Category archives for: South Asia

History of Muslim Press in Sub-Continent – Last Part

History of Muslim Press in Sub-Continent – Last Part Continued from the previous part … After the 1857 war of independence, Muslims were deprived of some of the fundamental human rights including Journalistic practices and freedom of speech. Muslims were facing their worst time in the sub-continent since their arrival and the invasion in the […]

History of Muslim Press in Sub-Continent – Part Five

History of Muslim Press in Sub-Continent – Part Five Continued from the previous part … In the 25th session of All-India Muslim League organized in Allahabad, Dr. Allama Mohammad Iqbal presented the idea of two nation theory which states that Hindus and Muslims are two separate nations and it is very hard for both of […]

History of Muslim Press in Sub-Continent – Part Four

History of Muslim Press in Sub-Continent – Part Four Continued from the previous part … Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was a great Muslim reformer, educationists and politician of the Sub-continent. After the revolt against the British, when the position of the Muslims in the Sub-continent was quite pathetic and Muslims were going through a social […]

History of Muslim Press in Sub-Continent – Part Three

History of Muslim Press in Sub-Continent – Part Three Continued from the previous part … Before the evolution of the Two Nation Theory in the 20th century presented by Allama Mohammad Iqbal which meant that Hindus and Muslims of the sub-continent were separate nations and they cannot live together in the same culture. The objective […]

Trade between India and Pakistan has the potential of highest growth and peace prospects: SDPI Seminar

Trade between India and Pakistan has the potential of highest growth and peace prospects: SDPI Seminar ISLAMABAD: (2 Dec 2011) While highlighting the critical issues and comparative advantages, the speakers said that there will be a huge peace dividend if trade relations between India and Pakistan are strengthened. Trade will help to increase people to […]

Pakistan: Now or Never?

Capturing the Punjabi imagination: drones and “the noble savage” Pakistani novelist Mohsin Hamid may have captured something rather interesting in his short story published this month by  The Guardian.   And it is not as obvious as it looks. In “Terminator: Attack of the Drone”, Hamid imagines life in Pakistan’s tribal areas bordering Afghanistan under constant attack […]

Pakistan has no hidden interests in Afghanistan, claims Pakistan Foreign Minister

Pakistan has no hidden interests in Afghanistan, claims Pakistan Foreign Minister Pakistan has no hidden agenda in Afghanistan, says foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar. Khar on Friday said Pakistan was only interested in a peaceful and stable Afghanistan. Addressing a joint press conference with German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle Friday, Khar said the onus lay […]

Pakistan’s Imran Khan – playboy cricketer to PM? (Part 1))

(Reuters) – The road to Imran Khan’s palatial spread in the hills above Pakistan’s capital is a perfect metaphor for his vision of his political career: twisty and pot-holed, but ending in a grand estate. Alone in the beginning but now surrounded by smaller buildings, the house itself is cool and pleasant, with Mughal-era swords […]

Dennis Kux identifies where the U.S went wrong in handling the South Asian region

ISLAMABAD: Granting India nuclear deal and asking Pakistan to shift its foreign policy nucleus from India-centric to militancy-focused was the biggest mistakes of US administration in handling South Asian region.  This was the crux of Chatham House styled roundtable discussion by retired US Ambassador Dennis Kux that was organized by Centre for International Strategic Studies […]

Pakistani businessmen welcome the government’s move to give MFN to India

Pakistani businessmen welcome the government’s move to give MFN to India Businessmen from all across the country have welcomed the move of the Government of Pakistan to give the status of ‘Most Favourable Nation’ (MFN) to India as far as the economy and trade are concerned. There is a school of thought in Pakistan which […]

Imran follows Zardari and Nawaz’s lines on Kashmir and relations with India

Recently, while giving interview to a senior Indian journalist Karan Thapar, Imran Khan, the chairperson of Pakistan Tehreek-e Insaaf also went on to produce some unpopular rhetoric. Although his fans are declaring his comments as rational, but this rationality is feared to setback the struggle of Kashmiri people all over again. Although initially Imran had […]

India and Pakistan must resume the sporting ties

India and Pakistan must resume the sporting ties The Government of Pakistan has recently given the status of ‘most favourable nation’ to India in terms of business and bilateral trade. This decision has had a mixed reaction in the country, however, the international community has welcomed Pakistan’s decision and it believes that this is going […]

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