Voter maturity in Charsadda

Today, the people of Pakistan are going to take an important political decision for its leadership for the next five years. Today's elections seem to be the most interesting one in the recent history of Pakistan in particular after two long tenures ...

KARACHI: The media maelstrom surrounding some parts of NA-242 was so intense during the summer of 2011 that though violence has plummeted, misperceptions about the area still persist. This is especially problematic since the lingering hype ...

"Is he a Pakhtun?,"* an ailing 89-year-old Khan Abdul Wali Khan asked his son Sangeen Wali in Pashto as he began to inquire about the identity of this writer. Lying on his bed in his ancestral Wali Bagh residence, he repeated his question in a ...

Watan Ya Kafan (either the country or the coffin)is a strong slogan one that can be read on posters next to those of the Awami National Party ( ANP ). This sloganwas born because of our country's turbulent past andalong with Azadi ya Maut (freedom ...

Eighty three years ago on this day (April 6), Indians led by Mahatma Gandhi broke the British salt laws as part of the Salt Satyagraha which later triggered the Civil Disobedience Movement. In Dehradun, Mahavir Tyagi who went on to become the ...

Revolutions aimed at destruction of prevalent systems, ultimately lead to bloodshed. As bloodshed of any manner should always be unacceptable, I am among those who prefer the path of initiating movements, instead of bringing about revolutions, if ...

South Asia has been in the grip of sectarian violence since fairly long. During last three decades and more particularly during the last decade this violence has been intensifying in degree and spread. It was sad news to hear that the Christian ...