Coordinates: 33°46’6″N 73°7’17″E (The mouth of the cave where Bari Imam spent 12 years in meditation) “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off…
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Live Blog: The Sindh-Balochistan Floods, 2011
by Masood Raja •
We will now be providing information about the most recent floods that have devastated vast swaths of the Sindh province. Please feel free to contribute your ideas, news, and thoughts to this live blog.
Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP) Launches Campaign for Flood Victims
by Masood Raja •
According to the latest reports the Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP) has now launched a public campaign to force the government of Pakistan to act on its obligations to bring relief to the victims of 2010 floods. According to a…
Palestinians seek UN Moxie
by Juan Cole •
Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gave a major speech Friday making it clear to the Palestinians that the PA will seek membership in the United Nations at this year’s General Assembly meeting. The Palestinians (or more precisely the Fateh faction…
The Quran and constitutions
by Abbas Zaidi •
A constitution can be changed, amended and even abrogated. Pakistan is a classic example of this. No human is authorised to change the Quran. Now that Fauzia Wahab has apologised in the face of an extremist attack at its worst…
An Open Letter to the Left on Libya
by Juan Cole •
(From Informed Comment) As I expected, now that Qaddafi’s advantage in armor and heavy weapons is being neutralized by the UN allies’ air campaign, the liberation movement is regaining lost territory. Liberators took back Ajdabiya and Brega (Marsa al-Burayqa), key…
Will India Ever Deliver Justice To Human Rights Violations In Kashmir?
by Fahad Shah •
Even though United Nations rapporteur on human rights violations Margaret Sekaggya visited Kashmir on January 19, India has failed to deliver justice to human rights violation victims in the Kashmir valley since the armed rebellion erupted twenty years ago. The…