Balochistan: sectarian strife or Hazara community targeted? on June 22, 2012The 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 on April 7, 2012The 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 on July 31, 2011A 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.” […]