SAN Report
The Election Commission of Pakistan has issued Elections 2008 schedule and the political parties, which were showing apathetic and cynical political behaviour after imposition of emergency, have now changed their stance...more
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Najum Mushtaq
Just as a flicker of hope emerged to bring back elected civilian rule to Pakistan, the ideological warriors of neoconservatism are up in arms to douse it...more
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Safdar Sial & Aqeel Yusafzai
The idyllic valley of Swat, one of Pakistan’s main tourist attractions, has over the last six months turned into a theatre of insurgency by religious extremists. Led by Maulana Fazlullah, a village cleric and a leader of the ‘banned’ Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM)...more
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Najum Mushtaq
On November 10 over a million devout Muslim missionaries from all over the world gathered in Raiwind, in the outskirts of Lahore, Punjab, to attend the 3-day grand annual congregation of the Tablighi Jamaat (TJ)...more
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