Showing posts with label Pakistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pakistan. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

OPINION: Muslims shouldn't have to keep apologising for terrorist attacks

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The general response in the West to the appalling January 7 Paris attacks show that the Western view of terrorism has barely changed si...
Monday, October 21, 2013

OPINION: Even cynics can't deny bravery

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Claims among dubious Pakistanis that Malala Yusufzai is now Western puppet ignore her ongoing heroism.   Malala Yusufzai hails from the...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

OPINION: Innocent victims of evil ideology

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Over the past week, there have been two devastating terror attacks. The Nairobi shopping mall shootings included many Western casualties a...
Saturday, June 15, 2013

OPINION: Pakistan could tear itself apart

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Despite the death of Osama bin Laden, Pakistan is in danger of tearing itself apart in a war on sectarian terror. Pakistan is ripping ...
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012

PAKISTAN: Convert AND we'll kill you

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It’s said that converts have a zeal rarely shared by those inheriting the faith. It is also argued that Islamic terrorist groups hardly de...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

PAKISTAN: Can a security contractor claim diplomatic immunity?

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There's a chap named Raymond Davis currently in a prison cell in Pakistan. He was in the country as a private contractor working for th...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

HUMOUR: Burka woman

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

OPINION: Rhetoric of religious right inflames zealots in East and West

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There are certain similarities between recent political shootings in the US and Pakistan, IRFAN YUSUF writes A bitter political debate is...
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011

POLITICS: Murderous blasphemy or blasphemous murder?

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The governor of Pakistan's wealthiest province was gunned down. Salmaan Taseer was killed by his bodyguard at close range. The guard cla...
Monday, November 01, 2010

OPINION: Cricket corruption exposes hypocrisy in Australian circles

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I was watching Pakistani satellite TV at my parents' house in Sydney the other day when I saw an unusual character appear on the scre...
Monday, May 31, 2010

SPORT: All-Indian Superstars

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Irfan Yusuf watches his cricketing namesakes hit sectarian politics out of the park in Gujurat ... Humility is one of my strengths. Indeed, ...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009

VIDEO: Rabiye Kadeer's call to settle remaining Uighur Guantanamo detainees ...

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Exiled World Uighur Congress leader Rabiye Kadeer told the National Press Club in Canberra yesterday: All of the Uighurs in Albania, Bermuda...
Monday, July 27, 2009

VIDEO: A Sikh aid organisation assists internally displaced Pakistanis of all faiths ...

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The conflict between the Pakistani army and Taliban insurgents has displaced hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis of all faiths. The followin...
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Thursday, July 23, 2009

FILM: Pakistan's first English-language feature movie in 3 decades ...

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With all this media frenzy over the Taliban and terrorism in the combined "Af-Pak" territory (as if Afghanistan and Pakistan have ...
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

REVIEW: Ambitious cultural journey loses its way ...

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A Stranger to History: A Son's Journey Through Islamic Lands By Aatish Taseer Text Publishing, 323pp, $34.95 WE all inhabit the same pla...
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Thursday, May 07, 2009

VIDEO: US troops handed out Bibles in both Iraq and Afghanistan ...

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What's the big deal with a bit of evangelism? Better a Bible than vicious dogs at your testicles, I say. Except that handing out Bibles ...
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CRIKEY: Feudalism is the worst form of government there is, except for all the rest ...

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We’re living in the age of bailouts, and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari knows it. During his recent meeting with the House Foreign...
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