A statement of Mehmood Khan Achakzai has tremored both Pakistani social and electronic media and the aftershocks of this statement continue and will remain for sometime in media. Mehmood Khan, a veteran Pashtun nationalist politician, cited Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a part of Afghan homeland and called himself Afghan. His statement fumed self-proclaimed uncles and aunties of the state. This is ...

“In the context of Pakistan; socialists were offering me that Lahore will be Moscow, Islamabad will be Leningrad and I have to live in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The Muslim brothers were offering me to accept Lahore as Makka, Islamabad as Madina and I should accept to live in Jizan without identity.” Human beings are constructed of genes; the basic brick is made of proteins. We ...

What options does Pakistan have in dealing with Afghan refugees after the Torkham clash? The government of Pakistan has extended the stay of Afghan refugees by another six months. There are criticisms of the decision from two opposite sides. One side, which appears to be more popular and also voiced by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, opposes any extension while the ...

If there’s one thing well known (even if it’s not mentioned) about young men, it’s that their libidos run riot most of the time. Biologically, their ‘sex drive’ peaks around 18 to 22 years of age – http://www.menshealth.com/events-and-promotions/sex-myths. This relates to their hormonal peak, but has nothing to do with performance or satisfaction. And it’s not just men who suffer ...

There is no denying the fact that international isolation of Pakistan has significantly intensified in the last year and a half. The falling apart of the previous deal on the purchase of F-16s with US, the political and military setback that the country had to face with the first US drone strike in Balochistan taking out Taliban leader Mullah Mansour, ...

No tragedy happens as such; it is always preceded by events, if ignored, tragedy bound to happen. Pakistan international isolation has deep roots; the present military dominant civil set up, accelerated the process. Country is internally fragmented and externally stands alone in international community. Everyone looks at it, from his own angle. To some it is a Sick State, viability ...

Chitral might be the next front for sectarianism The scenic valleys of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s northern district of Chitral have been in the news for some time now — for the wrong reasons. Recently, there was news of a controversy surrounding the disputed conversion of a teenage Kalash girl. A report, by the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) in March ...

Far-right protesters rally in the town of Dover in southeast England on May 28. (Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images), THE WASHINGTON POST A massive division in the British people has been aired in public view this past week. A split of almost 50/50 between those who wanted to remain in the European Union and those who wanted to leave. Well ...

Hate-speech and war-mongering are instruments of the populists, they are fiercely anti-European and therefore it is time to stop their ascent. Right wing demonstrators protest in Brussels. Credit: Reuters A new spectre is haunting Europe – that of right-wing populism. There is more than an air of panic in the media and political circles about it, especially in Germany ­– ...

A lot of sane minds are furious and raising questions over the Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa government’s decision of allocating Rs. 300 million in their annual budget, for a notorious religious Madrassa, Darululoom Haqqaania, located in the Nowshehra district of Pukhtoonkhwa. Haqqania is run by Jamiat Ulema Islam (S) chief, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, who is also known as, “Father of the Taliban.” The ...