Where do we stand in Afghanistan today?
by Abid Ullah Jan
(Saturday, May 12, 2007)
"The ground realities as reported by non-Muslims writers and analysts confirm that Taliban were the least evil then and they are the least evil today. Most unfortunately, as Muslim writers, we are damned if we draw a similar conclusion."
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Saturday, May 12, 2007
Friday, May 11, 2007
Suppressing critics of Israel: The campaign against Norman Finkelstein
Bitta Mostofi
In recent weeks a considerable amount has been written and said about Norman Finkelstein's bid for tenure at DePaul University. As most academics are aware, it is unique for a tenure decision, something that is an inherently internal process, to be subject to external discussion. Unfortunately, Finkelstein's case is important because of the way in which is not unique. Forces outside DePaul have attempted to interfere with the University's process in an effort to sway its decision towards denial of Finkelstein's tenure. This campaign is part of a pattern of attacks aimed at silencing prominent critics of the Israeli government. The goal is to erode the willingness of academics, journalists, politicians and individuals to speak out against Israel's human rights record for fear of losing their jobs.
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In recent weeks a considerable amount has been written and said about Norman Finkelstein's bid for tenure at DePaul University. As most academics are aware, it is unique for a tenure decision, something that is an inherently internal process, to be subject to external discussion. Unfortunately, Finkelstein's case is important because of the way in which is not unique. Forces outside DePaul have attempted to interfere with the University's process in an effort to sway its decision towards denial of Finkelstein's tenure. This campaign is part of a pattern of attacks aimed at silencing prominent critics of the Israeli government. The goal is to erode the willingness of academics, journalists, politicians and individuals to speak out against Israel's human rights record for fear of losing their jobs.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
women helpless and opressed in pakistan?
Betrayed girl chops off lover’s nose!
By our correspondent
OKARA: A love-stricken girl hacked off the nose of her lover for betraying her here on Sunday night. Mehboob Hussain Phularwan, resident of 56/5L village, was in love with Sakina Bibi of 8/4L village. However, the affair came into the knowledge of Mehboob's father Noor Hussain, who admonished his son and asked him to end relations with the girl. Mehboob gave in to family pressure and betrayed the girl.
On Sunday, Sakina, along with her four accomplices, including Noor Muhammad Bhatti, came to Mehboob's house and took Mehboob to some unknown place. Mehboob's family was alarmed when he did not return home till late in the night.
They started a search for him and found him lying unconscious at Darbar Bhoray Shah in Qadirabad. He had wounds on his body and was ferried to a local hospital, where he told the police that Sakina and her accomplices had taken him to 8/4L village and intoxicated him. "They severely thrashed me, chopped my nose and later threw me at the Darbar," he said. The Cantt Police have registered a case.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=54817
By our correspondent
OKARA: A love-stricken girl hacked off the nose of her lover for betraying her here on Sunday night. Mehboob Hussain Phularwan, resident of 56/5L village, was in love with Sakina Bibi of 8/4L village. However, the affair came into the knowledge of Mehboob's father Noor Hussain, who admonished his son and asked him to end relations with the girl. Mehboob gave in to family pressure and betrayed the girl.
On Sunday, Sakina, along with her four accomplices, including Noor Muhammad Bhatti, came to Mehboob's house and took Mehboob to some unknown place. Mehboob's family was alarmed when he did not return home till late in the night.
They started a search for him and found him lying unconscious at Darbar Bhoray Shah in Qadirabad. He had wounds on his body and was ferried to a local hospital, where he told the police that Sakina and her accomplices had taken him to 8/4L village and intoxicated him. "They severely thrashed me, chopped my nose and later threw me at the Darbar," he said. The Cantt Police have registered a case.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=54817
Sunday, May 6, 2007
The Water Car
The Water Car
Schuyler Ebbets
There are not words to describe the magnitude of this tragedy. It is the greatest injustice in history as it effects all of humanity and the earth. This catastrophe exceeds the burning of the Royal Library of Alexandria in the fourth century A.D., which set back the industrial revolution by a thousand years.
This scientific advancement is greater than the discovery of electricity by Benjamin Franklin, greater than the day Edison switched on his Pearl Street generating station's electrical power distribution system changing our world forever. It surpasses the achievements of Nikola Tesla who's patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current and helped usher in the second industrial revolution.
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Schuyler Ebbets
There are not words to describe the magnitude of this tragedy. It is the greatest injustice in history as it effects all of humanity and the earth. This catastrophe exceeds the burning of the Royal Library of Alexandria in the fourth century A.D., which set back the industrial revolution by a thousand years.
This scientific advancement is greater than the discovery of electricity by Benjamin Franklin, greater than the day Edison switched on his Pearl Street generating station's electrical power distribution system changing our world forever. It surpasses the achievements of Nikola Tesla who's patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current and helped usher in the second industrial revolution.
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Urdu Bazaar, Lahore, Pakistan
LAHORE - March 24, 2006: No way-out to avoid a traffic jam near Urdu Bazaar. — Dawn
poor animal!
MULTAN - March 24, 2006: A camel performance at the spring festival organised by the City District Government to mark the Pakistan Day
beast of burden
LAHORE - March 20: BEAST OF BURDEN: A damaged vehicle being taken to a workshop.—APP
Communing with pigeons
KARACHI - March 20: A child enjoys the company of pigeons, whom he feeds, at Hyderi on Tuesday.—APP
Waiting for drinking water
HYDERABAD (India) - March 20: People stand in a line as they wait to fill containers with drinking water supplied by a mobile water vehicle in a slum area in the Saidabad colony here on Tuesday. More than 500 families living in this slum area depend on water supplied by a mobile vehicle and provided by the Metro water works once in three days. 'Coping with Water Scarcity' is the theme for the World Water Day 2007, which is celebrated each year on March 22.—AFP
Mud slide in Kashmir
BAGH - March 20: A man marooned in an area of Azad Kashmir affected by hill torrents following heavy downpour over the past few days is being rescued by local people on Tuesday.—AFP
Palestinians
BETHLEHEM - March 22: Palestinian students wear traditional clothing during a cultural event taking place at the Bethlehem University here on Thursday. The event, which included a mock wedding, is to promote the education of traditional ideals of Palestinian culture.�AFP
The World Water Day,
HYDERABAD - March 22: Peasant women make their way to a distant place in order to fetch water. The World Water Day, being observed on Friday, is intended to highlight the need for reducing wastage of this precious commodity. � Photo by Yousuf Nagori
