The Hazara community may claim to be descendents of the Great Khan of the Mongols or a remnant of the Mughals/Mongol conquerors of India via Afghanistan. However, in their recent abode, Afghanistan, they are considered and treated as of low-caste, compelled to work as sweepers and clean latrines, like some Christians in Pakistan and Harijans […]
Baloch guns and gold: the gold
The Supreme Court of Pakistan in the Asghar Khan case, where he challenged the army and the agencies distributing hundreds of million rupees (Rs 1.48 billion) among establishment-favoured politicians to win elections to serve their (the army’s) purposes, has observed that the army and the agencies had exceeded and overstepped their constitutional mandate. It is […]
Mr Gandhis terror sermon
A day after the recent blasts in Mumbai in which 27 people have been killed so far, the usually reticent Congress heir-apparent, Mr Rahul Gandhi, defended the Indian government’s record on terror-related violence. “Ninety-nine percent of the attacks,” he claimed, “have been stopped,” while suggesting that “it is difficult to stop any single terrorist attack.” […]