Daniel Pipes, the great American scholar and expert on the Middle East, Islam, and more recently said in a Times of India interview that, “there’s a tendency in west Asia to blame western powers for whatever happens – be it as large as Islamic State or as small as a traffic jam.”  Having spent years in west Asia’s great cities ...

Most of us are familiar with the poetry of Ghani Khan, arguably one of the most important and eminent Pashto poets of the twentieth century. While some are acquainted with his work as a sculptor and painter, his drawings moreover merit equal recognition, by way of offering a further glimpse into his raw talent and inherently creative mind. Although it ...

Greetings to my fellow readers of The Pashtun Times..! My name is Roger Dubar. I live in Glasgow, Scotland. I’ve been using the internet for over 25 years, and have used it to talk to and made friends with people from all over the world. In February, I traveled to Barcelona in Spain for Europe’s biggest telecom conference, Mobile World ...

The so-called independent journalism in Pakistan has created a havoc in the country, particularly the electronic anchors. The main reason is illiteracy. The print media has a reach only to the educated section of the society, the masses tune their ears to the TV. Unfortunately, very few anchors deserve to be called as the journalists. The rest is paid to ...

One may think what one likes about Angela Merkel`s politics, but her European vision, combined with the welcome for refugees fleeing Syria and other war-torn countries, should not fail because of national initiatives now. The EU Member States quickly agree when it comes to the requisitioning of funds from Brussels, but it’s noticeable that when solidarity and joint action are ...

Student politics is a distinctive feature of Pakistani universities and colleges. Ostensibly, student politics in Pakistan is embraced to prepare a young cadre of political leadership that may in a better way confront future political challenges. As a result, since the inception of Pakistan there have emerged two opposing polls of political unions: The leftist like Awami League Student Union, ...

In American politics, the republicans may be classified as orthodox, fundamentalists or conservative. Probably it has some characteristics of each. But as for as it comes to American national interest there is hardly any difference between any one of them, irrespective who is in the oval office. The protection of its national or international interests is at the top. It ...

Europe does not exactly look good at the moment. In fact it looks like a greedy old man who sits on his money and refuses to notice that his time has passed. The Danish parliament seriously believes that confiscating all valuables from refugees exceeding an amount of 400 Euro is a good idea. The so called Visegrad countries (Poland, Hungary, ...

Hatred is a satanic instinct, infectious in character and only found in human species. It is not spontaneous like anger and has roots in evil intelligence. It has some erroneous characteristics like fire. The fire initially needs fuel, subsequently, it consumes itself, the left over is ash. The hatred generates and thrives on bitterness and intolerance. It destroys the host ...

Why does modern Pakistani education produce educated militants? Education is a continuous process of behavior formation. Similarly, Russell believes education is not information; it is formation of character. Each advancing step or level leads to a new observation, exposition and acquisition. In his thoughts on education Imam Ghazali says it is a process which enables an individual to distinguish between ...