Professor Farakh A Khan

On January 13, 2013, Dr Tahirul Qadri after his arrival from Canada called for an anti- government dharna (sit-in) in Islamabad. A massive crowd moved across Pakistan to Islamabad at his call. The determined mass of men, women and children sat on the main boulevard of the city through rain and cold for four days. […]

Two Improvised Explosive Devises (IED) exploded on April 15, 2013 at the finishing line of the Boston Marathon, a prestigious event for the Americans, killing three and injuring more than 170 innocent people. Although the two young people from Chechnya have been implicated the motive is far from clear. So far the world is looking […]

The new government after May 11 polls shall face tough options. The economy is in ruins and has to be revived as an emergency. The problem of terrorism and sectarian violence has to be curbed before Pakistan is put back on track. We are now told that the figure of those killed in the War […]

I have no hard scientific data but I feel religion in Pakistan is the largest corporation. People donate to build new mosques, madrassas, maintenance of thousands of shrines and mosques. People also donate to Islamic social welfare organisations and to various shades of Islamic organisations including jihadis. The people of Pakistan give freely to the […]

Frankly, I am confused by the government (meaning military) policy regarding the FATA and drone attacks. It is even more intriguing what decisions are taken behind closed doors by our leaders. I shall try to make some sense of this confusing subject. Qazi Hussain Ahmed praised Ahsan Aziz who along with his wife was killed […]

Let’s highlight Pakistan’s predicament by my personal example. I came back to Pakistan from the UK in 1969 with only two objectives in mind: improve medical education and conduct research. I started my career as the Senior Registrar at the Urology Department, King Edward Medical College, Lahore in October 1969. The department had rudimentary facilities, […]

Prime Minister/Foreign Minister/ Defence Minister Nawaz Sharif addressed Pakistani-Americans in Washington. His main thrust was of grandiose projects. Loud enthusiastic cheers followed each project. This is the disease of nearly all Muslim countries who built the Burj Dubai and Taj Mahal, and now we build motorways, shopping malls, expensive housing societies, underpasses and overpasses, as […]

Slavery was banned in early 19th century but different forms of slavery continued. Globalisation made slavery a commonplace practice where people in the developed and under developed worlds cooperated in exploitation of the poor. The 21st century ushered in an era of exploitation of the poor based on ‘corporate greed’ on an unprecedented scale, and […]

Frankly, I am confused by the government (meaning military) policy regarding the FATA and drone attacks. It is even more intriguing what decisions are taken behind closed doors by our leaders. I shall try to make some sense of this confusing subject. Qazi Hussain Ahmed praised Ahsan Aziz who along with his wife was killed […]

With all the turmoil in the Middle East, Pakistan has remained a silent spectator. The question to be asked is who controls our foreign policy. Most people would say it is the GHQ that directly or indirectly controls our foreign policy. The blithering civilian idiots cannot be trusted. The army top brass has its own […]