Mohammad Jamil

When will western powers curb their ambitions to be the arbiters of the people’s destinies abroad wherever and whenever they perceive an opportunity? By now, they should understand that they neither have the means nor the capabilities to realise that pipe dream. They should, therefore, stop their wild goose chase, as such policies throw into […]

The PPP’s public meeting at Bagh-e-Jinnah, Karachi, was an impressive show as tens of thousands of people gathered to listen to Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Addressing the mammoth meeting he said, “Only Bhuttoism could save the country from civil war, as it is the only political philosophy that calls for unity of the people and the […]

Malala Yousafzai has become the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner, rightly deserved for her heroic struggle for girls’ right to education. She is indeed an international icon of resistance, women’s empowerment and right to education. She is the prized daughter of the nation, who at such a young age has earned a name and fame […]

The constitution is said to be a social contract between the government and the governed in which the latter gives up sovereignty to the former in return for civil rights and liberties. It also defines the powers of the various pillars and organs of the state for its smooth functioning. In Pakistan, a section of […]

President Hamid Karzai, while visiting the families of civilians killed in Asadabad, the capital of Kunar province, urged foreign troops to get out of Afghanistan and take their fight across the border into Pakistan. This is an effort to deflect the failure of the NATO and Afghan forces and to blame Pakistan for all the […]

After witnessing enormous death and destruction during World War II, the United Nations (UN) was established to resolve all disputes between nations in a peaceful manner. But, over time, the UN has become a forum where the US and the West — neo-cons and neo-colonialists respectively — manipulate the decisions to invade countries like Iraq […]

Is Pakistani industry looking up despite continuing hurdles and hardships? A word of cheer: industry is looking up. The data of industrial output for the first seven months to January of the current fiscal (FY) 2011, indicates a positive turn of business for large scale manufacturing (LSM) industry. This is despite the new hurdle that […]

The legal battle over the double murder committed by American national Raymond Davis is over, as the legal heirs of the two murdered Pakistanis have accepted diyat (blood money), which is in accordance with the law of the land and Islamic injunctions. However, some political and religious leaders and media men question the hasty release […]

Our political eminences have painted themselves into a corner with their shenanigans and internecine conflicts; they feel insecure and fear the unknown. This is partly due to three martial laws in the past and they fear such things can happen again. But to forestall any such eventuality, our politicians and political parties have to deliver, […]

No aspect of life merits more urgent attention and greater investment of resources today than the eradication of illiteracy and improvement in the quality of education, as quality of life is directly linked to the social profile of the country. The decade of the 1990s did witness some programmes aimed at improving the key social […]