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‘I Am Malala’ Becomes Part of GWU Curriculum

Posted January 14th, 2015 at 6:33 pm (UTC+0)
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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 […]

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Paris Shooting Confronts Pakistani Cartoonists With More Threats

Posted January 11th, 2015 at 4:54 pm (UTC+0)
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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 […]

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Pakistan announces Military Courts amid Skepticism

Posted December 24th, 2014 at 9:10 pm (UTC+0)
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Behroz Khan Prompted by the massacre of school children in Peshawar, Pakistan seems to have succeeded in mustering the crucial support of the political and military leadership to come on the same page to take effective steps to eliminate the menace of terrorism. “We will establish the military courts for trying the terrorists,” the prime […]

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Washington D.C. Stands with Peshawar

Posted December 19th, 2014 at 8:55 pm (UTC+0)
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by Niala Mohammad “Why innocent children? What kinds of monsters target children?”  Crowds of people gathered in DuPont circle with tearful disbelief at the events that unfolded in Peshawar. Hundreds gathered in Washington, DC’s DuPont Circle to light candles for the 141 lives lost in Peshawar, 132 of which were children. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman, […]

Malala Message: “Our voices have grown louder and louder.”

Posted December 10th, 2014 at 6:34 pm (UTC+0)
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By Iftikhar Hussain Malala Peace Nobel message is loud and clear, “We survived, our voices have grown louder and louder.” A win for the mainstream Pashtun narrative: Malala speaks form her heart and her voice always have a greater appeal globally. Malala message at the Nobel Peace Award Ceremony in Oslo was clear and resolute […]

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Violence against Women; Pakistani women strugles with their own odds

Posted November 26th, 2014 at 7:09 pm (UTC+0)
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Iftikhar Hussain As the world marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, three women workers on an anti-polio campaign were gunned down in the southwestern city of Quetta, in what appears to be another challenge in Pakistan’s growing list of women’s rights issues. Pakistani women are already up against high odds: […]

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Four Sentenced to Death in Pakistan in ‘Honor Killing’

Posted November 26th, 2014 at 3:34 pm (UTC+0)
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Iftikhar Hussain, Sadia Qasim Shah, Riaz Hussain A Pakistani court sentenced four men to death Wednesday for the murder of a female relative in what the murderers considered an “honor killing.” The crime was well-documented: The victim, Farzana Iqbal, was beaten to death outside a courthouse where she tried to seek protection from her relatives, […]

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General Sharif’s US Visit-Bitter and Sweet

Posted November 21st, 2014 at 6:14 pm (UTC+0)
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Iftikhar Hussain While his American hosts were less skeptical about him than his predecessors, Pakistan’s military chief General Raheel Sharif ongoing weeklong visit to the US was rather a mix of bitter and sweet at the same time. But shrouded in secrecy in a crowded media city-Washington DC. A Washington Post report published ahead of […]

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Ambassador Feldman: Pashtuns Have Suffered Disproportionately From Terrorism

Posted November 16th, 2014 at 3:22 pm (UTC+0)
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By Iftikhar Hussain US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan has said that Pashtuns in Pakistan’s tribal regions have suffered from a lack of education, rule of law and an absence of other basic services like roads and economic opportunities. He said Washington’s assistance to Pakistan will help develop the tribal region. Ambassador Feldman spoke […]

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Afghan, Pakistani Leaders Seek to Bury Mistrust As Afghan President Makes Maiden Trip To Pakistan

Posted November 15th, 2014 at 3:07 pm (UTC+0)
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By Iftikhar Hussain Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani following their lengthy meeting in Islamabad on Saturday, told a joint press conference that both the nations have to forget the past and move forward for a better future. The leaders did not use the word turbulent while mentioning the past, though. […]

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