Archive for January, 2012
Democracy in the Middle East: Why the Islamists Win
Posted on29. Jan, 2012 by Lawrence Davidson.
An Analysis By Lawrence Davidson Part I – Two Democratic Elections There have now been two democratic elections in the Middle East as a consequence of the Arab Spring. One was in Tunisia in October 2011, and the recent staggered elections of December 2011-January 2012 for a lower house of parliament in Egypt. In both [...]
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Afghanistan Beyond PeeING
Posted on29. Jan, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
"Actions speak for the depth of a society; a humane and a just society would always be respected. Arrogance begets hate and disgrace." Raja Mujtaba By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal Forty second long video showing American Marines joyfully urinating on dead Afghan fighters in southern Afghanistan is the latest episode of disregard of basic [...]
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Pakistan-Myanmar Relations
Posted on28. Jan, 2012 by Raja Mujtaba.
Defence and Diplomacy By Raja G Mujtaba Asif Ali Zardari paid a state visit to Myanmar from 22nd Jan to 24th Jan 2012, perhaps the first by any head of the state. This visit may not be ringing bells anywhere but certainly can develop into much fruitful economic, cultural, educational and tourism relationship. During this [...]
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The Ten Pillars of Justice
Posted on28. Jan, 2012 by Humayun Gauhar.
Opinion Maker: By Humayun Gauhar I talked of seven pillars or cornerstones of justice last Sunday but left out three of the most important for want of space. These are: due process, presumption of innocence, and absence of emotion, making ten pillars in all. Due process is a fundamental right that includes the right to [...]
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The Arab People: Voices of Reason to be heard
Posted on28. Jan, 2012 by Dr Mahboob A Khawaja.
By Mahboob A. Khawaja, Ph.D. At the latest American Republican Presidential debate in Jacksonville, Florida (Thursday, January 26, moderated by Wolf Blitzer, CNN anchorman), Abraham Hassan, an American citizen of Palestinian descent asked a simple question as to how the candidates will facilitate a peaceful resolution between Israel and Palestine. The moderator asked Mitt Romney [...]
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Quantum Note: The Higher Education Farce
Posted on27. Jan, 2012 by drmuzaffar.
By Dr. Muzaffar Iqbal One of the greatest farces played out during Musharraf’s dictatorship was that of higher education. Soon after his coup, Musharraf endowed the Higher Education Commission with powers which were similar to his own dictatorial powers in another realm. HEC became his darling not because he knew anything about higher education, science [...]
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NATO: The Salala Massacre
Posted on27. Jan, 2012 by Jonathan Azaziah.
NATO’s Naked Aggression Against Pakistan And The Hegemonic Israeli-Indo-American Strategy Behind It By Martin Iqbal and Jonathan Azaziah NATO's Bloody Attack On Pakistan: The Motive In the early morning of Saturday 26 November two NATO Apache helicopters, an AC-130 gunship, and a number of fighter jets perpetrated a sustained and deadly attack on two Pakistani [...]
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Respect of the dead bodies: US Style
Posted on27. Jan, 2012 by S M Hali.
Desecration of dead bodies by US soldiers in Afghanistan By S. M. Hali Just when it appeared the US was getting a hold over the Afghan conundrum (mostly of its own making), by agreeing to hold a dialogue with the Taliban and permitting them to establish a political office in Doha, the release of an [...]
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US: Why All the Robo-signing?
Posted on26. Jan, 2012 by Ellen Brown.
Shedding Light on the Shadow Banking System By Ellen Brown The Wall Street Journal reported on January 19th that the Obama Administration was pushing heavily to get the 50 state attorneys general to agree to a settlement with five major banks in the “robo-signing” scandal. The scandal involves employees signing names not their own, under [...]
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Islamic Revolution in Iran
Posted on26. Jan, 2012 by Ghayur Ayub.
Emerging piety power paradigm. By Dr Ghayur Ayub The Islamic Revolution in Iran marks it's 33rd anniversary this year. Despite facing strong opposing forces that any such revolution faces in its evolutionary phases it not only survived but thrived. The question emerges as to what constituted the mosaic of the revolution which gave it [...]
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