwagon. Meanwhile, the Arab uprising has spread all over the Middle East having serious implications for […]
The militarys risky game on March 22, 2011It is likely that Pakistan’s military and intelligence agencies have been involved in whipping up the Raymond Davis case and then getting him released on quasi-legal grounds. Now, the military has put its foot down to stop drone attacks after several years of silent acquiescence. The push-back against the Americans could be a smokescreen to […]
At the core of the matter on March 15, 2011A core ideology of Indian Islam was developed after the Muslim conquest of most of the subcontinent. The core of this ideology was extreme conservative Sunni Islam mingled with traditions from Afghanistan and Central Asia. After interfacing with Indian society, the caste system was also appended to it. This core ideology prevailed during the entire […]
The sovereignty conundrum on March 8, 2011The Raymond Davis case can be taken to be an authentic proof that the US is violating Pakistan’s sovereignty. The arrest of another American from Peshawar is taken to be an additional proof that Blackwater of the US has infiltrated Pakistan, without any state permission or information. Everyone should rise in condemnation when the homeland’s […]
The USs self-defeating aversion on March 1, 2011Whatever happens to unprecedented revolutionary uprisings in the Middle East, one thing is clear: the US will have to deal with tougher parties at the other end. Whether the religious right has its way or genuinely elected governments take root in the Arab world, the US will lose its traditional domineering negotiating position it held […]