by admin | May 11, 2011 | Publications
The crisis stands as being pathetically mishandled. The ruling elite in Pakistan seems to be busy in the blame game and shifting of responsibility. The civilian government is giving the pretext of being in power for only three years and is blaming the Musharraf regime...
by admin | Apr 1, 2011 | Publications
Inflation, price hike, electricity load shedding and the extreme energy crisis all seem to be worsening day by day but, unfortunately, the media is too busy with cricket and a debate over the legitimacy of the release of Raymond Davis, utterly ignoring issues faced by...
by admin | Mar 8, 2011 | Publications
There is a popular understanding in Pakistan that Muslims are victimized in the US. However, many Muslims in the US would appreciate the moral and other support from individuals with Jewish and Christian backgrounds The brutal killing of Mr. Shahbaz Bhatti, federal...
by admin | Dec 11, 2010 | Publications
General Ziaul Haq organically changed the socio-political landscape of the state and turned the country’s mass into a ticking bomb by planting the seeds of religious fundamentalism. To counter the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy, he initiated a...
by admin | Dec 2, 2010 | Publications
The February 14 bombing of an Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ bus in Zahidan, causing 18 killed and scores of injuries, and the February 28 ambush on Iranian forces near Pishin town that killed four and led to the kidnapping of two police officials, seems a new...
by admin | Oct 3, 2010 | Publications
Workshop on Religious diversity, secularism, citizenship and democracy Sunday, 3 October 2010, 9h30 to 12h, IHECS Brussels Co-organizers: Centre Lebret-Irfed, Pax Romana, Bandung Spirit, AREDS India This workshop pursues the discussions and debates that took place in...
by admin | Jun 4, 2010 | Publications
The basic demands of the protesting teachers that they should be treated at par with their counterparts in urban areas in Sindh, as well as those in Punjab and Balochistan, are logical Shocking media clips on May 27, 2010, presented a harrowing and ugly scene of brute...
by admin | May 22, 2010 | Publications
Transformation from dictatorship to civilian rule is a painful withdrawal for the military generals and the civilian beneficiaries of the system. There must be some via media and acceptable system for a smooth takeover by the civilians. The post-Cold War era witnessed...
by admin | Apr 3, 2010 | Publications
In Pakistan, the common people have started feeling the shattering of state organisation. They feel that probably they are living in a stateless society, for the state has failed to deliver the promised socio-economic benefits against their taxes. There are parallel...
by admin | Mar 17, 2010 | Publications
Extremist Islam is encroaching deeper into the Thar Desert and almost all district and tehsil headquarters of Sindh and Balochistan, where large numbers of seminaries, with new buildings and equipped with every kind of infrastructure, have been erected during the last...
