Feature / Analysis

Our Faulty Selection Criteria

We often hear from cricket experts that Pakistan is blessed with immense Cricket Talent; however the performances of the team sometime do not reflect so. The reason lies behind the poor selection of players. When there is a lot of talent, it is difficult to identify the suitable ones for internation...

Malala is a mirror

And just when one’s defense mechanism had kicked in and one could hear about (other) people dying in terror attacks without losing one’s sleep, Malala decided to shake us to the core of our beings. Malala is the mirror in which we can all see our faces and what ugly faces we have! Take a good look –...

Not in her name

Malala Yousafzai is one more Pakistani whose story symbolizes this nation’s resilience, talent and strength. Unfortunately, it is also a story on its way to becoming controversial because of the tug of war over who gets to pull Malala on the side of their agenda. This controversy is despicable to sa...

Malala and GMR 2012

EXACTLY a week before UNESCO launched its 10th Global Monitoring Report 2012 (GMR) on Oct 16, Malala Yousufzai, Pakistan’s child campaigner for the right of education for girls, was shot in the head by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. Pauline Rose, editor of the Monitoring Report, termed the attack a ...

What I am learning from Malala Yusufzai

I am a teacher and being a teacher I am actually a student as the oft repeated story tells us..So as the story of Malala unfolds, she has become my most influential teacher today..So what have I learnt?You can protest gracefully and with a smileResistance is as important as actionPeople who make lif...

Love- Then and Now

The first love letter that i wrote never reached its intended audience as it got rudely intercepted by my Ammi hazoor who just knew that i am up to something naughty. It was written on a pink page laced with scented cheap talcum powder just to add spice to my message as in those days i could not aff...

Malala: A Symbol of Education

Malalai Yousufzai, a 14 year old girl, was attacked by terrorists called Tehreek-Taliban-Pakistan in Swat. In 2010, she received National Peace Prize for her struggle to get schools restarted in her area which were closed and destroyed by the Taliban. This is not their first crime against education ...

A Girl who Could Speak Her Mind

Malala is a strong person. Very few will appreciate her strength in speaking out for her rights. I know because as a woman, albeit from the privileged class, i lacked the freedom to speak my mind. Don’t get me wrong. My parents encouraged all sorts of opinions – I was always told I could be what I w...

Religious Leaders Call on Congress to Reevaluate Military Aid to Israel

Fifteen leaders of U.S. churches and other faith-based organizations have asked Congress to reevaluate U.S. military aid to Israel.The religious leaders sent a letter to Congress members on Monday, calling for an investigation into possible violations by Israel of the U.S. Foreign Assistance Act and...

Feature: War-weary Afghans express both hope and uncertainty after 2014

KABUL: War-weary Afghans have expressed both hope and uncertainty once the NATO-led foreign troops finally leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014. "The situation in Afghanistan is relatively normal. It is not as bad as the media are reporting. You see here, if there is no hope for the future, why is...

Is Malala a Conspiracy?

With the recent buzz made by certain newspapers and social media platforms, the questions that has popped up with a bang is, what is the story behind Gul Makai’s Swat Diary on BBC blogs? The reason behind this recent development may be Abdul Hai Kakar’s, (the BBC reporter who worked with Malala) rec...

10 Tips to Protect your Computer from viruses

When your computer gets infected with a virus it can be a devastating experience and this is exactly why you need to protect your computer from viruses. A virus can consume your precious computer files and even damage your computer hardware. Is this worth ignoring? I don’t think so! Anything you ca...

Afghan Boys Eke Living Amid Peril at Gorge

MAHI PAR PASS, Afghanistan: Beneath the soaring faces of rock, on a treacherous road flanked by gaping drops, lines of trucks crawled up from the Pakistani border, groaning under impossible loads of house-size metal containers and boxes tottering under tarps. Past them and between them nudged cars...

Viewpoint: Strategy shift for smooth Afghan transition

As NATO forces prepare to exit Afghanistan in 2014, the relevant players need to change tactics to ensure a peaceful future for the country, writes Ahmed Rashid. Around the world and even in Afghanistan, there is an epic level of despondency and despair about the country's future, as US and NATO f...

The Indian Disconnect

When I flew into Hyderabad’s state-of-the-art airport last fall, I hadn't visited the city for 37 years. I found the airport filled with information desks. Alas, the men behind them professed to have no information at all. There were "free-Internet terminals" near many gates — but I could use them o...

Afghanistan to play first rugby competition

Just two years after its formation, Afghanistan Rugby Federation celebrates national team's first official tournament. Rugby in Afghanistan is the newest sport and it is now gaining the attention of the international community. The limited resources and lack of the proper grounds for rugby make, in...

Prince Harry Reportedly 'Risking His Life' in Afghanistan

Britain's Prince Harry is "in the thick of" fighting in Afghanistan and has had "multiple engagements" with the Taliban during his time in the war zone, according to a new report in the UK's The Sun. Harry, 28, is one month in to a four-month tour of duty as a chopper pilot in Afghanistan. He is s...

Afghan anti-Taliban leader prefers to go it alone

He took up arms after the Taliban killed his mother in a hail of bullets and inspired a local uprising that ousted the insurgents from his area. But Sayed Farhad Akbari, a 32-year-old construction company director, says he has refused to be co-opted into a government-sponsored police program, bran...

Afghanistan at a crossroads, in no-man's land

With fewer U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Marines in a desolate patch of Helmand province find themselves vulnerable to Taliban attack. They seek help from locals, who distrust them and the militants. HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan: The sun pounds down on the U.S. Marine sergeant and the tribal elder i...

In Afghan Zone, Poppies Fog Military Mission

BOLDAK, Afghanistan: One after another, lumbering jets taking off from Camp Bastion, the giant coalition base in Afghanistan's most violent province of Helmand flew over the heads of Marines patrolling this village of mud compounds and poppy fields. This area was largely uninhabited desert when Ca...

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