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• A World Without Islam

  Special Features

  Created: July, 2008 Author: Graham E. Fuller

  Originally published in Foreign Policy, January/Febuary 2008  Imagine, if you will, a world without Islam—admittedly an almost inconceivable state of affairs given its charged centrality in our daily news headlines. Islam seems to lie behind a broad r...

• What Went Wrong?

  Cover Stories

  Created: July, 2008 Author: S.G. Jilanee

  The smiles and frowns of fortune on Pervez Musharraf recall the story of Yahya Barmaki, as recorded in al Baramka - the chronicles of the Barmaki clan. When he was in luck, Caliph Hārūn ar-Rashīd showered bounties on him and appointed his son, Ja’far...

• The Ex-Servicemen Society

  Cover Stories

  Created: July, 2008 Author: Zia Ul Islam Zuberi

  The Ex Servicemen Society of Pakistan is perturbed at the state of affairs in the country not only in the present but also angry at what transpired in the past. When I first read about this society I thought this is a society composed of former linesman o...

• Debate over Basic Rights

  Special Features

  Created: July, 2008 Author: Tahera Sajid

  Declaration of the Rights of the Child, Principle 9, proclaimed by General Assembly Resolution 1386 (IXV) of 20 Nov, 1959 states in unambiguous terms that “The child shall be protected against all forms of neglect, cruelty and exploitation”. In practi...

• China: A Heroic Effort

  Features

  Created: July, 2008 Author: Abdur Rahman

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• Hollywood Bollywood

  Regional

  Created: July, 2008 Author: Abdur Rahman

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• Nepal: Setting New Examples

  Regional

  Created: July, 2008 Author: Talha Nazar

  Transformation of Nepal from a monarchy to a republic has been nothing less than astounding and remarkable. Not only the revolution that led an end to the 240 year old monarchy has been peaceful but also its conversion to a secular state has been received...

• Bangladesh: Not your Business

  Regional

  Created: July, 2008 Author: Sualiha Nazar

  Foreign powers, especially the US have always taken keen interest in the events occurring in the South Asian region. However, it is high time that we follow in the steps of the Bangladeshi government and stand strong against their intervention. The caret...

• Pakistan: Desiccated Attempts

  Regional

  Created: July, 2008 Author: Sualiha Nazar

  Pick up any national newspaper and you will see almost similar headlines in all of them. Issues, our media have been raving about for months, have now started to enclose a clichéd tinge in them. People have stopped worrying about the future of President ...

• To Be Or Not 58-2(B)

  Cover Stories

  Created: July, 2008 Author: Syed Jawaid Iqbal

  Things have not changed much these past five decades, when Pakistan saw her first dictator. Over the course of years, the key players have taken different forms and faces but have somehow unravelled the art of retaining the true essence of their being –...

• "Splendid Suns" gives a view from Inside the Veil

  Books & Arts

  Created: July, 2008 Author: Diane Scharper

  Two Afghan women fight to endure decades of oppression; Originally Published in The Denver Post, May 20, 2007, pg. F.13   Author: Khaled HosseiniPublisher: Riverhead (May 22, 2007) Pages: 384 pages, HardcoverPrice: $25.95ISBN-10: 1594489505  ISBN-...