By Iftikhar Hussain Faced with the pressing challenge of violent extremism at home, Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif during his recent visit to London, in the Post-Peshawar school massacre scenario, ironically, demanded of the host nation cooperation on Baloch dissidents. “The issue of UK-based organisations creating security problems in Pakistan was forcefully raised in […]
Externalizing the Balochs’ issue –Pak army ideological calculus
Posted January 19th, 2015 at 7:02 pm (UTC+0)
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‘I Am Malala’ Becomes Part of GWU Curriculum
Posted January 14th, 2015 at 6:33 pm (UTC+0)
By Iftikhar Hussain ‘I am Malala’, the inspirational memoir of the Pakistan teenager Nobel Laureate and global icon for education, Malala Yusafzai, made more impact into the lives of young people from across the world when on Wednesday parts of her book were included in the George Washington University curriculum. “The resource guide is targeted […]
Paris Shooting Confronts Pakistani Cartoonists With More Threats
Posted January 11th, 2015 at 4:54 pm (UTC+0)
By Iftikhar Hussain Pakistan’s leading cartoonist Sabir Nazar says that they are already under attack from the extremists, Pakistan cartoonists now face a bigger threat after the Paris shooting. He fears that rings an alarm bell for cartoonists around the world and especially those in Pakistan, where blasphemy carries the death sentence. “The biggest problem […]
