Mohammad Nafees

If corruption, bad governance, and the end of the charismatic attraction of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s legacy had already led the PPP to lose its political popularity among the masses, why did the non-state actors deem it necessary to unleash their wrath on them instead of letting them face their own natural demise? If the anti-Taliban […]

$ 68 billion is the figure that Pakistan often claims to have lost so far for playing the role of frontline state in the war on terror. Is it true? Maybe! Let us analyse the data that makes up this loss and see if that vouches for the authenticity of this claim. Uncertainty, export losses, […]

Historically, no judicial trials probably attained the level of prominence and popularity as did the trials of Socrates, Martin Luther, and Galileo. From day one, controversies haunted the proceedings of these trials and once the verdict was out, it resulted in further deepening of the crisis and the resultant divide of society. The interesting part […]

Scare, panic, and shock were the reactions as people found Karachi city in the grip of a fresh wave of violence that erupted suddenly after an early morning murder of a MQM member, resulting in the declaration of March 28, 2012, as a mourning day by the MQM. Many people had already reached their workplaces […]

While the whole nation was still debating who to hold responsible for the heinous crime of murdering minister for minorities Shahbaz Bhatti, two successive suicidal attacks took place in Faisalabad and Peshawar with the Taliban proudly claiming the responsibility for both the attacks, and thus proving the might and ability with which they can kill […]

In Pakistan, throwing a burning matchstick into a madrassa is a bigger crime than carrying out a suicide or bomb attack on any worship place. Is it surprising and unbelievable? Take a look at the list of blasphemy cases that appeared in a new report of August 6, 2009 that says: “In 2005, Pervez Aslam […]