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Team Pakistan Creates Tsunami

Team Pakistan Creates Tsunami
By Ayesha Zee Khan The noon of December 25th2011 brought the PTI Tsunami to Karachi: The atmosphere electric, the stage humongous, the people jubilant with a Captain who carried the spirit of a true warrior there to win the Match for his Team Pakistan. What a show of resilience, unity, courage, commitment and love for the country! Karachi became exultant coming together with Captain and his team who... 

The Game of Change in Pakistan and Occupy Wall Street

The Game of Change in Pakistan and Occupy Wall Street
Bilal Khan The American public may be up against the greedy world of capitalists, and while people in rest of the world may also echo many of the sentiments shared by the Occupy Wall Street movement, there are no signs so far that the movement has scared the “elites” at all. However, inspired by the “Occupy” movement, Italians have managed to have their share of the so-called Arab spring,... 

Imran Khan: A Revolution in Making in Pakistan

Imran Khan: A Revolution in Making in Pakistan
Ayesha Zee Khan Today, majority of the citizens of this liberated state feel robbed, let down and humiliated in many areas by its political leaders, parties and a war which brought many miseries to this soil. Pakistan has gone through four martial laws and numerous civil Governments in the last almost six and half decades since its independence. The Leagues, parties, and their alliances want to... 

The Viability of Change in Pakistan

The Viability of Change in Pakistan
Bilal Khan Empirical study of modern political systems across the globe, especially in the so-called democratic countries which are characterized by two-party system, tells us that the established political factions resist the emergence of any new populist force. This fact is highlighted even further in a two party system where the emergence of a third political force is met with stiff resistance... 

A Politcal Battle for Lahore

A Politcal Battle for Lahore
Bilal Khan There is much talk these days about the so-called political rise of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI); the political party of the legend of Pakistani cricket Imran Khan. This is beyond any doubt that Imran Khan, who is still considered by many a political naïve, has started ringing alarm bells among major political parties of the country. Imran Khan is viewed by the majority of the... 

Psychological Trauma of War

Psychological Trauma of War
  Ayesha Zee Khan Pakistanis as a nation have been encountering a plethora of bomb blasts since the Russian invasion of Afghanistan almost 30 years back. Our Army jawan’s targeted, our security personnel brutally killed, civilians, women and children suffering from these deadly attacks leaving us battered, perforated and bruised on a daily basis now. As if this wasn’t enough to torment... 

Cricket and Corruption: A Tale from Pakistan

Cricket and Corruption: A Tale from Pakistan
    Umar Khayyam   Corruption, be it in sport or any other activity of life, is abhorrent for every conscientious person and a vibrant society. It is the greatest evil which can afflict a vastly popular sport, since if the trust of the adoring public gets eroded in the authenticity and probity of whatever unfolds before their watchful eyes in the name of a sporting battle, the quintessence,... 

Lulusar Lake … Poetry from Pakistan

Lulusar Lake ... Poetry from Pakistan
    Ayesha Zee Khan   Lulusar Lake   The water Emerald green I had never seen Lush mountains on the side Natures love sincerely applied   High snow capped tops Had beauty that never stops All year round for the beholder No matter how they maybe older   The water was so clean The environment so serene The cool breeze made me glide It was breathtaking, I must confide Lulusar... 

Building Bridges: Poetry from Pakistan

Building Bridges: Poetry from Pakistan
  Ayesha Zee Khan Ayesha Zee Khan started writing from the age of 10, mainly fictions for children’s Urdu magazines called Taleem-o-tarbiyat and Bachon ki duniya. She started her journalistic journey much later in 2003 after returning from the UK. Having lived there for a decade she realised that she needed to return to Pakistan and become substantial to the country. Since then she has been... 

सरबजीत की चिट्ठी अबैस शेख के नाम

अबैस शेख की आगामी किताब ‘इकोज़ फ्रॉम द गैलोज़’ से एक छोटा सा अंश सरोकारियों के लिए : रिहाई की आस में पत्‍नी और बेटियां   सरबजीत का तीसरा पत्र 19.10.2009 सलाम वालेकुम जब... 

पाकिस्तानी जज सियासी दबाव बर्दाश्‍त नहीं कर पाते : सरबजीत

पाकिस्तानी जज सियासी दबाव बर्दाश्‍त नहीं कर पाते : सरबजीत
  अबैस शेख   सरोकार पर अबैस शेख की आगामी किताब ‘इकोज़ फ्रॉम द गैलोज़’ के कुछ हिस्‍से अगले कुछ महीनों तक सिलसिलेवार प्रकाशित किए जाएंगे.  यह किताब लाहौर... 
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