Author Archive for Qaisar Abbas

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by Qaisar Abbas • June 3, 2012

The current language policy is a case in point where official pronouncements demonstrate a will to respect and accept all lingual and historical legacies of native cultures, but in fact marginalize their languages and cultural icons by excluding them from…

by Qaisar Abbas • May 7, 2012

In assuming this role as warmongers voluntarily, news media flare up the war hysteria and promote conflict and tension between rival nations. In this role the mainstream media do not kill people directly; they create a mindset to destroy the…

by Qaisar Abbas • April 28, 2012

Gilani or no Gilani, the democratic process should prevail and the current government should be allowed to continue and complete its term for the first time in political history of Pakistan. Continuing its tradition, Pakistan has revealed another surprise in…

by Qaisar Abbas • March 30, 2012

In Shakespeare’s language, if world is a stage, Satyapal Anand is an amazing performer on this stage who is constantly narrating mythologies, philosophies and human mysteries to his mesmerized, captive audience. With a vagrant mirror in his hand, he is…

by Qaisar Abbas • March 24, 2012

According to UNICEF, while child labor is a global problem, children in the Global South are most vulnerable. Surprisingly, most of these children are from Asian countries I was startled the other day to see a Pakistani name on the…

by Qaisar Abbas • March 17, 2012

Now that the PPP government is planning to create the proposed Saraiki province before its term ends, it might also take another big step to give real administrative powers to provinces by dissolving the current bureaucratic structure all together “The…

by Qaisar Abbas • February 24, 2012

Sarbaland Shah is a young educated man who works for an IT firm in Lahore. Despite his education and impressive expertise in information technology, he believes strongly that America is behind all the ills of Muslims all over the world.…

by Qaisar Abbas • February 10, 2012

That said, focusing on the Israelis and Palestinians, as an optimist I would hope that eventually there will arise a set of leaders who recognize the common humanity shared by both these communities. In today’s world of increasing religious intolerance…

by Qaisar Abbas • February 3, 2012

It is not just his cultural connectedness with the Middle East but his ideological commitment to a democratic society that finds strong parallels with the ongoing Arab revolts. These parallels can be explored under the four themes of Faiz’s poetry:…